The Washington herald., 1921-03-20
B A B IE S
tn e

i ~ q -
Hoso They came to the
Morvosps-a Tale of
Strangers and " "Ansels !.
Unalpmes."
LrHoUGH TIE railway systsus By
~ which The whole Of England b served
n are nmerous, there are whole dis
tricts even those In tho neighborhood Of
larr. towns which are stm outside the
service of trains. Villages lie remote. and
single cottages again stand apart from the
villages b vhtrh they are considered a. b.
longing
In such largo COUNTIES - Lancashire and
Yorinhars fbas are many Villages ef this
k1nd, aud many iso,atsd cottages; and these
are onsn occupaed ~ families of which the
hs,d 1. smp,sved m work at - great ads
ta.os - esn Or fifteen miles away. To nvs
tan or 'nfsssn miles from . town b . small
matter Sor rSch folk. who can reach . main
line of oommunication with The world By
motor. bot for poor people the cass b dif.
ferent'"yo
James Morrow was Q poor man, and he
went to work and returned from It every
had brick cottass . couple Of miles or more
from tho village of vainton, and vainton
ftseif was more than tan miles from LAwton,
ths nearest town, with eight thousand in.
habttants and q small railway station upon
Q loop nne. Lawton was IN the north Of
Lancashire, and vainton lay upon ths West
noreland border.
The cottage In which the Morrows ftved
was very remote from other buildings. but
It rested upon high land beside long road,
% that It was In the way Of the carriers.
and was visited by them often enough 70
insure that necessaries texcept In the depth
Of q hard winter, were easily obtained. Al
though distant, the cottage was not unhandy.
and Agatha Morrow, until she was well upon
the way to become q mother, used often 20
ride into Lawton and back upon the cart of =
friendly peddling merchant These days were
now long past She had been content for,
weeks 70 potter about the house, and to rest,
and to look forward to her baby and the visit
she would pay to her sister In Lawton when
her time drew near. II had been arranged
that the baby should be born at Lawton BE-
cause, with a doctor 80 far away and with
nobody at hand who could nurse her. it would
have been dangerous to try and manage with
cut leaving home. Already James was hav-
ing to do more and more In the cottage. In
another three weeks he would be alone there
and would be calling morning and evening
on his way to and from work, at her sisters
tiny house in Lawton.
Agatha was conscious Of a sinking heart
It was her first baby, and sometimes. when
James was not there. she could not restrain
herself from long 1ts Of crying that came
merely from weakness and kind Of nervous
dread Of the ordeal through which she was
presently to pass. She was thus often morose
when he came home at night. morose and
exhausted, which was a trial to both Of them.
Their relations were thus half passionate and
more intimate than they had ever been, and
half full Of curious hostility. At times h
seemed to Agatha that she hated her hus-
band Then. by violent revulsion of feeling.
she would cling to him. bitterly weeping As
the one person In tho world who was essen.
tial to her happiness- In other moods they
would both langh, and be at once young
lovers for whom the world held nothing but
Joy. .. ---- .
was nve years her senior. He had worked
IN . steel factory just outside Lawton since
hs had been a Eman boy, and was a big.
tough man, rather stupid IN some ways and
extraordinarily shrcwd In others. Agatha had
called HIM her baby. surs-of her own greater
understanding; but II was not As her baby
that she always thought Of him, but a. q
newer know what she was feeling. and yet
WHO. curiousiy, belonged to her and was her
master. She loved him greatly. and would
bve him more as she grew more and more
u.sd to his own love and confidence
On his side, James was sffn rather afraid
q Asafhz's weakness. Her body was such q
stsht thing. compared with his own big boned
strength. that he had hardly yst begun to
realize bow strong. In an her softness and
grssssr esntisness. abe could BE- She was %
Euar. % siin, % quiet tn her movements,
That he had worshipped her. when he found
thst she could love him. James was shaken
h his majesty. He srvw sublimeiy arrogant
towering. confident piece Of manhood In
prids and ~ hs had married her; In trust
and confidence Agatha had responded to his
love And now. when they had been married
saghtssa months. they were going to have a