Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-14

appeal. there was this. piteous ap-
peal, as Sabre said, and there was
Sabre profoundly touched by it, and
there was his wife .bridling over it
one up against her husband who'd al
ways stuck up for the girl. d'you see,
and about two million up in justifi-
cation of her " opinion Of her,
There they were: and then Sabre said
Well, what IRE you going to do abou,
it?' -
0 can imagine. his. wife's tone.
DO about 1t! Do about it! What on
about it7'
She was furious. Absolutely white
and speechlesa with fury; but not
speeches. long. Sabre said. and ,
dare bet she wasn't. Sabre said she
worked herself up in the most awful
way and used language about the
girl that cut him like a knife-lan
guage like speaking of the baby as
that brat. 1t made him vince. 1.
would-the sort of chap~he Is. And
he said that the more she rallied, the
more frtghtfully he realized the girl,
position up against that sort OF
thing everywhere she turned.
He described all that to me and
then. so to speak, he stated his case,
wen, what I say to you, Hapgood, is
Just precisely what I said to my wife
l felt that the girl had a claim on
TO US in her abject misery for help
ana that alone established a claim
even II it had come from an ute,
stranger. 1t established a claim be
cause here was a human creature abb
solutely down and out come to lis
picking Is out from everybody. for
succor. Damn it, you've got to re.
spond. You're picked out. You! One
human creature by another human
creature. Breathing the same air.
Sharing the same mortality. Respon-
You can't help yourself.
Well, Hapgood,' he went on.
that's one claim the girl had on us,
but she had another, q. personal
claim. Shed been in our house. in
our service; h was our friend; sat
With us; eaten with us; talked with
US; shared with us; and now, now.
turned to US. Good God, man, was
that to be refused? Was that to be
denied ? 80. -" -, ~
1T seems that. il you please. the
very next day h girl herself fol-
lows up, her letter by walking into
the house. In she walked, baby and
all: Shed walked all the way from
T~idborough. and God knows how far
earlier in the day. Sabre said she
wa hal dead. She'd been to her
her house, Inc that terrific-look-
ing old Moses had turned her out
HE'D take her-he had cried over her
the poor crying creature said-if she'd
send away her baby. ALSO IL she'd saw
VINO the father was, but she wouldn't.
J. cam Jet my little baby, co. she said.
sF f'Hl0 wife Aai6 IHl .tVn,,S,o L--T
mined?'
II said, Mabel that's her name,
Mabel. I'm desperately, poienantly
sorry, but I'm absolutely determined,
She said. Very we'll. If she's go
Ing to be in the house, I'm out 81 II.
I'm going to my fathers. Now.
Iouil n Q expect the servants to stay
! the house while you've got this
TINS woman living with you Wes.,
sne saad that Sol shall pay them
up and send them Off, now. before
I 70. Are, you still determined?,
The poor devil. standing there Will,
MS stick and his game leg. and Ms
face working. said. Mabel, Mabel, be-
lieve me-. 1t kills me to say It. but r
am absolutely The girls got no.
nome. She only wants to keen her
oabv. She must STOP
His wife went of to the kitchen,
In about two hours his wife came
PACK dressed to go. She said, There's
only one more thing. I want to say to
you. Q say this women- (This
woman. know old sabre aats
when he was telling mel .You 40
tnia woman has a.claim on .us?.
sne saia, Do you want my answer
TO that3 Ny answer IL that perhans
sne ma q claim on you!, ~