| Show Beggars Can Choose THE STORY Renewing a childhood attach attach- attachment attachment ment Ernestin Ernestine Briceland of ot a wealthy tam family 11 y I Is attracted by Will Todd no new per ar artist og Her slater Lillian urges her to break brcak ot oft the affair but Ernestino re- re re refuse fuse A runaway runa e ARa fat tol- fol follows lows tows Loring Hamilton wini LII- LII Lil Lillian lian a consent to become his hi t lie III and Ernestine be 6 their married life Ufa In humble surround surroundIngs u gro Ings John Poole Ill W ill a s gnat friend gh ghee ell a birthday party for tor Ernestine at nuby Ruby re resort 15 re- re resort re resort P Ill sort Ernestine and Ill hae ha Ernestine and ands their Art l Qu as s i n result ft R Ill Ill Ills s a father tather dios suddenly LIl LII LIlIlan Ilan and Loring r are married ft n III a s mother dies almo almot t Im- Im n after Ernestine s a baby Is born Changes In ft w III s a once office tall fall to bring brins advancement Irn- Irn Irne Ern e Again acain is looking ln 1001 rd f g to motherhood ft V Ill III loses his job and Poole Poolo resigns na Ernestine taints faints on the street CHAPTER Continued IX-Continued IX Continued 9 Mr Mr Hamilton s got a taxi for us out there had there had It since six o 0 clock I Idon Idon Idon don t know how much this 11 ii cost COlt him That That down t matter said Lillian impatiently and tried to control her perturbation She wag dIsturbed anew at the thought of Loring violent uncontrolled she she had never ne seen him himo so o 0 except on the other occasion of his quarrel with Will But nut thI tills this was worse He lie had s ah been so fond of Ernestine-as Ernestine Ernestine as though she were ere hIs own little sister She felt a great reat re relief relief lief to think that he had taken charge of the search He would find tine If IS she were to be found But nut the thought of her sister out In these hot streets lost Ill and alone caused cause her such anguish that she chic he could scarcely breathe What would mamma say to her Mamma loved lo IrnestIne Ernestine the better better-alwa better s had Mamma Iamma had really left Ernestine to herThe herThe her The door was wis flung lung open and Loring Lorin stood there His Ills eves were with fear or fe fewer fever er lie He looked at her heros heras heras os as it If he be scarcely knew her Lillian t be he exclaimed I I drove e she told him all the way I vc ye been so orned vv w orned lou 1 lou ou had bid cause to worn orn he said grimly W ben we find Ernestine Irnestine she Is going home with us-to us us to stay Don t you agree agrees She's got to ha hale e some somebody bod body to take care of her Ot Of course Loring I ve se e news of ot a sort he be said slowly and they stared at him I I dont don't know hat shat It Its 8 worth orth There was as a woman oman taken to the County hospital this afternoon from this neIghborhood She was as a young oung woman oman and she was to be confined It might hive hie e been Ernestine Ive I've sent Will Ill out there and I came by to see it If you were to here here to his wife and wife and and to wait alt here for a phone call I The telephone shrilled and the sound leaped through them all Mrs Bennett Dennett picked up the receiver er with salt Ith a 1 trembling hand band while they all watched her In straining silence Y Yes Yes-s Yes es- es es this this Is Mrs Irs Bennett Oh Oh he lie did Oh thank you Her lIer slater sitter Is here Ill III tell them She turned from the phone It It s the hospital office once W ill III has bas Identified Ernestine Ernestine and he s there therewith therewith with her Oh Mr Ir you Hamilton Hamilton found her heri l Get Get your hat said paid Loring And come with Ith u us Never e eer er mind sour our keys ke s Lillian We Well 11 take the taxi ta At the hospit il tl an ss was as very ver er businesslike lIer lien Her hu husband band has bas Identified her Yes he Is with her noso noo now nos No o o y ou c in to t come well In-well In well only for a moment There lay Ernestine In the stiff stitT long Iee ed hO hospital pItal shirt her hair black bet een her white hIte face and the white a nurse beside her counting her respiration Will Ill III crouching there his face against the CO corers coders ers lien Her eyes e es were He opened flu flushed hed with fewer fever She was wis IS talking pleading talking pleading in delirium the darling sister sister-In sister In this dreadful place lou Iou will all nil Ira have ve to go said the nurse snapping shut her ber old fashioned watch atch and darting a resentful look at atthe atthe atthe the internee We e e cannot ha Iras have e a ana UD body In this ward after hours Mr Ir Todd iou Sou OU will III have hase ha e to go o bt bo Ernestine cried Lillian and Ernes eff effa L a tine said quickly York Wills Will s coming coining I tell S J ou my n name B r Ice I c e I a n I d-I d I think Th Those ose ore The bus ran over or me- me met meance me t me ance alICe Taxes Tales y-p y shed exclaimed LII said The Th- tax tae collector is 15 g ous Please go industry oo-cd oo ed to stranglehold on an a n pre essential to our e her her- herIt It ni fire fire n denial ro no-ro o insurance According to to A Aon on on Thaden of tre tl theUn e eUn Un ted States Chamber of Commerce CUl cu population has increased 33 Per perit r rent it in the last 20 years our natIonal m in oune per cent and fire and mar mar- marne marne mar ne ne insurance ince premiums OO 90 per cent y Yet e in the same period the taxes pam pUd b fi e insurance companies have hase haseben ben sen en ncr ner cent Mr 11 on on Thaden points out that the fire r premium tax which IS paid entirely by policyholders holders is es- es pac es-pac pw ally unjust This tax tat is similar in effect to one levied on the gross of any other busIne Should our tax tac collectors take three C rr lour tour f per iper cent on the gross sales cf a mercantile busIn business s or on the theto to tora crape ra e deposits in a bank thele be an immediate wave lve of pro pro- protest protest pro protest test Yet such a 3 ta tax tag is levied against policies and goes l due to lack of knowledge on the part of the public that thit it is i be- be bem being be being m ing taxed t in this manner Taking fakIng one state as an example In 1028 1018 the assets of the insurance companie com com- companies panie pame do ng busine bu business 3 there totaled Their premium income income t 2 S c E of which they paid pud i i f 20 fi t I i he L lit T Margaret Weymouth Ja Jackson Ben Ice Copyright by Dobbs Dobb Dobbs Merrill Co Co the only woman suman oman In the room A black blad blackman blackman man stood her hu twisting a cloth wp cap In his hands his hie hip lips mo moIn mosing In soundlessly There was ins as another twin shabby uncle in suffering In patient silence and they wire were joined by a thIrd and then a fourth vague va uc quiet tJ figure gu re LIlliin's feelings ti were ere not of oC pit but re revulsion Sh Slip She could not bear hear It- It It here with Ith the scum of the thee e mammas mamma's mammas mamma's their baby buby their beauty beauty- In this place that smelled of I sol that was as as full frill of the sounds of sickness and suffering as ae purgatory Is full ull of groans This Thle place was wis hell It was nIghtmare There came from the streets the clang of an ambulance ambulance- and a stretcher mo od mo In the hall Lorin Loring was ns be betide beside Ide her beckoning We SS e a are taking her lier to the Pre b terlan hospital They II 11 hat have e a room and a nurse nurel nurs for her when we get there Al Also Alco o a n good doctor Lillian folio followed ed him In confusion The ambulance she che had heard was for Ernestine The ta l threaded after It through the streets and again there was as delav delas Mrs Irs Bennett left them to togo togo togo go back home W Will tIl ill w was us as with Ernes Ernestine Ernestine Ernestine tine and the stretcher But nut now at last a n small emall freshly painted room as clean as a scalded dish a high nan nar narro narrow row ro bed hed by an open window Indo an elec Irk fan on a white dressing table tible a chaIr or two and a graduate nurse nUl e capable cool There was wis a n doctor too Lilliin Lillian stood just inside the door The doctor was as silent for i a long time examining reading the copy cop ot of the chart that had been tent sent Ith her and and come some albumen he said as though an ani of ot them knew what hat he lie meant The baby bib will be premature premature-If If we the can get her through her confinement noS now no S swiftly shell he II be beall beall all right When did iou OU say sa she was wase e Will ill named the date The doctor nodded with Ith satisfaction as ae though his worst fears were ere confirmed Well W ell It Its s a nasty msty case ee he card but perhaps s we e a shill shall pull her lier through Miss ana he Nana ana he he turned to the nurse wIth a rapid fire of or Instructions and requests and laid his coat aside No theres Noss-theres there there s nothing inv ins of ot J you ou can cando cando cando do but gh give gie e us elbow elbo room and quiet She s al already ready hid had t two 0 cons com When hen the next nest comes we se e shill shall be read for her her- herThe her The horrid word ord shot Lillian Lillians s 5 mind like lIbe a aS S sword Sord ord thrust only No-no-only No no only Idiot chill chIl only dren-only only diseased and ind terrible pea peo pIe only only the noor Door and helpless were so afflicted ot Not oh Ernestine-oh Ernestine ring L not not Ernestine The doctor put them out with de delIberate deliberate deliberate lIberate firmness Ing Will III to stay It If y sou ou go across the street there s sa sa sa a nice little hotel there Tell the clerk I sent you vou and go to bed bd Miss I will call you if It there san s an change or If It she s dell delivered ered l he bat battIe tIe is ours noI no noI now no I I knew new tint that It was as is hard for forI forI I oring as It was gas a for her to accept thIs dismissal and lea leave lease e Will III behind l ill illgas gas as so futile 1 lIe He would should have hale e left lefther lefther lefther her in that other dreadful place In silence they the crossed the street regIstered it the hotel and were as assIgned assigned assigned sIgned a n room They mo moved mosed ed about In sIlent misery miser looking out of the sin In windows do doss dos s at the walls calls of the hospital Did s vou ou ou know Will III lost his job Loring les 1 es lie he said nt at last I knew It nut But But n h hi- hi hiI I I didn t know ho how hors Ernestine would take tahe It if I butted In I thou thought ht she would let us know If she he needed us lou lou know how proud she slie is- is Is Loring moved mosed restless re I think I Il II go back to the hospital You stay here No o o need ned for both of or us to go I 11 call you iou ou if you ou re needed W ciri etry and confuted I tool took off otT her clothes bathed In the tiny tin bath bathroom bathroom bathroom room and lay hay down don do n across the bed partly part dressed again Her lien hole was as strained at first toward to the hospital and ind the po possible I issue eue of s Illness Then her thoughts turned and turned from Loring to Ernestine to W ill to minima mamma and papa and Ernestine ind back to mam mamma ma again Mamma had III allowed owed papa and Loring to diet ite rte to her about lit s father that had really sep anted from them Ion long UbO ako They had offered r I their lose C and help only at the price of betrayal al alof alof of her tier e tears leans came to I II Ilan and e eventually tired and sad sud she he fell a asleep leep Daylight Da light streaming 0 over oser er her bed w lien her Sh rose dres dressed ed exit across to the hospital and asked ed for for tIl III ss wondering a as she did so is or not she should have hase Ila e asked for o 0 oJ 01 coring Loring TI Will lit c ime to her lier In the reception Royal room looking at her from dull beat hea John leyes l eyes silent waiting r How lIow Is Ernestine III III she asked him him softo softly soft o 0 D She She is still sUII very ery ill tIl he be ered and added a as an afterthought The o 0 baby Is a Irl irl Ca lie He was as hausted e un ha Cd sad and H a As lie he stood there loos ing about him he seemed to I II Inn an the most forlorn and helpless hu huan hunan han an being she slie had ever er seen She Sheo SheO o him but he vexed sexed her U o Oh Will she said cald Impulsively ely o 0 Tnt you t hue hase allowed alloe I Ernestin e Int erea II hase e i g this g other so bab-so bab so soon tf tf hen you 10 weren't prepared lou ppL Pr 11 Inures Interest r should have ha protected her lien He ne avert averted averted averted ed his face but she saw sau his flush I ve ye got to go back upstairs he said and added as he turned to the thedoor thedoor thedoor door Loring has alread lectured me meon meon meon on birth control lie He a s left the hoe hoc pital lou must ha have hate e missed him I was sas as ashamed She hind not intended to sag sav such n a thin thing It was S none of oC their business ss really reilly At the hotel she bhe i hc stopped nt at the des desk for the ke Ie but Loring had It She went rent ent up In the quiet ele elevator ator W lien hen she he opened the unlocked door of or their room and went In Lorin Loring was gas as IJ lying I Ing back bick In n chair b the open window Indo his Ills hut but on the floor noor beside him his collar lollar and tie tieI lying I Ing upon it lieu lie He u tL v ts staring straight ht before him and Shen hen I mine came to this his side he looked up it her ber with Ith a piteous expression I For or a moment standing there n a adart adart dart of such pain went Ill I iI lIan Ilan that slip she cried out fills was as shat hat could do to Loring Lorin She knew Ith a gripping ping pang or of com that nothing that could et c er happen to her lien would cause cluse him such such anguish anguish such rout was wae what hat Will meant when he said that he 1 r rf f She Sat There and Watched Him Pre Prepare Prepare pare Supper knew shat hat was the matter with Lor lag She fell on her knees beside him cob and laid her face upon his 1 nee Ills HIs hand fell on tier her shoulders shoulders ders lie mistook her fear and pain She 11 be all ail rIght Lillian he hes his God grant she ss Ill III i The doc doctor doctor tor said th thit It a day or t tso 0 wIll tell It Its s poisoning He lie sat forward in his chair and his clenched hind hand fell on one knee hile other arm held her cons com convulsively ely Thank God you sou ou t there Than Thank 1 God you will sill ne never neer er know knos ho how she suffered Will fainted once und and the nure nurse brought me into the room The were ere fighting death like u a pIn sl cal foe I helped to hold her her- herlIe her lIe lIega ga guse gae e i s stilled stifled cr cry cri and tOI tote toie e the but buttons buttons buttons tons from Ills his shirt as he lie expanded his lungs lung against the crushing fear th it lay upon him Oh Oh I 1111 illian In lie he cried to his He I I don t see ee how hose she slie can Jh the after live e last night The doctor thinks she slie sill willand and so co 0 does Doctor Grev Grey He lies Hes s sith her now noss But I don t see how v she can In sun survive h e that struggle But nut one thing Is settled for us for ever eser e er lie He pulled her tear wet set ct face up from his knee and looked at her lien with blazing es e lou lou and I will sill have base to be enough o No child is worth such an kuish No Iso o life is worth worth-d worth death worth ath o so for children for u She hid her face fice against him Her lIer arms held him close I don t care If it only you will 10 lose e eme me melIe He lIe pressed her to him but his eyes had flown to the windows 8 of the hoe hos hospital and she felt a tremor pass pan through his big frame Ernestine stayed sta |
