The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
The Warm Bundle
in Her Arms
By RICHARD ROE

like Hal or Jim better. IT sound
feeble-minded, and anyway | neve
could see how you could think o
Jim when Hal is around"
"Well, / don't care, | don't know,
answered Edith stubbornly. :"
know Hal is better looking and lot.
more fun in some ways-and he
certainly spends more money thar
Jim, but always feel that YOU car
depend on jim through thick anC
thin"
The two girls were waiting for
the boys to take them to a foot
ball game. When they appeared in
Hal's a there could be no doubt
which boy was the one to attract a
girls eye. Hal in his fur coat and
with his hat at a slightly rakish
angle exhaled gayety and success.
jim had no fur coat and the
sweater under his overcoat did not
give his somewhat stocky figure
any added grace. Hal claimed
Edith as a matter of course and
IeSSie listened to their merry )talk
and frequent laughter with a pang
OF envy. Edith was a lucky girl.
The huge throngs of enthusiastic
people, the excitement of the game
and the brisk and sunny day put
Them all in a merry mood. They
cheered and laughed and enjoyed
themselves thoroughly.
Jim bought sandwiches made of
the plebeian hot dog and Tessie
looked Disguised until Hal seized
his and ate it with avidity and then
topped it off with a sip of lemonade
for everybody from a nearby
stand.
HaPs dashing %generalship showed
itself later when he took them out
of the crawling line of cars on the
main highway by a side road where
they could speed up and save time.
Dusk had come and the road was
empty. As they passed a little
house a tiny figure ran out. There
was a screeching of brakes as Hal
wrenched at the wheel, but when
they stopped a child. lay motion
less in the road behind them.
oh, my God" groaned Hal. and
Jessie prepared to faint against
Jim until she discovered that he
was no longer there. SO she gave
up the idea.
Jim had already reached the
child and Edith was close behind
him. "He is not dead" he said
4 can feel his heart beat"
A man ran out Of the house anc
pulled distractedly at the child IT,
inns arms while tears ran down
his face. de mudder is gone" he
repeated helplessly again and
Jim carried the limp and piteous
title form into the house and Hal
thankfully took his suggestion to :
axe the father in the car and hunt
I doctor and the child's mother.
This was a situation in which Hale
leadership seemed to fail him. Tes-
lie went with him TO supply fem
nine aid and comfort-and Hal
Ieeded it.
Jim and Edith took off the baby's
lothes and wrapped him in a
blanket they found on a bed, and
hey got a few drops of stimE
ant between the little lips. Sud
Ienly he stirred and opened his
yes. want my ball." he said,
AA LiiCh IttiAiS dllOtiIti IAN AAiN' 1
ouched his masculine pride
Want my pants" Edith laughed
with tears running down her !
heeks. She wrapped him closer
! the blanket, and after a mo
rents drowsy contemplation Of
er he fell asleep.
Jim found some wood out of
OOrs and built up the fire in the
owe until the red light from the
zen door filed the room and made
ant shadows on the ceiling.
The warm bundle in her arms
I'd the baby hand under her chin
Tired strange thoughts In Edith l.
many things became clear to
Women have yearned over
arm, living bundles in the freight
nee the days when the fire was
campfire. Jim bent down to put
lother stick in the stove and
dith noticed the powerful line OF
5 shoulder under the sweater and
thick. smooth line Of his hair
,ainst his neck. She would have
led to put her hand on it and
ere was something thrilling in
thought.
Jim and she in the firelight-and
e baby-she flushed At the
Jim turned just then.
We been saving up for a long !
ne, and I've got enough to buy a
use" he said with apparent ir-
levance. They were silent after
at, and the freight and shadows
a spell around them.
There was an abrupt sound OF
axes and Hal and Tessie burst in
tn the doctor and the baby's
)ther. The doctor woke the baby i
d made him cry. and after a care I
examination Hal heard with
ge relief that the child was not
rt at all.
Halls gayety returned suddenly
d he insisted on leaving a gener-
s sum of money for the parents.
Tessie's surprise Jim gave an =
Ial sum. "Td like to-" he said -
ietly in answer to Halls protests.
Hal and Tessie sat together on
!, front seat going home and sang
d laughed and were wildly hap
Edith and Jim were very quiet. +
j presently she slipped her little
into his overcoat pocket and
md his hand. "It's all right about +,
] and me-" she said shyly.
But Jim wasn't surprised. 81 -
aw 1t when | saw you with the
Id" he said happily. -
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