Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-03

wards havin' Nell goin' crazy with
shame NJ not bein' nobody's wife drove
me out Of my senses kind Of. | never
been quite right since.
Il got over bein' mad nj Nell. and
we come away from there before the
things got worse. | took up the barge
business again and didn't have much
time for lookin' up Mister Freneau.
When / found him by accident IL was
outside your house In the city.
juuaisd for him and he hit me. II
chased his automobile and got run over
hy another one. Went 10 the hospital.
Come out Il mite Wronger than what !
went in. | guess.
"Ncll told me she'd found where he
lived ana she'd went to see him. took
the baby with her. begged him To love
her again, or IenStways to marry her
for the haby'S sake. But no. he
wouldn't. lie jest laughed al her and
told her to 20 ~ away.
"When She told me that. my head
kind &c filled up with poison. | didn't
want anything but hat feller's life.
/ rut out after him and always jest
missed him. That night | followed
him To your house. seen him 20 in
there. and | waited for him. A police
man chased me away and ne must
have went away without my seem
him. for | crep' back 10 that big monu
mcnt To watch for him. He didn't
come out, out ! waited. by and by 1
seen somebody comm up Kiverside
drive. II was him. thought ! must
Il went crazy. guess ! had. But I
waited for him. He stopped and light
cd Il match Ia light a cigarette with.
und | crcp' up hchint him and cot a
grand holt on his neck with these old
ten fingers and
His great crooked fingers made a
feeble repetition Of their work. and
Gloria covered her eyes. Trask
laughed.
II s'pose ia ought 10 feel sorry. and
/ do. now that I've got 10 20 where he's
went. But II felt mighty good then 70
know ne wasn't coin' 10 break any
more hearts or fool any more girls.
81 left him lay there in the snow and
| got away fast IT, 7 could. Next day
I expected 60 see Il big holler in the pa
pers. Not a word. \ hull week passed
and not n word. 1 felt creepy about H..
Then 4 read about him bcin' found
down in the bay and I couldn't under.
stand. 1 been driven near out . my
senses tryin' to iiEger out how be got
there
The secretary in hiding wondered.
too. hut the judge kept silence and -
ala tIorla on her side Of the flower
screen.
Gloria was not concerned about
TraSk'S -beylldernent. She was staring
at the little baby that Nell carried al
ways in her arm. Her last spark OF
love for Freneau died out In her soul,
leaving il utterly dark. There was not
enough embers left To flare with jea-
lousy. She was restless 10 have done
with t'reneau forever.
When Trask appealed for her for
g~iveneSs IL he had caused her any pain,
she gave Il freely. Her bitter heart
felt that 1'Task had done Il cleansing
task in removing trenvau from the
earth.
TraSk sank back exhausted n his
hand relazed its hold on her. Then
She l,rL him t. the illustrations of
Doctor Royce. who whispered 70 her
that She had better not linger to the
last. lie sent her away She went 10
b.r r..y,, AN "A Ipu,Itup@@ more pre-
found than She had ever felt. She
had not even a dead love for compan-
iunShip now. She found the photo
graph 81 Frencau there and her lips
curled with disgust at the kisses Sue
had Squandercd nn that wor>lliped
image.
(To be continued