The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-28
SINFUL LOVERS RETURN
WEEPING AND PENITENT
Richard Ward Brings Matte Simpson Back To
Her Mother and Goes To Ills Own Desert
: ed Wife-Both Broken With Shame
and Grief
Ey ". d. Saunders

Camden County farmer. and
Na.-c Simpson. 3 wear old
| c'..r.h worker. who clopcd on
tie night oi Thursday Nov. -.
AMI .,r whom 4 reward OF SlGO
,. ,,jcrcd. returned to their
..tc near Shiloh in Camden
,..urv in the cold gray dawn
SD. n~lstmas Eve morning.
Tr.y came back in the same Ford
r.ua IN which they my>tcriou$ly
.~trp"arrd ,,iN weeks before. They
..rru.d first at the hum" "f the
.s.'- mother. Mrs. Sudir Burgess
..r. .u his knees. cryia@ like Il child
Ward h"-gcd Mrs. Burgess tn for
-.,. him far takin. her daughter
avs. uui begged her to forSiv"
.H. daughter ami take her ha"k.
ArG. Nr,. burgess. who had prayed
g.n- amt day for the return of her
va.uu~G child. took the "irl in Er:
rur.,. Gryyiviu% Ter and r"r-iNIuS
'." MAIN WA" h'' "S"I'-''' "''''
Wari then drove to the home "f
n., srrhrr-iu-iaw f.. +. owens. just
g..,ud shiloh AMI hcg@rd tn" for
:f,ru.s~ IF his wif.. aad her people,
W,~ Ward. conSumpriv". who has
....n af the point Of death since her
.",.a"d deserted her. received n'h'
'".."iiN an" >ai' >t'. "",''" WI
''" ann ant IN" XIII, H''' ''' ,''"
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".'t". h"'N u" ""''''' ''
i..'N. >a'" MIS-. ''''' " ,
W'N always @'"'' u" '''.' ','' '' "''' >
that n''''''l NM u''' ''''''' ''''S
! Els" III tue ""'"''
Ward wg> still ~"hhinE amt AZ
tears when ! Naw IN" at ~" h"i'
of his wife'S r""ri" christmas paI.
|"uj over l." S'' !"'N ~ Il "'''i,
"'" womb "''''' ~ "'' '"'
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p. ."'I''NN 10 rI"l' Wa" " '.''7 ..''7
a' H"aI'hE woman NV. '''' ,.'''
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10" = robust. h"!i>A' ,'"'t''
'.~..r ~" "f - d""id"'iiI Religions
n.r'i. ~" ian l"d an exemplary iii'.
ii' 'nrL "I ""ttv" part IN aH 'hor'h
,."rk "ud Thought he WAS %"h.
ma-. Nr'ri" Simpson. lonely
-.' Of - sr"r> lived just aero.
fa" swamp from him. W'ihiA NA"''
nl.. distance" Of his barn AMI III t'ii
-f-a, "t him. Sh" liV"d with her
mwA.r a,# "n - year "id S'"j'-
f1,1"r. :,n" had No. h"H'lN. IN"
-"" W.T. 81 r',i-i"'rs 'lp'' and great
..ur,n worker.
III, Ward AMI lIarlj" >imr. "a
.a.r - 700, Of each other. She rndc
win him or"u ~ and Grrm rhur"h.
,rd nr fell i'm love with her. 81"
f,unI herself in love with him r"".
\,f-lr~ kr,.v why it was -. They
raG Goose" -"r,I u?I their lives an'l
they rh"u@ht that surely G"d ;HuHt
"a'" Something ." "" VII" 'hi> IT,"
4nd t...r">'l"@ 'hi"= 'ha' han
rrnr ia'p ra"'r lives ami Nii"r"
'h"ir hlr"d. They talked ih" ih'NI
".,. aad pray"d. An" =" NIKE" mp
j~ This -ry cmoii"ma!i~m ana r"u-
-i"rr- .'u"'jnuali>m that tn" poor.
..urIr sr>ti">. blinded 10y iT'S'i"'.
'ruldr.' distinguish th" "ii!"f'l'''
b".wan tH" prompting "t IN" ii"iF
Ghost and 'u" GII nt ih"F "i" a.
Wh.u Nari had hary'~."d H.
Inp this all "ui got his m"n"!,
hc paid ..os' "I E.> ills. pa"k"d hi~
+. wife sad :.yp Hlia..' oil I" II :
w Ihrr sin law "u % p""'"'r". "h'
Iyfnlc away with Haitt" 'imrS"n
k"r 500 of tH" L'IH-"'ii .''' s.
~ rf her aged fa!t"'E:;'-'.. - .'..