New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-06-15
me shock Jerry fieeE Gats Aa'ige
AZ tle STATEN

A. the station
! ASS a. the train speeding east
panic stFiaka start, that I had hesr
out Of touch with the farmhouse for
Is hours Ftltie Mrs hgFkefas Az
ness. with the tsFfifKiRg praspfft -
a. operation, ana Tire task ~ resiaF-
ing ella 70 a saae autlaAk nRan the
Vaccinations af Bfss Dean against
hfr peace of nina had made nae
forget ihst-sith l1iFkF also away
fram the apartanent-ihe people az
home could nor reach either af us IN
cry possible emergency,
Almost anything could have hap
rened 10 Junior Ia that time, ] told
myself IL the hlitsFest selfsfspfaaeh
which most malharE and sams fathers
known In all lie naignaney, And far
several miles ] tortured myself with
lHaeing All sort Of eatastFnphss sNd
nieturiHe the wild distress af my
mother.in.law. when repeated tslss
phones 10 the apartment elected no
answer.
Lillian. with Marion, was stlli in
the catskill mountain home OF Mrs,
cesgroVe. Robert sayarln's sister,
where she had gone ia reenpArate
from the ardnous nerVfsstrain attend
Ing her work IN breaking up the gang
headed by theeeo
OF eonspiFators against the govern.
ment headed by the royal refugee who
called himself Smith
Lillian would have found me in any
emergency 10 Junior. II TO do II she
had been compelled 10 call out the
police reserves and the standing army. |
But Lillian was not Al the farmhouse. |
With only katle's i1ysteria and |
Jim's limited capacity hack Of my
aged and innrm mother-in.law. she
would be wild with terrifying anxiety /
n she could get no response 10 tele- |
phone summons for Dicky or me.
Then. with blessed sense OF relief. |
remembered that Katherine Sonnet
Beckett was still at the farm. or at
least no further off than the SOUTH
smpton hospital. whore she was on
call for emergency cases desiring
only enough work to keep her inds-
pendent mentally and financially of
her husband, still absent on his ex-
petition TO the wilda of South Ameri.
ca.
Katherine could be with Mother
Graham within few minutes, and I
knew that failing to reach me at the
apartment, her next proceeding would
be to get In touch with the Durkees.
That no message had been received
from the farmhouse was proof that
nothing eerions had happened. Fl
So the only fear had left was that
OF an accident happening at home
since I boarded the train at Marvin.
I saw Junior toddling into the road
In the path Of an automobile. I Wis
toned him beneath the hoofs of a
horse with no Marion at hand to save
him. as she had done once before.
lima gined that he was one more In |
the brutal hands of the man across
the road-but every mother who has
taken a Journey without her child {
knows the gamut which my fears ran {
until alighting from the train at
Bridgehampton I saw Jerry TIGER
standing upon the platform, his US 3
laliy CHEEKY face downcast, even sor-
rowful. :
I'm Afraid"
With Telling Of ice at my heart,
rushed up to him and seized him
BY the arm.
Jerry. what has happened"
lsked wildly. !.
He looked at me wonderingly.
why Mrs. Graham, where did i.
1ou come from - he asked. They !
lidnt expect you so soon :
so soon r Then they had sent !
or me /! ] gave the arm l held
shake. r
TELL me what's the matter - I
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Jerry shook his head sorrowfully G
I'm afraid she's going to die. Mis-