The Ordway new era., 1914-08-28
NO NAMES IN THIS
STORY Of A BABY
Child Of Love Match Is Aban-
doned In Fear.
PARENTS MARRIED IN SECRET
elue-Eysd Mary Cannot Go Back to
Arms Of Mother Who Yearns for
First Born-old Feud
!, TO Blame.

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Mary. who should never know until
she is old enough to know and under
stand and possibly forgive.
| Because Of man and wife who
stumbled in the path. who suffered in
secret and who will continue to, suffer
while life lasts-and they should be
permitted to retain their secret.
| Because of man and woman to
| whom God denied offspring and who
have taken into their hearts and home
the baby abandoned by a boy and =
girl when expedisncy overruled love.
And, because-
The moving finger" wrote that>they
should hate each other with the cold.
deadly, never-dying malevolence of q
Kentucky feud. They did. and they
do to this day, but no one knows the
reason why.
| In early manhood they left the Blue
Grass state and fate, with the malig-
nant persistence with which she pur-
sues those ensnarled In her. web.
brought their wandering footsteps to
a halt in a little town in Michigan.
There they settled.
I Banker and Lawyer.
They grew with the community.
One became the leading banker and
the other its prominent lawyer. Sue
| cess came, but the old-time rancor re-
manned. When the amenities Of social
or business life lifted commanding
finger courtesy ruled, but that was all.
And they married. To the lawyer
was born son and unto the banker
a daughter was given.
Fate, remorseless. threw boy and
girl together In school. In play and
in the youthful activities of . small
town. Pinafore and knickerbocker
friendship grew a. the years rolled by.
and one day-befors they were out Of
school-the chrysalis Of friendship
burst and radiant love came forth.
For q while boy and girl kept their
wonderful secret Ia, themselves. 1t
would have been secrilege to talk
about II. Then the brutal realities Of
life crept into the ,foseate picture.
Would papa-f Woul0 he-and he-
forget that horrible mysterious some
thing that had embittersd two lives?
Daughter crept to daddy's arms and
whispered the tale: son stood before
father and told the story.
| Meet In oseret.
| The old hatred biased forth and
weeping girl and angry boy went forth
to meet in secret and wonder why
fate was 20 unkind.
One dAy they marrieA, not in the
homo town. but in another not far
away.
At frst It was q secret, but soon
It became apparent that It could not
b . secret forever. 30 on some pre-
text or the other they left their re-
spective homes and INST In "the Wis
consin woods" Thsre for several
weeks they lived life Of utter free
dom. But the greatest day In q wom-
ans iife was approaching and they
journeyed to Chicago. A baby-a
little girl-was born In Oak Park.
Today they are ashamed of what
they did. Five year, OF anguish and
remorse have not balanced the scales.
She could not, would not 90 back
home with q baby; he-well. he ad-
mits It today-was . coward. They
decided to sbandon the child.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester T. Bradford
live In Evanston. They. too. had q
baby. but It was upstairs in Its crib
while the little buggy stood on the
veranda Of the Bedford residence.
Fate placed 1t there. The young ia
ther had friend who lived in Evans
ton, well-to-do young man. who
necessarily must live In Q good neigh
borhood. And with the address rs
pivot in seeking house in which their
baby would receive at least chance
Of decent upbringing. the young cow
ards started for Evanston. Half .
block before they reached their
friends house they saw the empty
buggy, and into 1t they dumped their
baby-and new.
There was another desolate home
In Chicago. 1t was different from the
little Oak Park cottage-but hardly
grounds about the house, and from the
exterior It was beautiful. But to the
occupants, the home was dreary. as
the halls gave no echoes to pattering
feet OF children.
They wanted a baby, and appealed
to the Illinois Home and Aid society.
They were shown several children
which had been placed In the care Of
the society. and one. Q little girl with
blue eyes. attracted them.
Legally Adopted.
80 they took the little girl into
their home. and In . short time, It
had lost its desolatl6n. The halls
schosd With the ladshtsR and prattie
Of the child. and tie man and his
wife were happy. Thsy decided that
the child should never y taken from