The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-31
A Righted Wrong
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman)

that | will win. But cannot begin to
work before four days from today
Very WE'LL he answered at last,
you know best. | will get a baby
somewhere-but the good Lord only
knows where
And then | left him. When | got
to my little fiat, called in a neighbor
and gave my instructions.
II won't be able to be around
cooking for a good while; don't think
would be able to stand it, told her,
and so, will you take my little girl
over to your place for a week or 500
why, certainly, she answered,
but why
I'm going to starve myself ! an
swered L am working on case. .
That's all can tell you. Will you do .
the favor for me?'
And so, that day started in to fast
/ for ninety-six hours. | had planned
ahead everything that | intended to
/ do and | believed that the only pos
/ sible way to win the thing on which |
had set out was to proceed in exactly
the manner l was doing. knd So
food. goOdby.
4. The first day was not so / d. The
! second was harder. On the third
had to lock myself in my room, and
by the fourth day was really in the
condition that | desired to be, pale,
weakened and suffering for lack of
food. How those hours dragged by
while | waited for the appearance OF
the attorney and the child which he
was to borrow for me! 1t seemed
that two o'clock would never come.
1t seemed that every minute had be-
; come a day. | remember that l
counted the ticking of the clock, hun
dred after hundred, thousand after
thousand-and then there came ring
on the bell.
The attorney started a bit when
he saw my face. | tried to smile at
him. but there was not much smiling
in me. Yet, my brain was alert. quick.
; ready to do all that had planned for
it, and set to work:
! 81 had dressed myself in rags.
had more rags for the baby that the
e lawyer had brought for ne, and an
S hour later creeping woman walked
a I'D the street of the Edwards home
n begging from door to door.
u But someway or another" Miss
e Clement added with a little smile as
e the music crashed forth from the OPP
n posite balcony, that very same
1t woman was repulsed at every house
+ At last came the Edwards mansion
o. And there was the time for work, rea
Is work, if there ever was such thing
lie "Wearily-and there was no taking
to that. either-I dragged myself. Wit
OF the>baby around the side of the nous
er and to the kitchen door. ! KNOCKED
e. A servant opened the door and locke
ed at me with frightened eyes. | STAG
to gered within. / sank to a chair.
gasped for breath.
IN Cant you give me food" begged
,s- 4 have had nothing to eat for fou
er days. We are starving, the baby an
IT. myself-can't you help US"
er, The servant, a kindly faced oil
d. Irish woman, raised her hands. The
ed with a leap, she began setting food D.
he fore me. suppose the sight OF 1t wa
ct too much for me in my weakene
fe. state. shall always be thankful tn;
re she took the baby from my arms jul
ce when she did, for moment later,
ny, had rolled from my chair to the hoo
or in faint.
ne when came to, was in anoth'
PIT room of the house, with the old Iris
'ut woman bending over me. feeding n
ed broth. And how 1t did taste! / don
srs believe that abrosia could have bee
ne any better-I know that | would n
III have traded 1t for that soup. And
ne 7 ate. there came a feeling OF snea
hu mess into my heart, that had come
LEI this place to really take money ava
es from the employer Of this WON;
ice who had been kind TO me. 1t made
lhe grit my teeth. For once ! was sor
that was a detective.
90. Il looked up just then. The xii
air, old cooks hand was on my head al
eep she was talking to me.
vas I've put tn little darlint in
ner cradle-an old thing but comfortabl
rds she said, an bless me, tn spalpe
ant wint to Shape just like that! ;
S snapped her fingers. III have to C
eV- the Nissus. She was in here an S
rds wanted to talk to you when you wax
JUS up
EN- A moment later, a hard-faced o
had maidish type of woman walked il
was the room. could see by her eyes,
ion, the set of her jaw, by her whole
the pearance. that there was mighty lit
be of the womanly, mighty little OF
ling r,otbarIv in her. And it made me
een better for the game that | had to pl
For | knew within my heart, that
ney, 7 could succeed in what had set
me, to accomplish. that | would not
Mrs. harming her but beneftting her, by
rom ing her a new viewpoint in life. \
de- ;ously waited for her TO ask the 81
feel ton that would give me the start
old chance. But she had other things
we her mind.
acts. Young woman she began sew
l. ". I suppose you have no object
to being taken away in police an
hing lance
t ri Il looked up with fright on
you face.
lths' .'Arrested?' l asked, as piteOusl!
rl is l could.
Mono. she said in STAGE
oked tones, not arrested. said notf
about you being arrested. But
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