The Meeker herald., 1914-06-27
Secret
3, LouBE .. CUMMINGS

OUt pofeokB were " CVWboStAUs9 CH>
eumstances. and. % far ~ kagw.
there was 70 skeleton in the closst b
trouble any one Of %.
The day / was eighteen oa leaving
the house to do some shopping ] was
accosted BY . woman.
Il have been watching for you to
leave your home for two or three
days" she said -Piease come with
me to lawyers once In the matter Of
. legacy"
went with her to the once where
she worked and was ushered Unto the
room Of one Of the artners. He was
q pleasant booking man and quieted
what misgivinss ] had He asked me
10 wait while he sent for pefson who
wished to see me. and was detained
some time. at the end Of which m ED
efiy woman came In. 6he looked at
me curiously for fsw moments. then
began to speak to NE.
II hare coDmunication to make to
700 which viii probably both trouble
and please you- You arc not the child
II your supposed father aud mother"
! caught at the arm Of the chair in
which was sitting. but presentiy.
mastering my feelings. noddsd to the
woman to proved. ''Mrs- Worthington.
your supposed mother. whea frst mar
ried had trouLse with ber husband-
He lsft her. and she. thinking that the
birth OF 4 child might beal the breach
and bring him back. applied at .
founding asylum for q newborn babe.
A child had been left at my door. and
i had taken steps to have It received
at the homs at which MB- Worth
inston applied. The result was that
she took the baby that bad been Ieft
at my door. Yoa ars that child
Again showed sign Of collapse.
bot my impatience to hear noes kept
me up-
'Beversi yean after this occurred .
lady called at my home and told me
that she was the mother Of the found
Hing whom she had LEFT at my door.
She savs me no infoema1oa about the
matter except that shs was the daush-
tsr Of well to do parents. but had mar
Tied agninst their wishes, and hsr fa-
thee had for dine disowned hef. In
reply to her inquiries a. to what had
become Of Jon told hsr Of your aitua-
ton ~ ths supposed Oldest daughter
u pessons Of responsibility and that
II yoa wsrs claimed u might part Z
husband and Wits. ths fornsr not
kn0wing of IL dscsptioa thak Aad
bssa psact3ced upea him
~uAe Jsft - W1eAsat te1l1ng - wAaf
~ would ~. TWO yGa1u a3o III.
Harwood. ths gs1tiauan Who h wSeA
-. seat for ~ ard tosd - that you
lad received In tIust for you psopsrty
valued at $4,000, which was to be
yours when you came Of ase. He had
besn charged to - that you were In
formed Of your bequest without any Of
the worthington family knowing any
thing about It He desired me to keep
track Of 700 and when you came to
be eighteen years old to tAke stsps
that you should be informed Of all
these facts Your real mother depos-
tied In this once ali the information
about. you to enable you to ciaim the
property"
She ceased 10 speak. and both she
and the lawyer for awhile Ieft me to
recover from the shock had received.
They conversed together. but I had
no idea Whist they were talking abost.
% absorbed was 10 the Information
had received about myself was
greatly dIstressed loved my sup
posed father and mother. my brothers
and sisteFs. Just the same n II I were
Of the same blood. ! now had . se-
cret that only my supposed mother
had. But she did not know that had
It What should do?
was permitted to digest the matter
- far ~ could within q brief period.
when Mr. Harwood said to me kindly:
1T b not necessary that you should
come now to 4 decision ~ to what
your futnrs course b to be. I would
advise you to think the matter over
before act1eu-~
Il have dacidsd just what to Do. ]
shall keep this secret to myself"
The lawyer looked somewhat DIS
tubed At this and said that It would
Be- dimcult to inherit my property
without my identity becoming known
I told him that would resign the
property. wouldn't have It on any
account. aince its possession would
bring trouble on the family Of which
was q member.
Ieft the once. but did not return
home for some time. l telephoned
that would visit \ fEfsud with whom
] was very intimate. When I met the
mAmhpra Of the family a1afn -.s
propared to live with them and my se-
cret 1t did not make any change in
ny feelings or my bearing toward my
supposed mother. and she never knew
that possessed knowledge that
was not her daughter. From time to
dime WIS asked BY the lawyer to
whom my property had been left in
Trust II weuld take q sscsipt for It
always replied In the negative.