Show little sir galahad A story with a blessing by PHOEBE GRAY J by amu maraud A ft comray SYNOPSIS 2 while tho clean 1 up no upper mary an alice brown I 1 I 1 bet up A on by borne 0 boys who rill 0 to the int into I 1 the d dirt aha be if A and d taken to cpr 1 torre home in 11 by francis kivat A galahad kin knight m do you think that a wife andr and mother the does doe wrong giong ff f aha h 0 gets ta a df after she he learns ar ms th that at tho the father of her children Is a brute andese undeserving on of A any sort wy of wid even e though uh it in mean a breaking the amu promice on until it death do you part pan s CHAPTER I 1 I 1 continued mary alice paid no DO sit attention tied to her father but went to MI mrs brown and ad said it something to in a low tone whits whit that the man demanded none one of that 1 t secret talk now new you b better foot bring lan era up dear said sidd the mother do em cm tonight I 1 mary I 1 malice alice took a clothes basket and ad we went t out I 1 will where re a the money flaked asked lem she did dlan t mrs mra travers did dlan I 1 pay her none of that now that alo I 1 BO an yon re holding out A on in me lerit lerita ita a the truth fro th old mrs mr brown to mary alice staggered up the stairs with a load of clothe clothed train from the wagon and mrs brown fe fell I 1 to sorting them aty in what at a them dirty ones asked ad lem say where 8 t that het money ey you yen come came tamu through b now or r I 1 11 II show how yon at this moment the child in the rib a woke and cried fretfully mrs mra brown drew a cup or of water at the stair sink and bent ben over aver the little thing soothing it old and offering fiort g cool of d drink it I 1 say roared ave lem leal how long you gout gonter ar keep me a waiting wai dw H he a arose areas and ad a strode fro A to b hia 1 A wife a at bide tie th the sick ick child looked it ap 1 and ad seeing its ita father beg began to cry git away said mid lem pushing mrs rr brown violently III tell you what be you gilme that money buic quick a or ait I 1 II 11 wring the kid a neck it was waa an inspiration of cruelty of u undoubted doubted effectiveness I 1 if f mrs brown had pe possessed ebed a permit penny on A earth she would have yielded it t up with all the ra aaness has haste is but bul lacking the resources or of ransom there was on onla one thing to do and ad she he did it la ith a ca cry the other mother threw thres herself upon her tor for mentor don dont it touch tonch him lem he ehe cried led or 1 I haven t a cent itell I 1 tell you if I 1 it bid it I 1 id it gi gie s it to you on oh lem ties he 8 so sick please pleat please the a drunk drun drunkard kaid atre struck c k h her heavily indio up upon the me mouth BO that flat she he fell against the wall S she A returned a cd to the enborn ter but at I 1 this moment cut M my miry y alice ascending with the last of the soiled tracers linen dropped her big load and attacked the man fiercely barely he be turned up upon her wola wolfishly silly in bai s he heavy Y hand closing upon her thin little about der I 1 butt 1 in v w ill III you he said old 1 butt in sh eb 1 fl t teach tb b you he stooped led and picked up from the woodbur near the range a stick not large enough to be called a club bu bin heavy aou enough to be ext extremely rei mely fault able 1 in the h bands of lem brown uth ith it he aimed a blow at mry miry at al lea ice throwing up ap her hands she he re A lived the stroke crushingly upon her 6 fingers get oh hl b oad moaned mrs brown screamed cren ed and would have defended mary alice but in doing so was was her self vily v ily beaten again a aud it again get the weapon tell fell a each ell time crushing crashing bruising lacerating only mary at al lea ice a thick I 1 it black hair a saved a vict her skull sh she a had bad never ever taken such guch a beating bafo before e V W hen it we was 0 over v 1 B she he cow aw ered in a corner arner sobbing with the nor hor r I 1 and pal pain of it mary alice would I 1 have amad prayed but bar it nord looked like ilse a hope op lees in as pro procedure re fr for if god knew all about boalt it and let I 1 it g go on w what but w aa ill the good gold of asking him to be help P her he either meant these them dreadful things thing to dreen ful happen or he dian didn t care lem convinced th that at if money a y colht it le ae sit ed in that at houe oue so much punishment would have brought it from 1 ita hiding biding place ato stumped pal off cursing and weep lea ing with na maudlin pity for a man win whose a home was the thus arre barren of alas gain end cial source resource ile he might come back later he be might be go gone a week he be might be arrested before a other lother hour and ad cut may away for a good long sm tence tells mary alice hoped the last at 0 event would occur aud and it did although at ough vr mary y alice and her mthr mother were several ml d daya ya in finding it out at mra mr brown locked lacked the door done lending leading into the be hall I 1 4 co come dec dear she be bald aid undress andres and ad let e in me look lack at you I 1 wish I 1 bad some watch hazel poor little girl poor little girl gill mother thera A BO A airry mary A alice 11 Is winced every time her mother other it fingers touched III her flesh flem mrs mra br brown wn wept when she viewed these ats imprints upon the we meager gr body bu y a of her child 1 for I 1 every I ry brat bruise as she lis auf red an ditl e agony a of sympathy which dwarfed dwarf it her own pain limit itself DO an small it thing the litif baby step slept t quietly and it mrs MM brown brow thoo pulled h bis is a crib ill into tit the other room she tried to make made vary mary alice comfortable in her own bed and pres prea antly having turned out at it atie go gaa crept in beside her daughter then she slept for far the bialt it child had bad stolen ninny any hours boom of if her rest and her hands bands bad not known an tit idle moment tor for many days day I 1 title ittle vary alice twelve years old beaten aching ell ng 1 in n every fiber lay JAY a long ing time tim in a it dumb b agony fearful test lest any movement of hers her should wake her moth mother after a while she fell to sob b bing ing but this soon boon closed ceased and she gaad into to the shadows shadow with eyes eye that smarted A great longing for the ope open air 11 came apon her the alit night was hot and no breeze ze blew 1 e w in A at 1 n the Is open window I 1 ar awny wy A mary 1 a y mi alice to b heard card a 4 church clock at strike ke the hour was ana nine she alek slipped out at of if bed slowly and with ex quoita pat pain alth mary alice dress ing was not so BO complicated a ure that it required a maid a assistance or a long time to its if B hen she turned th the key in the door a t to let t bad herself out at he thorn thought thornby bt she might b t be back in half an hour she w was as slightly I 1 feverish chat and ad if at she walked as aa fur far as the park and then as aa are mary alce Is crept dow down n alzer the front steps something b in sli shining filing in the gutter gotter caught her eye it we waa fruit fran da 1 NJ boft a half dollar CHAPTER II if A trot trolley ride hobba mary alice hobbled town down to the eor car ner er of collett street et stOOP stooping rod limping like a very A old it we ecman T 8 n she felt A as it if she he were was 1 in a sort t of f envelope of pain which op oppressed ls her from head to foot hardly any part pan I 1 f her ached bed worse me than another the evening was still quite young and the crowds of unkempt children rioted 1 in calvert street I 1 wh h e their eld ers era squatted on front stoops and ad gap capped gapped it awaiting a belison of breeze an and it chatting ailing meager fuld futilities hie aa they waited all alon along A the wal walks ks lights shone and as mary alice threaded her way she ehe we waa assailed 11 by pungent vol volatile tile see seeming adair odors fron from basement windows window or sn a ingling n 9 doors door mary A alice fee had b been ad be born 1 in the she remembered what trees lo 10 I 1 I 1 my goodness good a thought mary alice don t I 1 wish I 1 had and fields and flowers looked like she never let go of that picture though it was growing more and more blurred in n her mind As the picture tided fired her longing to renew it Im increased aArd in th the e center of sheffield lay a broad sq square um or park art a fine I 1 plaza I 1 overlooked ovir looked by th the municipal buildings suit and primped drimped with rows rowa of subdued citified trees this buffed breathing spot was mary sty alices a objective she we wanted ted ra more th than anything in ing else she be thought fresh air but as the child emerged from fram the par purlieus purlie items us or of cabert steel st eel into the vioree more lg t the thorough all fares of the town ehe he came lot into the zo zone of brighter lights light presently she came A lo 10 a s window w with fth a character of 1 it its own an j it I 1 was a very large window sit bit in a frame of snowy my enamel a be your yond a glina filmed blazed the porcelain g glo rise of at a quick touch lunch mary at alice a a mouth h began rg an to water hot but the chief attraction of ill that at at win low the feature tint thit a suddenly 9 glued t aed fitze mary alices shabby little feet to lo the bricks and fixed for large black eves I 1 in a stare fare of longing fascination w as the griddle cake asks hot plate its ita shin shining trig black surface disked with yeasty moons of pure gold behind we the hot plate stood to ild fat young man eased cased starch lly in a sheath of w hire duck a and crowned with a r rak fall laundered rep cap tipped lipped 0 over r one moody brow on oil I a lb thin bladed 1 tr turner r be i in A the it delicacies elt and ad ard tossed them with indifference upon a plate w which aich a bea beautiful lady came and removed am swiftly MY and M my F 11 th thought ought mary macy all alice ce do dou t I 1 w ih ibb I 1 had she bhe chased suddenly to the con act as of that cut coin of francis W 5 letts lefta tightly hlf in a moist metal palm dawned damned upon hy mary alke abife turned and ad ought bought the entrance air to this p para it alse 1 I want at some am ot of them a she be bald tit to the beautiful lady when she had seat sit ed b herself at a table with a top whiter the than alabaster th the beautiful L lady it y an nas grousd pronoun fid blood blonde with a pug inq now sin he w wor abundant and crackly white w life shirts that stuck out at daintily all 11 around and at her har bell carried a little punch such as lailla an conductors drom uie ua te I 1 a had brought mary alice alic a lose of r th the pronounced blonde bilta bolta ted eying mary macy alice speculatively you got any money 7 she fahe asked mary kry A alice if fee her bell dollan all right dearl dearie said the bland fill il lady and ad the then in a much boast tone tear she In commanded ded brown the gr griddl iddles rs A mild form of physical ex derfl artion acta lactated ted the hot Int plate prior prince liry allen alice in a stiff backed chair that was too high tor for her ached and waited here you go sold said the beautiful I 1 ady cheerfully hungry you like simp I 1 brought you an extra pitcher and two poll pata of butter want a glass of milk ada 1 I b have t to pay for far it it door don t IT aided mary M ry alice looking up I 1 tt IN ell you don I 1 think mali w we beg began the wa waltress wal trese then she made a As quick shift with an eye to deceit dealt never mind DD it 11 he be all right mary alary ance alice b by busy y with her coke cakes and ad strap did not see that the beautiful I 1 ady ady fumbled 1 in her up apron pocket 1 she approached the service I 1 vice counter it was wag very agrati gratifying lying to 11 mary tury at al 1 ice I 1 tire brown to find when be she he bad eiten allen as much as she could lold hold and nd this was a very respectable quantity con can si dering her years year and growth th that 1 she had nothing at all to ply pay fl hen ben she left it the palce palace of tile and smiled a w arr good gold night nt at the alie plump better batter beren baron in the window she he thought she would go eo home and she was a little lb cheesed cd by the conti continued ed possession of he her half dollar and ad by the kindness which utter stronger strangers had bad h heaped P it upon her her bru bruh es still ched acted but a full stomach was waa not lot without soothing effects the air in city park seemed amad very sweet and cool the little girl erl w wanted noted more of it IL aw hiss board tit cr r Gleason dab roxford P peppers pliers canterbury Manter bury Cast and hillside falls aw board A gong g 9 clanged el a ad mary alice looked up at the trolley about to begin it its suburban be 11 journey bb ay a as audibly alb Y ca cataloguer catalogued catalo gd gued by the tor that t m ear r would slide along alon through an endless supply of air air ee even cooler I 1 and fresher freiher and sweeter zol than this of if city Y park and mary hall alice bad money she could pay her fire out ont and back she opined opened that the round trip would occupy hitia halt hetia an an hour ban and cost her not over ten ben or I 1 twenty cents so she climbed aboard T the e conductor repeated his bis list of suburban abara t towns linked it briskly at the bell cord tit and ad the a a ar slid bumping and teetering out of the e zone of pal pale lights and to took air ito ita twist twisting jg way into told aldom mary alice smelled led the odors of and ad fire grove as the mr car sped pd she closed her eyes ape opened ed the them closed them again the car pd passed a tiny station where w here it stopped and let II off a alwen t tired ired 1 looking king country folk evidently dimity glad to be nt at the end of a day 1 in the city mary alice was left 1 at soothed she kept closing el 1119 her cals c ees opening lea th them blissfully d bf 1 y and ad at closing them again tl TI a far or rocked and hummed the breemes blew the chide child s tangled black hir hilr she w ft as no a longer age I 1 in pain she forgot to open her eves Is the calm sweet tam stars in a velvet e I 1 summer u sky saw a little girl get off a basky suburban street car at the end of the line A no said the condu conductor w we do don t ima make no return trip tit till 1 momin A we wa leave he her stand land here all 11 night III he reached bed up and ad turned a switch immediately the A car we was 1 in tt here you gain athir kid asked the man did you yen think we it be get coln back 1 I 1 1 I thought so what do she be ask asked cd plaintively P her bruised body ache d the ride out fro from the illy ind hid b been refreshing but now new a fear ot of the gr great at silence 11 cons clutched her you m can t blay my 1 in this open pe car nil 11 night said old the conductor dealt illy hey I 1 JI jim TJ here a a little girl that tho thought unlit we 3 gull back tonight what list we better belts do with herl her 11 1 I cant at take her ber to my AY house base doubted the motorman ter t th the beta beds I 1 Is III all full ft byn I 1 you try sam to thomas A 1001 they a a light in hla he house on C come A along sister it 11 laid the re con duct ductor Us he spoke verr A kindly at home hame lili ids own little girl was now 8 snug g ly y int tucked Is led into bed and he would steal ill tire into the room mom and ill kiss her bea before or b he I 1 turned 1 in himself it was we th the list at thing to do at night ao I 1 utter matter how tired he felt come call along 1 u g slater I 1 so sam thom thomaa As in his stocking feet and rol earning arx ing a kerosene lamp in his it d opened the door ile he grunted granted blittle a little when he learned the nature tam t of at the pt thin but you know knew sam me and jill jima both full fall up aa we agot got small house bouses and lol big to ram ile lies if it 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