The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-03
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She pressed. her lips tight
I'nl not going to tel1-yet. You
a Haye gotto do something for me
first m in trouble" she was
sspeaktug rapidly now, the words
flooding over her lips between
fitting.
HE ran away and left me for
sss three days. The fire went out-my
M n BY hysterica1 laughter broke
fromhers dry lips My baby died,
ss8 and still he didn't come. He
Agnes Houston grasped her
as hand s.. '.Trys to control yourself!
MAYBE he couldn't get back The
storm
the storm. It's always the
sssstormI We would have been mar
33srfed--but there was the storm
H Then she halted, for the briefest
\ parton, a moment, to become sud
denly madIy cajoling, crafty cum
E5grEn q:
Listen, Barry. you want to
n know things. i can tell them to you
3. III, SO many OF them. III tell
them Stooif you'll only do this fer
h me. It's my ba by-----nny baby. Wen.
YOU promise for me? Take her TO
IN TrTiest--I lease. Bar"g-and have
B Won't you, Basry? Do you want
me to die too-or do you want me
ITO live and tell you why I did the
Things did? Do you want to know
was back of everything? L
didn't do it for myself. Barry. It
5sswas some one else-I.ll help you,
Barry, honestly Ill help you
sss & bout the murder Houston
was leaning forward now. tense.
y shopeful. But the women shook her
$head
q o The lease, and the contract.
1'lI help you about that-ifs you'll
help me. Take my baby
The man rose.
II promise. Agnes II you want
ito b elp me afterward, well and
good. Il If not-you are free to do as I,
you please.
The " oman had raised eagerly.
Then look in a box in the top
drawer You find crucifix. They
u I. s---t hey3 might want to put it on
her.
In$$a mass OF tangled. oid-fash-
Sfoned iewelry, he found the cruel
fix. its chain broken and twisted.
and placed it in a pocket Then he
turned to the grimm er task--and /
the good a half hour later, y hfte !
Featured. his arms cupped gently
stabou al blanket-wrapped form, che
Ssteppeds forth into the storm. and |
bending against the wind turned 70
ward til railroad in obedience TO
the hay directions OF thc-se hbing
woman had left behind. 4
1880 he snowfall was lighter now: he5I
could find his way more easily.
Black splotches against the snow I
two figures sud- emily had come out
sof sweeping yeila girl ard a |
sJnan. Something akin to panic
sseizedfH custom. The man was Lost |
Wing: The girl was Medaine Rob i
Sinette.
Medaine,s eyes. went with Won
AMI inst inct to the bundle in his !
arms.
sssss s baby - There was a surprise !,
Sin#her tone. Forgetting for the mo-
smentHher aversion to the man him
SELF she Ca me forward, touching \
stheE blankets, then lifting one edge |.
ever SO slightly that she might |
peer beneath. Where did You find
siitt??sWhoses is it?''
ssHoustons sought ya-niy for words.
And the words seem to come IN
sbidden
Does 1T matter:''
course not She looked at
him queerly. II merely thought
could be Of assistance.
GU can. Tell me where I can
find a priest--the baby is dead
III" she touched the bundle
ever so-s softly. II didn't know
Then with "a sudden thought; "But
;her*mother. She must need
Only a doctor. I will try to set,
Ba,tisteEto come out"
But couldn't L"
s:ssssSI' IN sorTy." He felt that he was
miring himself hopelessly- He want
ed to tell the truth to ask fer aid,
to send her back into the woods TO
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