Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-07-08
tacle Of broken man, though none
could have explained why they gazed.


birthplace-hls home until the wilder
ness within his soul, stirred to fury
by evil associates, had led him through
escapades, each more serious than its
predecessor, to the eliminating crime
which had placed him behind prison
bars.
AS in dream he turned down
rutted side street and into the yard
Of small, old-fashioned house. Half
way up the grass-grown path he
stopped with sharp intake of breath.
Why should he 60 to this house2
Only strangers were within. When
he had last gone forth 1t was with the
springy step of recklessness. The
crime which was to be his undolng
had been formulated and every little
detail carefully planned.
His mother, with that intuition
which shields flesh and blood from i'm
pending danger, had seemed to read
his secret, for she had placed her
hand lovingly upon his shoulder as he
was eating his supper and had trem
blingly besought him to stay at home.
And he-what had been his answer?
He had shaken her hand off roughly,
had cursed her and abruptly left the
emphasis.
That was the last time he had seen
her at home. During his detention,
awaiting trial, she had come to him.
He had been glad to see her for one
reason only, and that was to get
money with which to hire a lawyer to
defend him. Uncomplalningly she had
mortgaged the house. giving every
penny that she might have him back.
She knew his wildness. In her poor,
sinking heart she feared the truth Of
the accusations against him; and yet,
worthless outlaw though he might be,
he was her boy.
Later, when he had begun his long
term Of Imprisonment, she had again
come to him, bringing such delicacies
as the prison rules would permit, and
even small sums Of money, saved at
the price of the starvation of her
emaciated little body.
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