BRIGHT EYES

NZ Truth, Issue 1306, 22 December 1930, Page 6

BRIGHT EYES

saw his little lungs drink m their first breath of air, and from that day until a day m- July last — a fateful day — he had lived with' her m her old home at Cdff's Harbor, wnere he grew up into a healthy little fel'ow, whose bright eyes - saw his grannie as a dear and wonderful' old lady, who bestowed upon him every lender love and care. It was while Ronnie was struggling through the first months of life that the figure of Frederick Paris entered upon the threshold of the drama that, was to be enacted. Paris is New Zealand born, a man of color, and cl-'ms-to be a half-caste Maori. However, Paris met Ronnie's mother, Mrs. Darley Burns. Apparently his entrance into the life of the Coft's Harbor family was unheralded by any: hint of the strife to come — no hint came, indeed, until last. December. In that month Paris and the grandmother, Mrs. Mackay, agreed upon a business proposition which was to bring them to Brisbane with the child. | Money was. to be put by both into a I newsagency. The scheme appealed to Mrs. Mackay, and m December, after having broken up her home, she and Ronald came to Brisbane. . But the business proposition did not eventuate. Disappointed, the grandmother decided to return, 'leaving Ronnie m Brisbane. She understood that he was taken to Cairns. On July 5 she kissed good-bye to the child she loved with the love 1 of a mother, the child who now meant to her all that was worthwhile and joyful m life. Tears came to lier eyes as she waved farewell, and long after the train had drawn out her eyes were fixed on the