The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-28
daughter, yet you with your damned
dirty treachery, lured her back here

daughter, yet you with your damned
dirty treachery, lured her back here
to"
HE didn't write to mel" Virginia
broke in. II wish TO God he had!"
you defend him!" ragged her father.
you Ia Bellmore- against your
own father, defending your niger
paramount
Look here!' shouted Clarewood.
Don't insult my wife!"
Your wife! Your wife! You tricked
her into marriage like the dirty liar
YOU"
Call me all the names you want,
rejoined Clarewood, who was now
the calmest of the three.
You're her father and your age
Damn my age! I'm not too old
to protect my daughters honor from
a niger. II you were in the South,
we'd have burned your blaze heart
out at stake. You stole her, you kept
her in your dirty black arms for
five years, you"
His own words drove him crazy.
He rushed at Clarewood, clapping
his hand to his pocket. Virginia
screamed and clutched his hand with
both hers before he drew his pistol.
Clarewood, in an agony of fear lest
the gun explode and hurt her, grab
bed the Senator's arm just as Virginia
was flung to her knees. With his
free arm the Senator struck and
clawed at Clarewood and the air was
blue with his cursing
you dirty black dog toLa
your hands off me- you black son
of hell. you
Clarewood finally got the pistol
away from him. Virginia threw her
arms around her fathers neck, plead
ing with him.
Now, senator, Wen talk this out.
Whether Virginia withes to go with
you or stay with me, she Shall have
a free chOoice. You can't settle this
by murder
Then for the first time Clarewood
became aware of a large figure loom
ing in the doorway, and voice ring
ing like command.
Jackson BeIlmo!, you jes' stop this
here cuttin' up"
Aunt Annie!" cried CIarewood.
then with the other two he started
in surprise at the old colored woman's
disrespectfuB manner. Aunt Annie,
looking very determined, marched
into the room and confronted the SEN
ator. He glared at her.
who asked you in here to medic
with the affairs Of your masters"
Snapped the senator.
Nobody, aid the old woman, I'M
daunted. But I'm agoin' to interfere,
good an plenty, You amt goin
to shoot Jinny's husband and this
things going TO be settled right now
John and Virginia looked at each
other astonished to hear the senator
addressed so premptorily by the old
servant The senator too, was speech
less for a moment, then with an
obvious effort he Gained himself as
he never would have done for Clare
wood.
Annie Henderson, he said finally"
your forty years of Service in my
family has brought you many priv leg
but when you acost me as Jackson
Bellmore, and NEEDLE in this affair
you go too far
Aunt Annies figure. already large,
seemed to dialte till it overtowered
every one else in the room. Her eyes
widened, her face was hard, she took
a step towards the senator and faced
him, eye to eye
Eyes. Ell meddle,' she said boldly,
and it's high time / did. Jinny's
'jes as much to me as she is to you,
an ct you"
What do you mean?' exploded the
senator I'm Virginias fatheri"
Then the old woman struck them
all dumb as she srouted her reply,
"Gawd knows youse her father. an
Gawd knows Use her own mother!"
Continued next week.