New Britain herald., 1926-03-04

realized, guess, now serious 1t "hs with those two kids, II. used Io walk to school with her, an home again in the afternoon, They were together all the time that he wasn't home or worHin in his t2'H%fS store.
 Finally the thing got 10 be G9t' sip; il spread all the faster, l guess because she was the Shoemahrr's daughter an he the son Of proui old Thaddeus Runl. Thaddhus, when h4 heard about it, shut hiA lnoutl l1@h' an had one Of his silent fits lie laid down the law 10 Harry. tpso. lutcly forbid him to speak 10 the girl again,
 Then he marches boWn 10 Angelo Reals shop an lets off steam You keep your doughtnr away from my son. he says, I'll do my par; 10" you do yours
 "Old Angelo g"'s mad hiws I' He didn't like Thaddrus' athWI' Tor which don't blanc him, iu0 think my daughters not sneI enough for your boy, th' he suy6 70 , Thaddcus "NQu listen to mo. l don't i like it any more than rou do, i,I hear? You think liKc it, ch"
 "'lll talk 10 Marie, he says Ten keep watch on your son, MGr.' $ a good girl; she'll do what say. Nor ,ou get ou',' an he chascs old ThaI- deus GU, of his shop with a huhI- mcr.
 "Wvll, il got 10 b" talked about the village that Thaddeus an Anglo had had fallin' out oyer their hl'.e an Marie an Harry were no' % 7pcak 10 each oth"r again. The Kills tried hard, l guess. to he obc1i, 4 children, tn' for ~hile t look | like the thing was goiu' 10 hloF over.
 "Thaddcus kept clcsa watch Q, Harry, au' kept him in the drug store every minute oi tEc day fla he Wasn't in school. As for AnE, 10, he mada his son Louis walk to school ln' back %ith Marie every day.
 "Thc kids stood it for a while. but the thing went q lot deeper than anybody thought. Gradually they so' 70 stealth few minutes together in school. an then it got 10 tEt rot" writin' stage. There were plenty of lids. girls mostly who were villn' ,n carry notes between them.
 "Fhrn that was found out. an harry an Marie had another talGjn 70 from their parents, Thadd.us they say, even went so far as 70 threaten to cast Harry off 1T ho didn't cut out his fooishncss an do it right away. The boy came 10 school the next mornin'. lookin' pal" as q ghost, with his jaw stuck o,t an said never a word.
 Mind VOL. was too young at the time 10 know the whole story I'm repoatin' fl as it was told 70 ne later on by my older brother. "hn was q classmato of Harry.
 Marie was "ryin' when she oan,' 70 school inc next day. Some say that old Angelo had given her Nckin'. which l wouldn't put rae' him."
 O'Day lii fresh cigar, ti"n se'. tied back in his chair. II" continued. locking straight at Jimmy: "Th"y Ijdn't treat those kids right Rand hope I'm never guilty Of such .cruolty to my own. They didr't sar q word 10 anybody in school that mornin'. hut al lunch time tl"v h%a disappeared.
 "Thov didn't sho" np all at"' noon. When rvnnin' calne. old tY. I""lo an Tha1deus vent 10 t'o con. stGblo, They almost had q figl' right in front of him. each hlamin' .th" otlcr, yon s"o. They organized a s"archin' party, but the kids 5"d If ont. or killed e"lvoe--noho'- knrw which. Thoy ,li1r't come ba,.} that night. an' th" nest 1e} f1p whole torn vGs 'ooliin' for them,
 "Fmnily they found 'cln --I late tf., naH' afternoon, They hal rrn a"", oGcthor---olopnl- an thoy were a'. rested by tho police in to,rn abo" thirty miles away.
 "Thov landed beck ir Duyhin tlu night. Someone drove 'em homo i0 q surrcy. An when they got har'. :, T,anl there was hell 10 rar.
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