THE SIN AGAINST THE CHILD.

White Ribbon, Volume 29, Issue 342, 18 December 1923, Page 1

THE SIN AGAINST THE CHILD.

—— |i 'oiitintud.) CHAPTER II I Hiring May's convalescence man) nnxioux thoughts haunted bei mind. Wit h b d« < i' t bankfulness ' bat her bab) bad bet n spared the full penalty ~i it.v parent'i wrongdoing, came also t be conviction i bat It wai b< i dutj ,i mother to ensure thai hei children nhouM be "well born." Buret) the knew boa .small was the hop* that husband would witli her. nwax drinking more heavil) than usual md all hei gentle pleadings were turn ..I ;| Thta night he returned late with Hushed cheek and unsteady step She shrank from the embrace be sous;] jfjve her. Hi* tempei roused, he nsstil) remai K • *< 1: • rhat m welcome to give > oui husband." ••i don't s 'in to wok omt you, and I don't want you foi m> buebjusd AJ most Involuntaril) tbt words \\ rungs from her. "Perhapi you don I but |eu : ' ! nu Wife, and that's I soli,) fact Whkfj fOU < .mnot Ignore." •i will nevei be row wife," shi an srered wlkDy. "Oh' won't ; on? Wi-'il see about that." auM -lack ••You are not i tit buebt ad far an) 1 woman: Ma\ apefca, I a whisper. •• \ m l not \\ ti > not" - tapped her husband, "You were not no partlcu tome time agpo.' < "Jack." sla- pleaded, "won 1 >"»i IttMi bo res if m nnbi h;ul

li\ ed l could n< rei have foi given you 1 be s rong you did It, but he ha taken away, and I want to think kindl) of ) >u as I can. Nevei again will I risk bringing a child Int wot Itl i urged a It h an al< oholic edit) "What about your dut) to youi but hand ."' h< asked. "M\ dut) to m) chlM and to Ih< unmount. < led 11 ouii i ol ut ail - on to "Ui ■ Uildren ih< -lit of life untainted with • *• • If 1 ha\. another child It shah hav< : iyhtfu b< i Itage <>w cone* nt to this we must part." ■■> mi evident!) ov< i look tin fa< I I the las grants conjugal rights to b hus band." 'What in conjugal rlghtsT sh< Qashed out "Does tin rani r hi.hi tht right to compel ins win to beat diseased or mental!) deftV children? II so. i oan onl) sa) that out mai. politiciani are n ibat their stock eft n be wel bred than tbeii ohUdreu shall be well bora ■•\w. . lot us leave the legal point Does not your religion tenon thai what Ood baa lamed togothai man maj not put asunder?*' '•Jack, no Ms knows battai than you do that Qod nevei lamed os togetl •who did" The dovii. then," he red. '•fjometbini iik< hV sht rap! • Wm« nnd the • enons M srouei d linked our lives togetht r I bavt paid t in- i ost ol ■':'• dn, and onl) 11 men > saved mj child from > ; coat There Is in m) optokm, onl) one sunn nae eauae for drroroi Btret j Hassan has ■ right to divorce the man

througl hi evil hi >•■ Ifflftf I i her oi child i iih h nonsense, and 11 ; fit . . II- BUM* ~n att< mpt to drav bei to him, bui lightl) evading bun an to bei on n i oom and . The f Mowing morning, ai Ha) Id . beard tin gate booking up, she stood uncei tain foi s i limits and then rui down the path Into the l "' 1 arms ol bei fatnei ••I i.-i.i'" the i•• d, "d -I ( '."'i send you to at •i think Hi must: n plied h< (htl lli chapm.m s iwyei In so. onl) < lui'i. and moth, (loss sin- • ' -» T " 1 > he had beard wl about band's manner of hte, and had conv U sh< oeedad h :v help i.ato, on ,1 " iarden, m toid h. i Bath - the sad atari of th< ad his h»-;nt burned aa he aed. "Dad, i- H right f " ~;<vr ,lim " ahe murmured. ••Y.'s. m\ child, hoth legall) and morall) his conduct hf ad avan \h;.di botmd ><'U to him " Eloturning iatr that night lac* XN w:i- mat h\ ins father In law, and for oti.c ho beard the truth about aim self from the Una of aa upright, daaa living trentleninn •'I am mains. Mai auraj t< moi row, he concluded. "Your mod. ol hf. im ~,u to i.. the husband ol man, oi th< father of bet children " M Pm no worn than laarai of othai in.-n. jack thus aefenaed Msnaest.

•i Unfortunately, l believe that la ti ue, If my oauaghter bad lived ai you b done, would you want her foi youi VV 1! • • rtaini) not! said lack "bui tha diffei • I - ■ said Mi ( 'hapni . I • • '"' ■' Ikis a righl to dcmana from > ou the same atanda rd ol conduct that you bave set up foi dm Next da) Ma> and ber out i health-git luf t rip thr< Dominion, and when ti. grant* d and she an ompanied ber father back to By<ln< ) M bonnie, bright tell i>n< •■ dm Bo the montb happ) in tbe i■< newal of old frl< nd ahipa, and In the conapanionahip ol bar Eat ii- i Bar beaii arenl out apecially J] little children, and ahe wai fi i quenl i ialtoi is boa ( Sauntering alowl) lion the bospital, aht bj 1 >■. Leslie, an M friend oi bei girlhood h- r up foi a. ride bCOM. :. And soon the) arere journeyinng through aonoe of Bydne) Tin > chatted of the little patieni ous other mattera, ant rautually alienee fell between them. Abruptl) th- loctor t lla) could .stop aim nor n his wife. ••( n>. hush:" aha aaad in ireai dla tress. "I thought y«>u knew I wui »-d." •vertamu » kMa you had been married, bui I understand froni youi fathei that you are quite fre* to marry again." *^ "That kg l rm.st.a/ W hii WUaoa lives i .shall aevei hi free lo marr) anyone ei "Rut surely. Hay," pleaded the do* tor. "you an not one of those who think it wrong for the Innocent party In I divorce to remarry "I do not Judge for othera. I glv< no opinion ;cs to right and wrong. I only know that for DM i «■ man i.u • impossible Oh' DOUg I wh> have you spoilt ■ perfect fi tendahip?" • \n dear May. urged tin dot tot "' lov. «i von era you left aa " 1( i but f •« your hurried departure, should told you so Bv< i Blw •• youi gk' I have looked forward 10 having you aa

na) wife, and your marriage wai :t bios to in' im. \., imagined that you caied foi mc In thai way/' said May, la ran butnee. I'lhaps not, nevertheleaa it la the truth. Bui do inn fret, m) dear, m) 11 iendship U .still yo \ou a ill nol accept m| ... Dr. I.' ali< waa ma[< og hia round ol the ward d he waa aummoned to an accident caae juat brought In. A nomination showed doctoj that there waa uo I ; A uhunken apree, a motoi ride, an a< i Idi at, and now i be end. A.s be wat aed. "Doctor, whispered Hie dying man "do you know ■ la* >< i named < "hap man o\ 11 bei a?" "Yes, i know him." "Well, 1 was iiis daughter'a husband, at) race is nearly run, but I did iove , and i want ber to know i regret the ruin l mad i lif< wly : ablea were gasped out. \ia> waa m the children's ward, and aoon she atood ; tha couch upon !i the victim of strong drink la) d> lng< ' lentlj • oihed him, the poor arrecked Ufa went out com! ad and helped b) the prayera and ol ber he had bo deepl) a rouged Th D i • • • '"i Mi t hapman entered togethei the grounds of their lovel) honrn Bounds of laughter and gw ed I hem. Ma) and bei littk son, ■ beautiful »•. tod did. arere having a ain< lier and grandpa joined th< sport, and the bonnk bo) 11 owed as his fath< t i d him up and dou n. Soon n came for baby, and grandpa followed a m to the betas l;. atl) tbe doctoi dt i a hii a ii« to him, and fondl) k ased bei. enquii "Are you happ). awe< * "You know I am Bver) da) I thank <;<*! i rift of youi love and for in\ beautifu bab) boj ." Then lifting bi at • ayes to hi said, "l don't w.mt m\ own happtnesa to make me indifferent to the Buffering of othera. With >our help, I want to do an) best to banish the curse ol strong drink, which so nearly wrei my life. We are in this to 1 tin ish. are we not'.'" "Anv nf gentl) assented *he den I a.s they passed in to their happ) BOO*