The evening world., 1913-09-01

fatiSabls Mr.. Reagan AGd taken him In
TOW Immediately.
The bearing Of the traditional sheep
stsalsr was miMtAntly ferociOus COM
cared with the bearing Of Mr.. johnson
ct that painful moment The only
word I can think q Which even mildly
conveys the expression q his facs 10
"habbergastsd." And Mira JsAnson
didn't START the scene had feared. She
made Just one fruitlsss effort to catch
his wavsring. wsbbling gass and then re-
marked bluntiy: well. walter John
son! should like to know what you
think OF yourself. going away and never
letting me or your four little childrsn
hear from your
"You'd have got . letter this morn
ms" Mr. johnson VI out haitingiy. "A
man I'm the shop - showed mo the
Evening World. l wrote--said Id send
money - to-day come homo - two
wseks-or now-lf you want"
Duitng this spesch his burdsnsd Sa3s
did not lift itself from the ground.
he GOT A LOAD ON AND LOST
Apparently he 10 no hardened Lo-
thariO. He denied that he was assooi-
ated with that 'other person" about
whom Mrs. johnson had worried. and
circumstances bore out the denial. His
story was simply that he got = load
on and for two weeks lost all track
Of his whereabouts. When he came to
himself he found that he had been
brought from New York to Waterbury
with q lot OF strike-breAkers.
For weeks. he said. he had meant
to write home. He liked Waterbury
and earned fair pay. over three dollars
day the days he worked. He was
we'll liked at his place Of employment,
and indeed he still hopes to return to
the town. taking his family with him
next time.
Mean while no professsd himself will
ing to return TO Corona 1t once and
support his family there Or elsewhere.
He listened In silence and apparent
submission to the admonitiOns Of Mr.
Beach and Capt Dodds. He msekly
passed his unopened pay envelope Ia
Mrs. johnson. whole comments on his
past course Of action we're sorsowfui.
but less acid than expected She really
cared for him yet. It's way some
women have
Mr.. Keegan chaperoned us all the
way home In order that good resolves
should have no chance 10 weaken.
remember Just three Of Mrs. Johnson'i
comments. Here they are:
o,vGS THE EVENING WORLD
PULL CREDIT.
"of course ne IL my husband and thu
chtidren's father, and when alrs said
and done ! do want him back"
'Doris's prayer will BIZ answered. FOL
she's prayed every week that her fathsI
would come home before sunday" DoFii
10 the five-year-old Givi
81 can't thank The Evening worit
enough. They've done In three day.
what tho police couldn't do In thre'
months"
When we rang the ball OF the flat II
Corona, Doris rem down to open tn
door. She save her father one shy. on
chanting smile. then rushed back TO an
nounce his arrival Grave Evelyn sp
psarsd at the threshold OF the dihinI
room. She. too. smiled At her faths
, and said, I've got your letter thi
morning" Then she hurried back lot
the room to pick up the baby. who wa
wailirg. and who walled louder at tn
sish OF tho tall. black w"stachs
/ stranger. He doesn't know YOU" sal
, Evelyn. half rsproachfuiiy.
| The prodigal father sat down hsavii
In . chair In one corner OF the dinin
room. ! don't fancy he vas sxactl
happy. But the children we're slowi
moving nearer. Evelyn hushing the bah
but locking ct her father.
end shut ~ does.