Evening journal., 1921-02-07
WON'T keep 9,
father SAYS
at is an Outrageous lmposi-
ton on Me-" Says
Husband
WILL KEEP ALL BUT
TRIPLETS, SHE SAYS

ATLANTA. Ca, Feb. Mrs. +. A.
S.uth, who confessed that her nine
children We're taken from a maternity
home, has declared she would keep
item. However. her husband, a 6i-
ycar-old grocery clerk, deceived for
q years, has different ideas. Il am
going TO send them back where they
came FROM" he said yesterday My
.ief has done nothing wrons, but il
j. an outrageous imposition on inc,
and / won't have ulem.'
= At a maternity sanatorium, y
Windsor street, Mrs Mitchell In
charge. admitted that Mrs. South had
procured the "tripets' there. She eX-
Il bitcd birth certificates showing thdt
in reality they were children OF sepa'
rate mothers, born at the home on De-
-embcr g. , and 10 respectively.
Wien the direct question was asked
Mrs. South, Are these your chill
dren?" she replied: NO. and neither
are the six others
How did YOU fool your husband ?'.
she was asked. She smiled and tapped
/ her head with her fOrennger.
That's my business and nobody
else's" was her answer. Mrs. south
explained that her prime incentive
for adopting the "triplets' was the Of
fer Of her church 10 train as mission
aries the first trsplets born 10 a
church member
She declared that her husband had
become recOnciled since his first out
burst, when he vowed he would not
keep Ule children He's going TO
take out leeal adoption papers to-
/ morrow she said.
81 am not making out any adoption
= talking either. ] tell YOU right now-
] don't intend TO keep them and stay
there myself"
That's an right" said Mrs. South
smiling. when informed Of her hus
bands attitude. Hell come around
an right / know he meant what hC
said last night when he agreed "a
keep the other children. lie kissed
me gOOdby like he always does thi,
r morning. and be told me he loved me
better than anything else in IN,
world"
10 was an appealing story Mrs.
south told OF what occurred at tn,
little home Friday night At moor
she had amazed her husband Will
her admission that triplels, sup
l0scdy born 10 her New Years Evl
were not their own; that twins sup
4 -pOsedly born 10 her two years ago
POscdly born 30 her two years beforl
that were not her own, and that fOu
other children preceding The twin
were, llze the Others, procured by he
-Tcrctly from maternity hospitals.
Il You have played hellw Mr.. Soutl
exclaimed al the end or her confes
zion. and for thirty minutes ther
vas a dramatic sceen while Mr.. SOutl
Il denounced her for her deception an
uIt. N.FauInT 10 ON fhn Ground ~ mo
great desire for children and he
i equally great desire 20 make him
hOme-lo loving husband and father-th
isasOns. she declared, that TTOmpic
her remarkable series OF decepiiOns
Mr.. South left the house at the en-
80 this conversation. declaring b
would not keep the children. but lar
night AN wds snDOihcd over. do
II c-ires Mrs smith.
He came home feeling very SORT
for the hard things he had said sll
hagan. "and We talked things owe
First we brought in each Of The chi
dren, Jesse, the oldest boy, thirteen
Virginia, twelve years old. his sister
Elm0ur ten: Lofts five, and th
twins. Ruth and Jewell" They ar
two years old The other twin
adopted by Mrs South four yeai
ag0, died.
I'VE told each OF the older childre
an about 10: that We were not the
real father and mother. hut that "
'!Vod them and wanted to take cal
OF them. and they clung 90 us an
cried and said We We're the best par
III asd mama In hle world. and th'
knew nobody else could have be,
better 10 them. and they would NJ
save as for anything" As Mr.
South told her story tears sprang
her eyes and she wiped them ava
.rying 10 smile through them.
Well" she went on, after We 30
The children about 10 we had fami
prayers like we do every night al
Mr South thanked God that 10 "
not any worse than 10 was. He ga
hanks that ] was "a good woman, q
pest woman IN the world. ne said, at
. then we put an the children 30 D.
n and Mr.. South and ] sat around O.
-nroplace and talked about what y
would do.
y wanted 10 kcer them an. but
said Pee did not see how We cOu
make money 20 support the triple
j is mighty hard, ! know. and IN
neither Of us viii ever live to s
-ihcm grow up. ] suppose / cried
Dot when thought Of givi
+ them up. but I finally agreed
do 10.
"The tr1pleis were returned to (
maternity home today"
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