Graham guardian., 1921-01-28
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When TonnibA bent over the. hunk
,ts she saw her mothers eyes were open
She smiled sadly down upon her, sat
,Af4. ON stool and took one Of the wom-
ans thin hands In hers.
where's your. daddyf" ,murmured
Mrs Devon siyr fst r.
Hes gone mummy dss.r," breathed
~ Tony. 81 guess he thought some one
was after him. You're feelln' lot
Better, huh h0neyT
eYsp, hut,rm thirsty. awful thirsty,
baby dear" ~;
Sl TopnibeI gave hersa drink, and re-
SASi'0 seated herself y
You're goin' to get welL' she
s1h itjathlated ~ brought awful nice
20 bs.d6ttCl here when you were so sick.
-NA1o Hes Just gone, and he left you them
tF ai piils.and that medicine In the glass;"
SnroH The woman stared at the speaker
as II she hadn't heard rightly
& sa.e, "A doctorT' she whned. rwhat
,sdoctorG" 1
~ Doctor Pendlehaven" replied Ton
nibel Hes a real nice man--Johp
Pendehaven." 800. - ~
Edith struggled up on her elbow,
';.ts ''Whatd you bring him here for7"
s'# she cried ~ hate the, Pendehavens.
Uriah hates 'enl--"~
II know that mummy" Tony cut
~ Der OIL with, hut you was too sick 80
tell me what to do and. daddy wasn't
here, so just went and got the doc
A4ss' tor myself Here You mustn't
aS sit up"
,tilE ~ will I WIN Now tell me all he
~ sRld from the beginning to end"
-. In silence Tonnlhel helped her moth
or 20 4 sitting position and wrapped
the blankets around her Then she
began TO tell her what had happened.
The only thing she omitted speaking
s'ii q OF was the baby's picture.
T'Nt "He were the only doctor knew
about" she offered finally. flushing,
"and he's the beautlfuest' man / ever
saw. Mebbe he'll come down tomor-
d rtw 10 see you"
Edlthsdropped back on the bed, shiv-
ia, eiing IN desperation. a"r
81 acct your clothes off, baby" she
whispered "Crawl In beside me.
You're all wet"
Take your medicine first then I
4 wlll." snld Tonnibel. "Here--" She
~ picked up the glass and then stood
staring NJ the place she'd taken II
from. "Why, the doctor must have
left this money" she exclaimed TAX
ing up roll Of bills. Look Edle,
lo6ki"
Get off your clothes" repeated the
woman mpassvely. "Come on to
bed and so TO Sleep"
In another moment the girl had
stripped Off her wet clothes, had
blown out the light and was in bed
beside her mother.
When Edith was assured the girl
slept she crawled out Of the bed and
lighted the lamp. she tried to collect
her thoughts to lay plan for the fu-
ture for herself and husband. John
Pendlehaven had been there Pendle-
haven the one man In the world she
dreaded the mention OF And Tony
had said he would come back tomor.
rowl
She turned and looked at the sleep
Ing face, halfhdden in the blankets.
She had stolen this child from her
father and now she had to escape the
consequences of her wicked deed. She
had to go away and that quickly. II
she had dared to face her husbands
wrath she would have, then and
there, communicated with Paul Pen
dlehpven.
She reached out and touched Tonni-
bells face.
'9Baby. darlin', wake up" she said.
II want 10 ask you sofnethingP'
Tony opened her slumber-laden eyes
and smiled
'Dont go to sleep again." exclaimed
Mrs Devon hoarsely "Teli me this.
Do you honest believe what you said
about that thing on the cardf About
II bein' holy7"
"Yep" asserted Tony. with droop-
ing eyelids.
"You don't want to hurt Uriah and
me, do you, honeyT
The girl shook her head slowly, and
n doubtful shadow settling In her eyes,
seemed 10 make her wider awake.
"r wouldn't hurt you, darlln'," she
replied at length, but sometimes,
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