The Washington times., 1909-05-27

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..rf Won want 10 ease my MIND md ' saT
- Freeing herself, snow me 1Ilq -
uiiI do as ] wish-and, uon 80 Won
7 Eel that l viii not have 70 ASH Sou
'iia Der manner was gentle, and kina. az az
tto,,qb fearing TO hurt the ieehh5o 49,, -
one who might nave SOUS sou in it.
with cry Jim moved rom ne ,,,,,t
Never before, never before nc iilu'
tered. .+ir,,,ad 81 do not
know any other name to call YOU pl 's.sT1
take me TO my aunt and trlehu - ii ,,nf
I cannot stand much more IAN
so to baby at once! -.4,y,e his nm
The necessity for forgetting ms -
banDiuess over the girl 5 IaltuIe -
recognize him in her fetoIilsH 80 II
and give her something OF an 4i a.
the present situation ca car ~ ne bsd
last. 1t was more difficult thah ne , a1J
s1,nnosed ANYTHING could ever De, ailN
i'm tbs nrisence of this woman 80 dDz
solutely a stranger to hlI9, ~. Hi 81
ionorance came back and made the la7A
u aC Si-s Gordon" he said, his eyes
lowered Il will try to explain 10 ~.
We are here alone, you ana 1, oSSs =, -, :
7 believe and am now pretty sure "a "a
t-o11r ,aT,v is here Commencing pdch
IN New York in the Grand Central sta
ton. when YOU received that leIes . AZ
about the baby, you became itTst have
ssOb - she breatked. Il H1lgnI ha'e
known. How long ago was II
q don't know-it seems long liIhc'
NV whole life has been lived since ti n
And yet, it was but IA q Few vS uagS voI9''
u was there when you received -, Ille
Mesa ge-you We're looking at me. 49, -.
YOU dropped bag you caiilSu anu ol,,S'
feleeram, I, too, had noticed you, anu
as was about to take the tram or
which I had planned to leave the cry
for some place in the country ~ - -
begin life again, L saw your pag Gnu
the telegram and took them with me;
She was listening intently. and her
| ewes showed that she understood the
difficulty he experienced IN colieclllE
his thoughts. 49,.
"Bv chance" he continued, my ticSe
took me to ChantOn, where you were
going also, and when I found your al
dress from the telegram and tried 10
| express the bag back TO you. ! learned
that you had arrived in town the same
morning"
| yes, and then the delusiOn sta ed
YOU took me for your brother jim, VINO
was-burned in the fire.
| Jim. JIM she cried. Impossible!
| Yes" and now he spoke bitterly, me
/ with my shabby clothes you mistook for
him-and-but that is not necessary &c
tell
Go on, go on"
jim was himself again and once more
! began softly.
| .sDon't blame DR.. Jordan for what fol
| lowed for they were beside themselves
| and-and YOU seemed to want TO nave
! me-near you so much. l. your brothel
| jim, You know. And so I stayed there
at your home until-until you got worse
( and
Great as was the love in his heart and
| all-consuming as had been his desire 70
HELP and comfort the insane girl, this
3 he J. al
now IN his humility, could not tell her Of
| the marriage. The bushes which COW
/ cred her face when he had mentioned
her dependence upon him forbade 1t
/ life would he leave the telling Of that
| chapter!
s'Tin / got worsess'' she repeated
| ''And-could not have me leave you
/ Then came a clue which made us think
that the baby had not been burned, but
| stolen. and I started out to find him
But I was arrested-called back and
put in jail for telling a crooked story
| She moved back from him little
/ They were all alone here in this
/ strange place, and his face, bloody
dirty with stubby hair, was all she
but Doctor Jordan trusted me. He
| knew he knew
Knew what?' She whispered tbs
ON Ion cr-Mrs. Gordon. was
| brought up in the streets. I can't tel
| yon; can't but you know how 1 felt
--nOW I feel-but he knew better thar
/ 1 can say-how [ wanted to help you
/ you And so when you cried for your
/ baby, and he thought that with its re-
/ turn your reason would come back II
/ YOU; and when you would not let ms
! go alone to follow up the clue We had
"Yes?"
| Let me take you with me--here-
/ following "A giant gypsy, who han u
! bring US here because He had no
| told her, insane. of the theft of th,
| gypsy's child; why should he tell hel
| now
Why" and her hands covered he
face, why did the man have &c brinj
| us here2
Because I had a power over Kin
| You knew him.
/ Never mind now. It is not necessary
| All that is necessary for You To know
| is that we are here-heaven knows how
! far from your home-just you and
And the baby IS here, and we must fiNt
him and take him hack with us. The
| do moi suspect what we are after. ant
must not"
| She made an unintelligibie cry ant
! Jim rose TO his knees.
And were going 10 find the chill
and take him home" and then into hi
heart came the memory Of all he hat
done, not the half of what he longC.
TO do or had tried 10 do for her. Blu
he was a man for all his gentle low.
And them" he continued, "pEEnap