Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
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Woman and Home
(con,lnucd From Yesterday J

clear, ringing. swcct-;oncd as any
bell, holding the audience spcllbomd.
with eycs aclow the voice OF Merwin
rang out. And then the song died in
nidair. seemed TO hal, upon its course.
The singers hand clutchcd a, his throat.
clutchcd desperately there as though by
the sounds that the vocal chords refused
10 give Ills lips opened and closed.
closed and opened. y mute lie stood
there. a ludcrous mute saving the air
with his hands desperately, wildly
y laugh hurtlcd from the gallery. the
laugh that was sufficient to guide the
mob. I; grew in volume. grew so that
it's sound penetrated III" heavy curtain
as ii slowly descended upon wild eyed
sohhinc tenor, who clarcd pitcously at
ite BACK OF iaushinS woman III the
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ne" ne" from h'r "''ofn'N Once 'ne
newspaper whose starting ne"d ma"
'"ueat her 'Ec even as h'r nan" re-
celNcd the hiial decree oi divorce.
There MAS wild oppression IN her
eyes as she !HnEed through me '"oWd"d
,raltlc oi the streets toward INC ci'S
hospital where. TIC story sh!d, Henry
had been taken.
Forgotten the documcn, i'm her hand
which h.. had treated b.r She only 20
mcmbcrod thar he was the father of hcr
cbild TIA, he wus mo r,,n she had
loved The MAJ, sho lovod s,;ll
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She did not heed the curious chances
of the nurses nor III" intcrncs rs she
demanded admittance to his bedside
That the story o! the Gclcbrity's down
fall. the divorce and attendant scandal
belonged TO tho world meant nothing
10 her. \ Quccn-shc demanded tho
RICH, TO be with her husband in his
hour OF need.
She lid not shrink away from the
moor creatures upon the cots III the
wards through which they passed. The
f,otsam Hnd .jetsam Of srca, city was
there, but that mattercd nothing 10 her.
That her husband was just such an
other dependant upon city's charity
meant nothing 10 her.
She felt little pain in her heart as
the inferno paused beside a snowy cot.
hesitated a second before approaching
the delirious rnan, tossing and tumb-
ling upon that cot, then bravcly moved
r forward again. The inferno rested his
hand upon her arm. She looked into
his face with surprise. and saw nothing
hut sympathy there and desire to avoid
harm coming 10 her. She brushed him
ASIDE ana then voice reached out 10
her voice wild and hoarsc. throhhing
Win the insanity of deiirium yet with
she would have known from all the
"OlEa--O lca--Oica-''
ON and on and on. unfortunately. ana
=lways with that same pircous appeal.
rEuIiug helplcSSnCSS cried thc Nni,,c.