Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-10-04

and the law aud everything In the
universe with every. weapon ina 1es-
perate wOman's power before. will
] submit to the loss Of my baby.
/ A few weeks later sturdy, tanned
well-groomed young man invaded
Lawyer BiIlman's office carrying with
him the smell of the ocean and the
1 atmosphere Of i tiOmineering spirit
He was a handsome fellow. with all
the marks Of birth and bretzling-an and
the suggestion of wiIlfulness born Of
indulgent parents aud admiring
friends. His strong, handsome fea-
TIRES were marred only by the 1ux-
Imposition of the eyes which suggest
ed Jealousy and suspicipn.s
"WelI?" he said
IT have followed Your instructions, =
i replied the lawyer
How long will 1t take?" demand
ed he client.
Il do not know" replied the law
! yer She will fight the case to the
/ bitter end"
Fight the easel" exclaimed the
other. ''She told me she wouldn't
live with me under any circum.
stances"
"But she will not consent, to your
having the child" replied Billman:
THE child" flared !,p the. other.
Does she think descendant of
the Van Dorsts is to he permitted to
grow ZIP among lot of actors and
montebanks?" - -"
"she will fight said the lawyer,
calmly. She has employed Hirsch-
1t will be a fierce and long fight
and fear fearful scandal" ~:
MY God, my poor (mother!" cried
the other, pacing the room. "Foo1
that I was to marry an actress. Well,
go ahead, and help me reap the whirl.
wind" ~-a.
Ernest" said the lawyer, in very
different voice than his, the profess
sional one, he had been using, and
rising and placing his hands on the
younger mans shoulder, are. you
thinking at all of the little girl in
this matter-of Ethel?" and Biuman'a
voice had that in it which would
have caused great surprise in any
court where he practiced.
Van Dorst looked at him in surprise.
What do you mean?" he asked.
''The scandal will hit her hard e,
than any other person." Billman re-
piled, steadily. "And she is such a
sweet and dainty little thing. x tell
you, Van Dorst, before we go ahead
in this matter, you must come and
see the girl. And we will do it now.
This latter in a tone so decisive that
Van Dorst found himself carried of
his feet for once in his life, and be
fore he recovered was in cab rolling
rapidly toward Billman's home. ~,
Billman conducted Van Dorst di
rectly into the nursery, without wait
ing on ceremony. Opening the door
what was his surprise Ito say moth
ing of the emotions, Of his guest) t.
see Mrs. Van Dorst sitting in thu
middle of the room holding Ethel il
; her arms, the little ones arm.
wrapped about her neck, with Mrs
Billman and the nursemaid weeping
silently on differept sides of the
room. - ,....s .....
AS. Billman entered the room ant
his wife, caught sight of him, sht
arose, and with swapping eyes, said
Mr.. Billman, If, it's your business tt
steal babies from their mothers, t,
satisfy the malice of Jealous hus
bands, you had better quit and 6,
into some honest busfness-or els
travel your own road without me.
can take in washing and earn an hon
:, est living"
4 The woman with the child had ais
arisen and stood with the little one
arms still around her neck Her blaz
ing eyes had caught and held thos
of her husband.
8 "Ernest," she SAID, quietly. "Yo
are not going to have her. Before tina
can happen, I will kill you or her o
all three of us. Make no mistak
about it. Your bitter injustice to m
I Will endure, but you shall not par
me from my baby: =
''Injustice!" exclaimed Van DORIS
throwing back his splendid shou
ders. Injustice. When I saw 70
hand a note to that cheap vaudevill
actor; Linn-and you promised 20
would cut out the whole actor crow
when we were married. Explain thu
) if you can"
e will never explain anything t
you as long as I live replied til
woman, in low, tense tones.
j Then 1 WILL. snapped Mrs. Bill
man. "She was sending some none
to a poor, dying old man who ha
been her friend and peceptor whe
she was child, and her guardian an
!, friend all the time she was on tt
I stage. Oh, you men-and then tai
about brains
e At this moment Ethel, who ha
: been sizing up the situation with Il
philosophy Of childhood, said. d
murely:
J, Papa. come here, ! want to Ii,
: you
= Van Dorst looked searchingly
s the child for the first time. and b
= q