Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-12
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want the children 10 stay here. Il
loNe them already and | would treat
them - II they we're my very 0wnl"
Margy vas overcome with the sur-
gcStion, and locked from Tiny to
Fred.
ii hardly know what 10 say sns
faltered- "Id have To thinr about
II. i've thought for \ long time
that ! Was ncglcctinE my parents,
for they ought tc NJ looked after
q little lin the only one they've
Get and they're sII alone ard Old, on
= little farm. II you trgk Jackie
and Joan, maybe | could msnar. I
could live with mother aud father
for > few years and have Peter with
me- Hes too little 10 leave and 10
have u hsve one vi them"
~ che talked. they all had the
feeling that il was d solution of
their present problems.
1--we always wanted Tiny 10 adopt
a girl and a boy said Fred. "But
she's always had u snrakinE idea
that she Ma going 10 have a baby
or two
Fred's eyes looked su~sricioualy
moist. but I'D ErinHsd ~ Tiny.
Adopt them VIII cried Marry. "Uh.
Fred. | couldn't give thcm I'D en-
tircly.r
uNa ~ anr~. ravll- NV -
answered a little cresttallan. We'll.
veil BE- satisfied if you'll Away.
let them make their home with ".
won't We. Tiny
Tiny was weeping Oh Fred's broad
chest filled with Joy at the prospect
or immediate motherhood.
Byrd didn't attend the services.
which we're held quietly AZ the I'M
dertakcr's parlors. She learned from
Fred that Larry would b. there end
she didn't want to see him now
Fred and Larry spent most or the
day In going over Jacks papers and
preparing 4 financial statement.
Larry left town again without IT.
tempting 10 see her.
Byrd stayed and took care ar the
tM4tLftU NWAAI 4AWT $40 HMFKy
closed the house. There was little
furniture worth saving. and Fred
disposed or the whole lot of III Ia "A
secondhand dealer. He arranged for
the sale or the house through a local
real estate company. IL was piss-
tered with mortgages, and Marcy
knew she'd ~ lucky W. she got q
few hundred dollars for herself out
or Il.
Az the end of the week. when
Marcy was again free to take care
uf the children ard 60 cn with her
plans, Byrd returned ~ the kellys.
The strain W the last week Oh
her nerves, already taut with the
knowledge that soon she wouldn't
he able to take d position and live
her life ~ she had planned, iHds-
pendent of everybody. but would
have A. t. taken care a.. had begun
10 show in the loss rf weight and
the dark circles that hung like light
cohwebS under her lovely dark ryes.
When she returned 10 the little
room ~ the kellys. her despair was
complete. The four walls. grey
and cherries, ro more suggested A
home 10 her than would "A dark
mound or earth. Strangely enough.
her own suffering seemed 70 pale
into insignificAncc beside that OK
Msrgy's-
For the first time in her life. she
had seen face To face suffering.
naked and d~uivcrin-. and the mem-
orr vas a hurt she could not put
away. HzrEys fate seemed - ua-
bearably sad 40 Bird because there
might hate beer times whrr the tide
that finally er-ulf-i her. might have
been strnmed- Ard unrcns-ipusiy
~. compared NsrT-'s life Nth hrF
o-H. Still. thought Byrd. there was
little rornarabiR about w. FIR her
cwa life looked rosy ard hopeful ~
comparison
Brt strbhcrriY he put away the
thought thst ri-ht nov she had thr
opportunity c. change the whole cur
rent cf their lives. hers ard LArry's.
II rhe would but ~ n. Sh- would
ken A. her lerisi0H. sire tnid her
self. and never return 60 hi#-
And the next day abe left FOR
Jacksonville
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