The Crittenden press., 1922-02-03

WI TT WY hAah W. fN " F. WY ee
he beat about the bush Ike ihati
"Bill this IL hard FOR me. II brings
back . terrible thing You know about
David Moreland. &c.. When s~ots
that morning and found him lying
dead AZ my craEed. drunken hands !
wished that l. too. we're dead. &.
That great aud silent wilderness
suiotheed me ! Imagined that c0ald
hesr voices calling 10 me saying
Calm Cain"
They came from the laursl thickets.
fr0m the trees overhead. from TIN
ground. from evsryvhsrs. iou zee, |
wasn't all bad. syeu Ia ny aid oats
days. Then ! thought sf ue las. snd
ran. ...
Hut the cry sf child from the
cabin ! was leaving halted me before
had gone thirty ysrds David More
lends wife had len him with . baby
OILY q few weeks ed which didn't
pay any particular sttsation 10 until
that morning that blsct morning. At
tlat tine ihsw ess no other house
for miles aroand eouldut leave the
cnild there 10 die of starvation. after
Killing is father ST. I sent back and
Goi the baby. and an iis ciolh.ng and
tnsk 70 away uith me. len lt a.
farmhouse dsvn IN the ioWiand. and
weut 10 smother ~ and started NE
afrssh. ...
"But later ! marnsd. and shortly
afier that ssut 10 the farmer aad
persuaded him 10 lst ms adopt the
child ! brought Il up ss my own. and
educated o. asa sort " compsnsaiion.
And ! csms 10 love a. but Il vas
yean before my wife loved A. she
didn't like children Thea hui she does
nos she l. paving n0v snd ! am
paying Don't you understand hill-
don't you undersiandr
There Was a ohoks IN hls voice 10
vard me last B.l Dale esut 10 bis
feet H. eyvs ser sids. bgi he did
not seem unhapIy and To- that EliIa.
beth sas Trsieful John Aors'lnd at
a. siill wiih hls bearded. viking face
a. sKpress'oniess as though h. had
snosu q all aioug
-And 30 ! really an 10 ny 0sn
country cried BIi Dale Z am .
MorsIaud. and ihs Morrlsnds really
are my ovu people
-ies ygu ar in y0ur osu country.
and you are q Moreiand and y0ur
bahy name sss David. said John I.
Dale
Il vas thsu that John N0vlsnd
spsks.
-Bil. when I fuu s-ed you. y0a
mads No thluE o 40 brvil.sf tie day
b. was married aiEt usyei foget
that ! aariainiy aiut supn~d nous
81 all We didn't sno~ stost ne
baby. chsfokes Ios told ne ths baby
had died
-And uoW "a" pleaded ~ DALE
bic volo brcakins ~ that yeu fer
givs me-
Bu Dale David nsrslands beg.
kneli beside ne oid shsspskiu.lined
rockef ioos The Old coai sinIs hand
in both BIZ eSn and bent biz head
ever 10
"irs ell right ~ said nictly. -Irs
sll nght"
EIifahsth uttisf0rd aro-s and siois
blindlt uui " n houss lee foot.
steps lsd her. quite sithout hsf real
isluf uhefs .hs vas Eslug. aefvss ths
meados aud 10 the uvsf aboss the
h.osn down sycamore. And here o.
that nersd spot shsrs be he'd arsi
feli her heart isap 20 ne sound q
biil nales volcs ne sank doss in
q heap ln ~ snss and cried snd
cried
IsiIlrht sas raiisrns fapidly. but
shs d'd bot nsiics iL she dld 90
uoilce either. that N ale vss grov.
iug steadily coidsf ~ifh ths spproach
Of ihs mounialn night 10 hsf
warm suu sas shin.ug shove 10
hrifhi hlus vault 70 her ihe sIsfit 81
summer sas everywhere 10 h-r ears
therv uss ne liquid cong ~ . msados
lara ihr sweet twiftering q wcrd.
thrushes ne iov hammlng q vild
bess lhs pourlng % ths uysial ua.
tsn between the tsu boaldsrs above
the roi made music 70 her and blend.
sd With li she seemed o. hsaf iho voics
of hIg clean urong man
y vas thintinE o. ne finsrencs b.
tween 500 snd sons sibsf semsn I
know
Thsn q ray u hoI- shons lato her
heart nlli Dale sas really = More.
land and. therefore % Ne hlu bleed
even as ne was of ne hlll biooi aad
that sh0Iid maks them mofs ueaHy
equal She told hsr.rif that b. suuldat
D. o. api % coudsmn be- o. being
abe 10 take a human me- saaiy a.
one of another blood vouif 10: be
auuif 10 mols api to unterfiand And
yst ihs somsn h. lad snoun ssFv
rsui.s isuisf and reaasd. uis. fof in.
tianog raifios Mriaufin Seen fts
~ " torr tist siihin hsf and shs
bent hef lead anl sahtsd sgsin
ure Uf hef tarr hands beran 70
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