Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-30

l OF cOu1De, WA3 fortunate. OUT Etnei
felt mono Of the triumphant joy OF
young maternity. This would mean
harder. nercer grinding for her, one =
l moro to feed. one more burden to :
carry. It was but an added drop to
her sirsrSy full cup Of ;erro row otn.,
| wise. He seemed to walk In land
Of dreams. He learned to carry the
baby tho way the nurse-who only
fingered two days-had shown him.
saying. his homely face besmins his
He made pathetic attempts 70 re.
pay Ethel for her 'Sng sacrifice. HIS
version Of h.j-makinE brought to he.
since the big rain h>Ss>. Mo hurss
| had shown him how - srepare in
valid's food. and he dE It surprising !
ly well. The scenario writer. Mr..
Glossky. came as another surprise. :
| and announced that he had seen the !.
| birth notice IN the paper and was !,
insistent upon inspecting the nrst- t.
| born. 2
] Tin sorry I got behind with my |.
pay" he announced before leaving. :
Ethel. you may be. sure. had not :
forgotten that he owed her somethinS :
| like $50. and so she WAS grateful. "a
over the pile Of bills on the tahie !.
| and realized. with trembling lips
that the queer. cruel-looking man.
| had overpaid her $50. She might :
the chivalrous gaucherie and clumsy ::
| understanding that had prompted the .
| gift There was some one who un- :
| derstood. and she wept for the first !
time since the day of her wedding. :.
Early in March the sun came out .
and claimed his world again. The :
| real estate dealer. on that sloppy. /.
| desolate day when she had taken the :
bungalow. had declared that the val
ley would be paradise In the spring. /;
I For the frst time she seemed TO be :
| gazing with eyes full open. All the
| surrounding hills. Aladdin mounds OF
| emerald. CLEANED and CLEANED. shoot
| ing green rays back to the hot me-
wonder-have worshiped Down in
| the valley swift streams. already de-
| creasing. gurgled. meadow lark,
short tailed and heaven-winged, shot
recklessly upward, swee.eninT, Inc
air with his wildly happy thrill
| California spring, a squat CHINA
| man, with a seedy hat and two bas-
kets swung on long pole. jogged
merrily by. chanting in falsetto. Ana
| inside the bungalow Ethel could hear
The drone-droning of a harsh male :.
| voice:
Bye. bye-lo. bay-hee-
1t was monotonous. patent. au..e %
l
She 3azed through the porch window
and saw wilfred rocking back ana
forth the little bundle against NO
chest. His rugged little face. again
gaining in color. was turned .owasa ar,
written there the love she had never
given him. never given his baby3
what bells they had been through3
What stygian tempests had patteren
them back and forth. days WHOM I
thew had fought for life: bound to-
1 gether by the inseparable cords o@
Ethel came suddenly to her feet and
rushed into the c,u s;srsl. r1o md sink
| ing TO her knees, embraced the wom-
an-child and the child-man who were
equally in her care.
| What is it, honey" he asked. ms
voice grown still and husky as ne put
his rough cheek against hers.
1--WE been Rad, bad" she told him.
then cried and cried.
bad You've been an angel
Do angels live through hell come
crowns unblackened. their godly pen
sons unsinged by hooking fires?
II wanted to help" she said wildly
over and over. IT tried-and oh. how
hated it," ,.,r
,av >.
~ think that's why I love you So
now"
N.Y. mo-. al, she said and Law nes-
.,;rr Sor q long time AGAINST her child
end hsr man
ana her "ah' ,
."s
NY enthusiastic guide-and who In
"A Los Angeles is not ap enthusiast
tic guide?-will point out to you the
pretty white house on the hill, spot
less less patch among shaggy eucaiypti.
sleek-leayed. golden-ouioed orange
trees climbing the slope. You will ad- =
a.. f.t,... ~ the white leg
""e '"e ~. w.fI.
~ -, avs. vou are-you
,, e,. - :. Sivinr there and Who
VIII ask Ss ;nv.iid s,ttine in the wheel
nhair Under live oak?
e.aI IIe;s Rowdin." the guide
viii He tsl, A YoS. YOU remember! He
want hustled in the Indoga cattle
scs ndai Of 1918. Place belongs to his
sc h,,t his Observation-Disclosures runs the -
sou, pu' uaa he'll OF a time, they
rancn, e.ss Ant vounp Bowdin made
s,ai, stake in street railways and
att .h;s choice hit of property"
o.SSn ,nrst he canAbie woman"
,o Sn remark' 3.
| on. ON, yes, say AZ an. anvfhinS in this eli
~. soa
| JUST suc M sfsernoon when little
NAB now seven and going on eight.
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