The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-28

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1t will be fierce and a long fight
and fear a fearful scandal"
MY God, my poor mother!" cried
the other, pacing the room. Fool
that | was to marry an actress. Well
go ahead, and help me reap the whirl
wind"
Ernest" said the lawyer, in a very
different voice than his. the profes.
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 Billman's
voice had that in il 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 ei
than any other person." Billman re-
piled, steadily And she is such a
sweet and dainty little thing 81 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 tone so decisive that
Van Dorst found himself carried of
his feet for once in his life, and be.
fore he recovered was in a 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 guesD to
see Mrs. Van Dorst sitting in the
middle OF the room holding Ethel in
her arms. the little ones arms
wrapped about her neck. with Mrs.
Billman and the nursemaid weeping
silently on different sides of the
room.
AS Billman entered the room and
his wife caught sight of him. she
arose, and with swapping eyes, said:
Mr.. Billman, If it's your business to
steal babies from their mothers. to
satisfy the malice of jealous hus.
bands, you had better quit and go
into some honest business-or else
travel your own road without me. l
can take in washing and earn an hon.
est living"
The woman with the child had also
arisen and stood with the little ones
arms still around her neck Her blaz.
ing eyes had caught and held those
of her husband.
Ernest" she said, quietly. you
are not going to have her Before that
can happen. l will kill you or her or
all three of us. Make no mistake
about it. Your bitter injustice to me
| will endure, but you shall not part
me from my baby"
"lnjustice!" exclaimed Van Dorst,
throwing back his splendid shout
ders. Injustice. When | saw you
hand note to that cheap vaudeville
actor, Linn-and you promised you
would cut out the whole actor crowd
when we were married. Explain that
if you can"
Il will never explain anything to
you as long as l live" replied the
woman, in low, tense tones.
Then l will" snapped Mrs. Bill.
man. She was sending some money
to a poor, dying old man who had
been her friend and preceptor when
she was a child, and her guardian and
friend all the time she was on the
stage. oh, you men-and then talk
about brains"
At this moment Ethel. who had
been sizing up the situation with the
philosophy of childhood, said, de-
murely:
Papa, come here, want to kiss
you"
Van Dorst looked searchingly at
the child for the first time. and his
quick perception took in her rare
beauty. The defiance faded from his
eyes. and he started toward her.
At this particular psychological mo-
ment Lawyer Billman found himself
being hustled very rapidly and very
certainly out of the room, and once
outside he found his good wife be-
side him somewhat winded and very
indignant at the obtuseness of men in
general, and of Billman in particular.
He also observed as a peculiar fact
that the nursemaid seemed to have
bea zen them to the door, and was al
ready on her way downstairs. To all
of which circumstances the lawyer
gave great and profound thought that
night, and from which he finally made
deductions which his wife had ar
rived at before she started to get him
out of the room, and which had also
crossed the mind of the
at about the same time.
There was no divorce suit.
Copyright. 1906. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The Modern Explorer.
A few days ago Venezuelan ex.
plorer passed through New York on
HIS way 20 England. Tall and thin,
with gaunt face and protruding cheek
bones. and dressed all in white, he
looked like the pictures of DIR. Living. |
ston and Emin Pasha. and gave a vivid |
dea of the privations and hardships |
Of his life.
From England he will go to Brazil, |
plunge into the interior, and not be |
heard from possibly for years. He
has been chosen by the Venezuelan
government to readjust the boundary