Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-23

FRE:G.'kLES
BY
Gene Smr@GG@nl.
Porter
ooFxR,cHr. 1904. BY DOUBLEDAY. PACE
q CO.
CHAPTER XIII.
THREE ouEssEs.

thing, and be didn't even know how to
hunt work, least Of all to do It when
he found It; 80 pretty soon things were
going wrong. But II he couldn't 6nd
work, she could always sing. 80 she
sang at night. and made little things
IN the daytime He didn't like her to
sing in public. and he wouldn't let hsr
when he could help himself; but winter
came, # was very cold, and IRE was q.
pensive. Rents went up. ana they had
to move farther out to cheaper and
cheaper places; ana you were coming
I mean, the boy that Is lost was COM
ing-nnd they were almost distracted.
Then the man wrote and told his father
all about 1t. ana his father sent the
letter back unopened and wrote him to
never write again.
when the baby came, there was
mighty little left to pawn for food and
a 1octor. ana nothing at all for nurse.
so IN old nelghbor woman went in ana
took care Of the young mother and the
little baby, Just because she was 90
sorry for them. By that time they were
away out In the suburbs on the top
floor Of q little wooden house. among a
lot OF factories. and it kept getting
colder. with hess to eat. Then the man
got desperate. and be went out to just
find something to eat; and the woman
was desperate. too. She got up, LETT
the old woman 70 take care OF her baby
and went into the city to sing for some
money. The woman got 20 cold she
put the baby u BID ana went home.
Then . boiler blew up In q faetoey
beside the little house ana set It on IRE.
A piece Of iron was pitched across the
little house and broke through the root.
It came down smash. ana cut just one
little hama q the spoofi baby. II
screamed ma EUe1oe0.a ana the M
kept coming eSoser and closer.
The old woman ran out With the
rest OF the people ana Jaw what nao
happened. She knew there wasn't
going to b time to wait Tor the nre-
men or anything ana sne fan INTO the
building. She could near the poor
little baby screaming. ana sne coutdnt
stand that, 80 she worked oer way up
to It. There 1t was, al nuft ana Diced
Ing Then she was scared Almost TO
death over thinking what 1ts motner
would DO to ner Tor gong on ana
leaving 1t. % she ran 70 q nome 1of
little ff1endless oaoles tnat was near
and banged on the door. Then sne MD
across tho street until the BABY was
taken In. ana then she ran BACK TO
see II her own house was burning up.
The factory ana the httie mousse ana
lot OF others were all gone. Inc PEG.
pie there told her that the oeautl1ui
lady came back ana ran INTO the mousse
to find her baby. She had just gone
in when her husband came. ana ne
went In aftef ner. ana inc nouse went
down over both OF mem
Ereckles lay rigid, win n1s eyes on
the angels face ana sne taxed RAPID
y to the ceiling.
Then the old woman was Just nck
about that poor little oapy. sne was
afraid to tell them at tho nome, De'
cause she knew she never snould nave
left 1t. but she wrote q letter ana sent
It to where the beautiful woman. wnen
she was III. had said her husoand's
people lived. She told all about the
little baby that she could remember;
when 1t was born. how 1t was named
for the mans elder brother. that 10
hand had been cut on In the nre. ana
where. she had put 1t to De doctored
and taken care on. She told them that
its mother and father were both burn
ed, and she begged and tmplored them
20 come and set t.
lyon think It would have melted q
heart OF ice. put that OLD man nadnt
any heart to melt. for be got that let
ter and read 1t. ae MD IL away
among his papers ana never totd
soul. A rev months ago ne oseo.
When bis elder son went to settse up
his business be 1ound that ietter q.
most the fifse thing. ne oroppeo
everything. and came. With bis whe.
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