Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-20

I. am approached from time to time
by this sister-in-law to bring the
girls back, but refuse and stay in
and around Albuquerque about two
and u half years and succeed in
climbing uphill, gaining in the walks
of life and making a new little
world in which We find friends ano
plenty to do an dive on. [ was so
well pleased to get out from under
and away from all of this old past
clannishness and fussing that we
never bothered or referred back to
them for anything, as [ told the lit
tie girl they were not intending to
do Us good and let's find US new
people.
1--WE showed them we could bury
the past and go on without them.
Here we make for broader gap
i, and I advance to Seattle, leaving
the girls behind till | get up there
and get settled. Now, realizing we
are about to get way beyond reach
and out of their lives altogether,
this sister-in-law goes to the extreme
and grabs my girls by persuasion
and then by guardianship proceed
ings. Then Mr. Hart commences to
help the children. And right here
you folks see now the positive proof
of clannishness or spiteful vengeance.
Don't know that l can tell how
many ways or how much this hurt
me-
However, they had them and it
was my opportunity to think of
them each night in my dreams and
live with them over the unfortunate
past, instead of their ever presence.
1 could not support my little girls
in this home, because it would be
to acknowledge that l had given
away my own flesh and blood that
God and the higher laws Of human
ity rule that it is something that
can't be given away. Those OF US
who grow to understand something
of the broad principles Of life, see
children as a blessing to humanity
and the one thing upon which the
world depends for the coming Of Il
perfect day. Upon children ev.ry-
thing depends,-even God depends
upon them for his use in finishing
or bringing the world to an end.
Worried About Daughter
it may be makes no difference,
hear that my baby girl is in Jail
in Albuquerque. ANY Of yof IA
Tiers that re- this, what wo-hd you
do?
what kind of a man. I realize all
of the married life is full OF mis-
takes by the wife. by myself and her
following and that now these little
girls of ours are suffering the pen
atty of this clannishness of ven
geance.
my first thought-Now it is your
duty. Mr.. Hart and sister-in-law, to
give the girls back this estate money
And then we forget about money
| get the little girl out of Jail and
have her sent to me. When she ar
rived | saw it wasn't my little girl
Of two and a half years ago and l
was that easy in the matter of be-
ing run over in the past to show
Mr.. Hart and my sister-in-laW that
[ could undo all they had done, by
dealing with my child and bringing
about a complete recovery from the
awful past. Trying from June IS,
1921, to December, 1921, 1 failed to
make her see the light of a new
day. And then it went SO far that
[ had to attend court and defend
her from insanity in trying to kill
herself In this horrible state ] was
affected in my sleep and when
awake in a way that is not clear
fer description or exactly satisfactory
TO my own mind as to why, when,
or what.
/ do now family imagine that l
thought or knew it would take Mr..
Hart and Mrs. Stuckey Mrs. Brown
to bring relief to this child. And I
headed for him and came to tell him
the condition and asked him to force
Mrs. Brown to hurry to Seattle and
save my child. l entered his home
manlike and received his invitation
to sit down at his fireside and
did so.
Conference With Hart
eve both commented on his family
and it stunned me to look over and
see he had little girl. l remem-
bered / was so shocked that it kept
me standing and was the last one
seated of the three of us. Mr.. Hart
and wife and myself.
"And when we approached the
discussion of my girls, 1 changed my
mood. l was so full and tears were
coming from my eyes and in that
mood. he jumped on me and made
fight
Reader! What mind could stand
| that shock and come out clear? Cal
/ it ghost or whatever you will, my
last say is that / never have realized
| that l hit the floor, or do l know
| by realization that / slew my schoo
mate. life's hoyhood chum and later
brother-in-law. l came to him to ask
and demand a move to save my
baby girl and then if he didn't OF
refused to help, I might have said
We will shoot it out; there is a life
hanging in the balance and it's oul
move
81 don't know what the challenge
would have been. but do know the