Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-15
West Wind Drift
BY GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
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the line cf huts, twos and threea ana
IourS swiftly welded themselves into
Sroups. and harryins forward. swsiied |
q u. "stress" TTe hundred a Of ~ shsrm. sne
tired but earor, awaited the arriyni ~
the man with ths lantern.
These, were the men who silent on
snore. the unmarried men. those who
q ne aa,oo,,Mm 10 ou,,sm.nine hearth. q. snipe put
Sinee supper-tinne these men had been
waiting and watching. But few OF them
hsd gone to bed. Gentleman and roust.
ssnoat' one and all, were linked together
oy common anxiety. News OF tho
tho night.
u.M Guild was coming to the pathetic
htns widow OF Cruise. the radio-nasn.
), uWo messengers had Eone down 10 the
sSeuss5 utn ron 70 weis ". Tor The report to Be
rsin.sospg SHAY ss'fs snS nuss e tns es,.Iss. nS
ths Jockey. Now they were returning
and II was nearing midnight.
a.. They drew naar. the iAntsrn buffstinx
tns legs OF the one-tlnie diamond thiSf
az no swung along In the rear Of the
moro active Jockey.
,u"i,s It's = sirl,. called out Buck to The
from The osser crowd. Mother & and Sl SId
thrilling. note Of triumph in his voics.
,ss ana 9,osnss, then z roar Of voiess went up %
saa ssss s away 'saSfss sSa ss.sy q fSsss Sssss
,weia.d ~ with Joy asd relief. Men began
10 dAncs and laugh. Out In front Of
as crowd leapsa Psrcivai.
,oms IN now. tellows! Everybody
baby! Ons-two--threei
soholn6 back from the mountainaide;
,sss. rNow. tire good ones for tho baby's
Tnrics again tho St saultan. veil, echos,'
across the plain, and thsn out leapsI
ss, an,oSher eTcitsd figure. II was Nickle
,,.ss ,d$: n. e.! ~ &C. Come ,, on, Y, 20, II
he matches! Watt VAT VAT, " Lets vSi, Al,
while We take of our hats q minute,
boys--take them off 60 our baby's
father, Jimmy Cruise. No ohssrsI"
hat 4 os,na aTsh o fsii .SS oyer the crowd: Every
10 many OF them James Cruise Wa no
more mote than q name salysssd from the
s,,S ssnSSok!ns eSpsienoes Of those qrst dread
sS, sS.,di disyS r rsw Sr them had come in
been too short But Betty Cruise. his
and low. They had watched over her.
and projected her. and slaved for her.
asss..s s h;is ass Ts' S.s II s'sss
done to Insure the happy delivery OF the
baes they were counting 20 kasnly upon.
She WA = frAil, delicate English xlrl
xss the sssr ns Sstore arfis Hs VAS IA sasnss sans
her Up 70 his mothers home In Connect
icue His dsath---Alas his annihilationl
almost Killed hsr: Thers were those
who said shs would die OF Grief. But,
the nshs Ana now came can % ths nows nov THAT tsas
she hRa pulled through"
ThsS were mothers. on board with
Siny babiss,--three or four Of them. tn
fsSs.r.Psey,sh, nc.n1P seasliins infsn.s that M.
N the souls Of these ssit-sAme men.
ThAy had no clatm upon the Imagination
or the sympAthy OF the eager crowd
no such hold as this newcomer. the
IAN expression nrst employed BY IN ar.
dent champion OF the impending infant
In defending his righteous solioitudo
whom Il was attacked by q sophisticated
@nf S q sss sos .rS s,re ssssrsS 4 a. n9ss
space known a. "The 0rsen.~ The hugo
piles Of twtes ana branches had been
thrown up earlier In the svenins. They
were Ia plain view Of tho lookout" At
tho top OF Split Mountain. Il had been
agreed that X Il was o boy one flre was
70 be tho signal: II a Siri. two. Ths
watch" was to share In the xiad It'd.
fhs cheering awoks Abs, Iandoysr
froT, a sound slssp. He tarnsd In his
"Ths damned idiossr
!. Mr. Landover aid NOT like children. He
declined to sit up half tho night 70 hnd
out "how things were going" So he
went to bed, knowing perfectiy well
that his three bunkies would come .pillne
about tho 'kid'-and no wouldn't b.
able to set back 20 sleep again for hours.
He WAS whnt is commonly known as
grass widower." His wife rather too
promptly married inside OF q month
own qualification ana joy. proesodsd to
have three very desirable children with
In . period OF flve ycafs, causing him y
sroAt deal Of pain and annoyance for
The reason that their fnther had onoo
Sesn rsEsrdssd as & he best ss fssnSSna 9; S;r
He hated children. Now you know the
kind Of q man no was.
Five tired and thoughtful men were
going TO bed = little later on In one OF
what shall we cali herr came from
Randolph Fltts ep ne threw ono Of his
clAy-oovered shoes into the corner.
perotvsl srmly. from the sdEs Of his
hunk. wen call her Doraine".
cd :sos r. crsd sS Peter Ss nrp snps e.. had -,
'em both beat. It may not oe ~ pretty q
Angelica, but It's nnors appropriate.
Mortimer was the other name hAd In
"ysr." was n. smo.nsrsd decision o,
then no spoke moro distinctly. "wo
can't DO better than to name her after
her birthplace. That's her name. Doraine
Cruiss It sounds Irish. Got music IN
=; Ali Irish names havs.-leaMng out
Michael and Patrick and Cornelius amt
others applied solely to the creatures
who don't take after their blessed
mothers md who grow UP to be police
men and hodcsrrters. with once IN q
while q lawyer or labor-leader TO siorify
the saints they were named for. and
And 30 It was that, with an arbitrary
aualntness, the babe was named without
30 much al a thought OF consulting
the mother. They assumed o proprietary
interest In her. a sort Of corporate own
affection FOR and pride in 6ruisSs
widow II did not occur to one Of them
that she ought TO have been considered
IN the matter OF naming her own child
they went TO sleep perfectly satisfied
that when the question wac put to q
not be a single dissenting voice against
the name they had selected
And Mrs. Cruise herself would be very
grateful TO them for the prompt assist
ance they had given her ht . time when
No was In no condition to be bothered
with minor details
CHAPrER XIV
The death OF Betty Cruise occurred
tho second day after her baby was born.
In way. this lamentabie occurrence
roived a knotty problem and paohed
two warning sexes. 90 to speak. For. be
took q most determined stand asHinst
tho manner In which the men, viva
voes, had arrogated unto themselves the