The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-23
CHAPTER VI
BY DOLORES DIXON.


CHAPTER ".
BY DOLORES DIXON.
Copyright. 1929. by Cosmopolitan News
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SUBURB OF NEW YORK, March
23.-I was 20 stunned hardly
knew what to say to Mr.. Ruth's
secretary when she asked me what
that letter meant that / sent to
Mr.. Ruth.
Why" replied, 1T means Just
what it says
Then she said, "Why, Mr.. Ruth
said It couldn't be possible that,
you were in that condition. He
hasn't seen you In some time"
told her 1t was 80. and he
knew it was SO.
She said. Wait d minute and
and told me Mr.. Ruth was talk,
ing on another wire and as soon
as he finished that call he would.
ring me back.
That was about II o'clock. Wen,
Of course, I felt sick all over. And
began to recall the tales people
had been bringing me-about his
having gone back to his old girl.
But inside there was something
that kept me from letting down
altogether. It was knowing that /
was soon to speak to Babe himself
was to hear his voice and be able
to tell him everything and then
everything was going to be all
right.
Refused to Call Her.
I was afraid to leave the phone
one minute for fear that just In.
that minute the call would come.
But lunch hour came and went
the afternoon dragged by--and still,
no call.
At last. at about Z o'clock. tA.e
phone rang. But 1t was not Babe
It was Mrs. Ruth. had. said In
the letter that knew he wouldn't,
want. Mrs. Ruth to find ont about,
what had happened. The first thing
she said. was:
lis this Doris?" 1Gsa
Z said yes. a had signed the let
ter, Your little Golf Girl-Delorest
Dixon" as I usually signed all my
letters to him.)
Claims She Was Insu1tede
She said, This is Mrs. Ruth
speaking. I'd like to know what
you meant by that letter you sent
my husband2" /
! told her I meant just what I
said in the letter.
Then she said: why, know
about you. you dirty little sneak,
You are nothing but a -" and
she called me bad name. If you
start anything you will get in a
i yvhnin Lot ~ frsA1HHloVBF
II know all about you. You're
nothing but a little bum and
she went on using bad language, but
hung up the receiver.
I've never heard from Mr.. Ruth
since.
But don't believe he really
meant to hurt me.N I still think IL
could see him and talk to- him,
everything would be all right.
guess he just felt he had to act
that way to. keep from getting In
trouble with Mrs. Ruth and the
public. And then he's a man and
can't realize what It all means ~ q
girl, and how much misery and UNI
happiness and worry he caused me.
He's so strong himself, he can't
undrstand how afraid other people
can get.
Sill Loves Him.
No, I don't hate Babe Ruth.
loved him very dearly last summer,
and I'm sure he loved me. Why,
he was seeing me every day, and
he was always so affectionate, and
all his love belonged only to me! !
II he had given me just enough
money to see me through-the doc
tor and hospital and those things
would need for the baby-1 would
have gone away quietly and never
bothered him again. But everything
seems to have worked out all
wrong.
hope to be able to pay back,
some day, the friends who have
cared for me since I have stopped
working. AS soon as can, shall
make provisions for caring for my
baby, IL the courts don't make Babe
help me-and then I'll go back to
work. In spite of all that it means
all that I've still got ahead Of me-
Il want my baby. And L know /
shall be able to care for it.. =;
Wants Boy Baby.
Sometimes I hope 1t will be a
boy and look like Babe-so much
so that when he sees 1t he will
just know 1t is his. But some
times l want 1t to be a little girl.
a tiny little girl that I can care
for and protect.
You see + never had any mother
Il lost her when I was only two.
My baby won't have any father
to take care Of it-but at least she
will have mother who wants her
who wants to take care of her and
bring her up, so she won't have to
go through what l am going
through now. Even with only one
parent my baby will be richer than
I was. For Lam an orphan-and
have been since was a little girl.
My life story before met Babe
wasn't a terribly thrilling one.