The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-01

ewes then to shut her out but hi
still saw her and heard her say,
ing without words to him, "AnC
what will you be doing with me
I-pOwT>
He knew, by that time, that
he couldn't marry her. She haG
never expected that and her lack
of expecting it added to the bur,
den he had assumed-so easily
The title that would be his some
day and her memories of hel
own life of work had made her
the more his servant and him
the greater cad.
"TI send you away" he prom
Used, land FL always care for
you and-the child"
/ She whispered shaken,
THANK you," and began to cry
| from relief. For she knew. from
night after night of lying awake
/ thinking of it. that her place with
/ the decent folk of home was
\ gone. She couldn't go back to
them now. They wouldn't have
her.
The young man meant to keep
that promise but the uncertain
ties that are life made him break
it. They both returned to Eng
land but to different sections of
the land and by different trains.
"You see, Mary, it's quite
changed now. Pm sorry but
but now it hurts me to see you"
| Eyes. sir; / know, sir" 1t
lhurt her, 200. to see him now
/ And as the spring came again
and summer followed he found
, himself to be increasingly uncom-
Portable. England is not large.
1t would be better to have Mary
! in another county. He thought
of the States, so big and far
away.
Mary sailed for New York in
December and one day when the
sea was rough and the sky was
bleak with gray she died giving
birth to a son.
The passengers were shocked
and sobered but none of them
felt the tragedy so fully as did
Copcepcion and Belen Villaverde,
two young Cuban girls travelling
under the chaperonage of a poor
relation.
"The small boy baby will be
returned to his father? Concep-
ciOn questioned the while she
wiped brown eyes that filled
easily with teraS.
The aunt lifted her fat shout
ders. "Dios MIC! And how" she
questioned in turn. 1.-THE lady
was registered only from Eng
land and England, while small,
can be large when child of this
nature seeks its remaining par
ent."
Mary's status had been clear
almost from the start of the voy-
age. She had been "shamed to
the SHINING heart" of her and it
showed.
I What then will become of it,
the baby" asked Belen, with I'M
usual energy for a daughter of
the tropics. She had leanings to
good deeds, a love of adventure
and-why not? Senior Villaverde
had means. To adopt the baby,
that would entertain, she reason
ed, remembering long, hot after
moons when there seemed nothing
to do but to wave a fan and
yawn. She made her suggestion
to Conception who was enchant-
ed. The baby was of utter white
ness. a mark of real distinction
in Cuba where the color of skin,
with other hues, is often obscur-
ed as night falls
The captain did not. at first,
know what to do about the mat
ter but he did know the length
of governmental red tape and
how it can tangle to restrict mo
ton. And. too, he knew that II
the baby we're returned to Eng
land he would be reared in some
foundlings' home which would be
a poor substitute for the ones
now offered him.
II will say yes" he stated az
ter full consideration OF the
danger that he ran. Conception
drew a deep. shaken breath TO
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