Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01
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Ralph biousht mo down hereafter baby
me- she's a good hearted sort N' care or
%Thcn this morning l got desperate toll.
jus, wanted a name for the bahy ii only
ward and accuse me of anything he Iiks,
Ia stand anything If could only ret a name
It's just baby now. go
L., 'n"iph sounae% nervous and 'wcrrsd, but
feel his father in back Of him. ] always
thought he would have married me IS soon
father Was So ambitious for him. Hes
young anc he couldn't set ALIENS without his
father yc'.. guess he wes afraid to try.
-. "A, Ana When le.t a moment later tho girl
sullen and bitter hut back cf ali her sobhina
she bore an air Of hopeful strength.
MY country Jchu. doing over til. reIns
reused himself ms came cut t. tie dusty
roadway AZ ylamhered into NY ram.
'a,tcrdcnaiion human \ man sn,er!ed from
INC woods which banked Madge's little cottage
n !, p"cr"d toward the house, with certain
- Gsgiiai ,hnt he was the NEST evil look
Jaw. l'c surreseG shiny unrlea san i%E to- to
and tel MGdse--hu. decided that could
hss ssrT 4, her her ny hnrrynE 70 the ci and
nor I" fearful consciousness of Il passing;
And so passed the cvil-looking man by
and gave him nc further thought on r,n-
m menGs s Eoh is shesG fe Itself cfn de-
man life In the halance--the horribls look
Nlay grave part in her affairs
Just before We reached The station the
% ,H amshackle one boss shay" passc:i US
,,ne passenger was bouncing around with T..
same iil-at- eascness ! was forced to betray
r feiow w%0 oa 2Gas &C.
GNme furttve weakness had on the
told myself / didn't like the natives of
Blue Governor vet its visitors--but a mo.
ment later | passed the visitor did like. 1t
Mr. Barton vas riding a ramshackle bicycle
vintage from which ramo 10 eEan,iS the sa,no
All aboard the wreck" cried Jimmie. hail.
ing me viii 10y as he pedaled his mseraoIe
:. Yours much more friendly than the the Other
his hat over us Syes and ditn, i've i've n''t trI
low Traveller any hail and fareweii.''
as haouw' lie probably surmisoG that yon
ma Just cone from visiting the lady toward
Sentlcman you Just met happens to be Nalph
, wondered # father-iove would impa him
u, 70 give We me child a name. But something in
had elmpsed in passing mads me feel mat /
must not trust to the better instincts In
Margaret Payne ''e'''s
nrs ssr @. mS the i n"i.ef a1mss
sance period. At the side Of a stone fireplace
Ereeted me With we nf ared'0frafT
WHEN In, was wa, not particularly rropitious for
Miss Payne. have come on n mission that
IS as hidcously UNPLEASANT for me as it must
re Ir"S o toT you Try to he patient with mo
give me n hearing" said /
M,d na KIN sh"W %s her the photograph Of
ma himre face bore 50 strange a likeness to
manner. ~ "er
Ma Ana WnHn heE1n to talk to tell he.
what she felt loyalty TO RALPH Coniev de-
manded OF hcr--she fairly ordered me from
ra Ana , then as told story Margsre,
ing superiority. then with a certain 81 breath ree1
Less s grow ~ horror. and finally with the
her pride her breeding aud her innate fnc,
Mss rose TO meet the needs OF this supreme
rn, lt seems lmpos.hie that. should be 10
w Grhf & w ,ha o. E"lp,and for him to be so
,.t. How could he have said he loved T ma nj;
VIVA, arncal c"nid make S' to the ma,
yhho , cared , Ter Made Mtnturn--lkc that ?
ire Mis- F So thnh heart vii,
ISn't wor'hy---and vet both OF Va care. But
j n is,~rrn parfy a him G%w mis-.
ken this Ike the Thoroughbred i kn,w you
wTIe Eanh moniisy isn't fine enough for
weak little Madge Minturn-lonelv little
Sindee M'n,nrn should say. Rut she loves
h!fn-anh there's the baby. She wants n
name Tor tho baby. That's the only Justice
"hF"nc can 40 anyone else in this whole sad
,Ah@ie Of weak human nature at its weakest
We can get name for that baby"
. You're almost as analytical ! am, Miss
iayne-hu; IN outside. looking at the situa
tor, dtsnassonately, while you are inside
telling it, have plan. VIII you heir
Yes. said Margaret. quietly; "I'l hell
you--tell me"
And so told her my plan. She listened &c
me With self-control. which won me to Z
fri"ndship for Margaret Payne which tn,
Nchrs have never diminished, and at last sh,
said quietly:
I'm tired now--too tired to think. a it'll,
summed. too. perhaps. You don't want me tt
Mss Fairfax? thought not. Well. suppos,
tn!"pnonn you this EVENING""
W" left II that way and started back e
&c Journal Office. felt might re ,eeGct
mere ON the way back puzzled m!
rrnicIn What would Margaret Payne do
what had taken Ralph Conley to Blue Cove
"hen l arrived at tho office I telephoned