The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-26
[nez Hayes Gilmore

ct had dropped -Go to Psarson's q sas sess = os street,
 q heard you telling her." Hs pscksd - gAs p& per from the noor. Don't you worry. msam- 1hs door opened He was gone
 Alicia left Margaret to come out oR hss fsxnx sza carried Molly upstairs Alicia bathsd hss tee sua hands. She famed her. There was ne rscuzTs.es ot the more fearful symptoms. but fl sssmsd ts ssE that the child was growing weaksrs whzes<. @zs breathing more fainty.
 Terrible thoughts came to her. q Molly As1 nns would be her murderer not trusting so shs hss> ensent intuition that had told hee the etff6 wzs going to be worses-for not calling Dr. Myrsnk b Molly died che would be her murderer fox psrm1z ting herself to be alone in the houss with seuvfA servant girl Molly died. she would bs hss muxs derer for trusting criminal to ssnd aid. why haA she not taken the child in her arms waEksd out ~ the house. to the nearest neighbor-shs could nsvs held the rain oil with many blanke4s Psrnsps s4s had better do that now. She listened eo the 1D roar outstde-instinc4 told her that madness fay that way Oh. if Margaret would only cons ta szs heard voice that did seem her own say. -Asr saret- Margaret Margaret" But no answer eam&
 When the beli rang the voice stopped Pxf<ng Molly down, she ran. to the door. And h 0psas6-- not to the druggists clerk, but to her msssssssz
  said fourishing the bottle. He bounded un gns stairs As he he talked, and as hs talked hs took oil his wet coat. and hung it over fns baaafs ter. Alicia followed T called ID TT docxhur msp sih ma'am- He was not at home, but Hfr vu-TuA with that small pup of . drooggists c1erx- rw.s mesff wud smash the jawr on him if hs dsdnr gss docthur here inside of fifteen minuts~ He ss~n- ed to go by instinct straight to Moftys sds -Ah. the poor little colleenI" he said. bending ovs< hsx
 If rvas hfa h1pa ~kxxa while Alicia poured the medicine He ssoo1 Dy Ahcias side and watched in silence for the eHscx. For while 1t seemed to quiet Molly. to make breathing more easy. But in few moments . nsw restlessness animated her. She began sD stir ss moan. to struggle back and forth over the cosen- Alicia started take her. the reaction Of f1rss sleepless nights and her long days vigil had oons. Mollys fra little form shook in her treublfn< anna
 You rist y'rsi1f. maam I'll take care ef ths sssy. Sure all she needs is to be waIked-mauny,s fas tome I've walked all noight w1d lftus wan nse hak the soze of doll" He lifted Molly. CsrseaI ly and tenderly he fitted the childs head suso n1n enormous shoulder. He began walk with nsx 'Now you lie down. maam.- he said
 Alicia obeyed him. She sank down auonx gzs pillows and lay relaxed and still She rs1scssz vaguely that she was glad somebody had tzxsn charge of her affairs. After this her mind sssme4 to stop working. She lay and watched-wsschsz . big. bulky. sinfsterlooking man whom shs 6h ooe know and whose strangeness she presently forzo1v carrying Molly. Up and down, back and torn hs went great many times; and stfn thinking s< anything. she watched hin After . while n sseup ed to her that she did not watch as much ss shs listened For when Molly stirred noans1x s1s heard a voice. rich with the softsst of oad-counez brogues and softened to purr by q wonderful esn derness murmTing Irish pet namea ~Mavcurnssn~ end "acushla" the only ones shs could re member afterwards. And times the soft purr1nx voice sang-she recognized old Irish airs, grooming cradle songs Hitting love lyrics How gay thsy ~srs and yet, underneath. what melanchoIyf
 After while the wind died down Tns r.s. stopped She heard Margaret staggsr to hsr ssss and lumber the couch in the han. heard her call. Sure, mum. there's somebody knockinx os ens kitchen window" She watched the old man As appear the han, still carrying Molly. beard h1s light. swift footsteps the stairs. his vhfzDsrse colloquay at raised wtndow-his stern -Go to ssd this mfnut," to Margaret in passing: his steps - turning. Without thinking and with no ssnse ef re eponsibility. she watched and listened Afs< . while Adollys breathing became easy and rssusU. although it mixed itself all up ia her moe1sTs with the ticking of the clock Alicias sgeiids ssl fose-fell-rose-fel-
 What old Pat thought during an those long h0u. Is not part of this history Certain b thsz EAs longer he walked the bigger he seemed b gTow. the stately his air became When the a&vz began to peep through the Wtnoows ne A11 k1@ sleeping little girl beside her sleeping moehsr mA covered them both When he stole out sf E1s house he had the grand look that hs always ~1rs when he reminded young Pat that they ~srs z~ scended from kinga
 Nobody passed that morning certain cDss 1oe not far from the Prendergast house But weird cFsss that seemed to come from h smote ths ears sf early r1sers. Afterwards they tried to eonnsa f1s disturbance with an abortive attempt Oads ua< pren drew that inference bulded better than r11 ivy It was old Pat taking that place and cce.ss0 - aeat vouns Pat tor being burglar.