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Tied to Mama’s Apron Strings, Yet He Ruin
ed Pretty Nellie Johnson, who Carried a
Child Under Her Heart Ruined Her, Yes,
Until She Opened Her Mouth and Spoke
Her Piece. And Can Nellie Speak? Read
this and See.
By A D E L E
Vi II \ T T O VIKA It
N rw M U IK U IS
I ) K » hs (.(M ills
H A M L IN
•'Nellie, It s F#m. T om H ill?" it him
We are going
over
tiicrt
%n> m ore o f a statement titan a now 1
Quest too.
Netti# shuddered at the thought«
Nellie m oved uncom fortably
her chair and looked out of ;rw* o f the scene that would tuke place
u
Ka sun iLlnlrtn«
ft
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I
window at
at t the
unktug cleailv
slowly L there.
Mrs Hill wouldn't talk T om
It soomed to her bem nd tile sky into m arrying her. She had talked
O i course It was T cm . They knew him out o f it. Mrs H1U th ou g h t!
it was T o w . Everyone knew it was she was better tlian she Nellie be-|
T om
cause ahe was almost white
ithe
' Y es," she said, still looking at » a s txwn out of wedlock Just like|
the sinking sun. "it is T o m ." She her habv and T o m s would be it,
they I''--m didn 't m arry her O h O od.
- had , a vision o f the . . first
. . . time
.
**'• met dow n to the C M A gro- i ,,m had
marry her* Her o-ib
•cry where T om was elerk. Their couldn t tv born as Mr? H ill a as
glances and hearts fused
A fter
“ Nellie. R«*t ready.“
th .u they belonged to each other
“ Daddy. i t « no use to go there ’
‘ I s - i s he gonna marry y o u ? " I —I don t want to go
It s ------•
h e r m other asked almost fearfully
“ You aint got nothing to sa y ’
I told him . He said he would G et ready r*
at first. But I— I guess he changed
Sh*i turned away and went fo l»er'
ho. m ind," the last
was hardly 100m.
above a whisper
• • •
Her m other whimpered and sank
Mrs M artlia Hill told Nellie and
• m a chair Her fa th er crown her parents to be sealed until sup
td
It seem ed hours to Nellie be- per waa over
lore her fa th er finally broke the
Mrs Johnson wept silently. Mr
p ainful silence.
Johnson paced the floor and Nellie
M aybe M artha Hill'll talk to stared into space.
S he did
not,
want to face Tom again
Mr? Hill walked haughtily in the I
room followred bv Mr Hill and T om !
S<!#PC* kt! rut* tmit* • mar at ».or . 4 1
IKe trdT wttJi |iar.d *ecr«t!ona *n
c*r- 8h e fixed cold gray eve* on N ellie!
t Vn fund* «ft*q fail to prt 1,;« ».■ -
im patient
gesture!
rk*.»tW and »bleb a:* aten..*a!f so«#*- and with an
'trr .or fevtldLng heal» a, rrenfih acd *1- began.
« 'T T n
has* fra* p —f
for
Wefl 8uMt v h a t is the m atter S h e h id «* VU lioil o f t h e f i r s t t i m e Ui« \ h .id rnet
n at
our *un#«rfwt GLAND TONLC—OOLD-
O L k M » a » # f r y •« ta D a . . * B * U | T t
wttla vou i
the C olored M e 'rh a n ta A ssociation x ro ccry .
T heir
1.1 I R L I - H O
O R L iG ATIOS
T " “» tu t-
Nellie looked at Tom
H#
refused
'
»reat«#*i Lae hioufLt 9*9 aad,
glance* fused. T hey belonged to each o ther.
t# tJw.w.ai of run-dewa tuiq to look at her
‘ fn aud vo hmo SLou.d q .icE.v do IM
"Well? _______
’ aaid Mrs
HU1
, „
. . .
SIM* s tar ed at
tier
with
hi* s ay a n y t h i n g I kn ew
more
Lh»n
' » V t9‘
" O l » T T * * v n ESA A NT
Ju»- tend tiiu ad «ltd 7 ecu namt a-.d a#,
u
h ,r
a iuttered Mr
open
S u u r m oaned
and ever that he w u > cow ard
Noth
drr.s an# l*c for poaU#e cud d m i ^ « ' Johnson
Tom
did
not
take
hi*
eye*
from
the
ing
but
a
cheap
com
m
on,
cow
ard'
Complete tmlHeni triu at o o « Hetiral
• No • sobbed Susie, “ you •
Atd Berta«. Ml I. U SoUa §4.. C *.<•#«.
wall
| Do you think I »a n t my baby to
“
Nellie'
Y
ou
tell
h
e
r
!“
Dtp! (¿ A I M
-W h y ? ” Mr Johnioti finally A t- * rom UP * “ h • coward hanging
*T—I.” began Nettie, then she
KVTFft
I>Ut you ever think you would bo
buying mwtetlAla with a U# uf on-
trich feaiher* m ixed up with them,
or wools with rabbit*’ fuxx ah i»«rt
o f the well inixrd lngred irn n. or
long thin fllAioMits of titmrl. «n d
lAAt. but not ira.it stMive liAirrloth
Actually with strand.« o f stnngy
hem p straggling through the «tu ff?
Huth u tli# sU t#«>f thing« in th#
fabric display* , . . bolls and boils
o f U ie v faMinaLiiif nrw iiiAlrriwkR
her# Just m tun# for your * ns art
f«ll frork* of thin wo I
tHIrii h
rloth i.sn t new but greatlv p e rfrd
rd . . . if * softer and Mlkler tin*
(All, Nome c o lo n have a phuaphot-
eacrni shim m er that Is marl I n
triguing
T h e «Alcspc pie will trll
vou verv serlouslv that (inantllir«
of «oft ostrich fcalliers Arc literally
churned and mixed with the wi*of.
and after I tours of this intim acy the
m ixtuie 1« then made into yum
and then into the newest M nrw
fa h rici (or voor twte piece itreas##
MEN—a Child rosic—FRtE
turned to Tom for help, but Tom
‘ How does Toni know It s h is?“
"Nellie, we
was looking at a picture. She look
"N ever mind, daddy
1 wouldn’t
ed back at M artha who was staring d ie sneered.
T
his
caused
even
T
om
to
m
ore.
marry
him If he was tit# last man
And Abort Br»ath!n« rrtterrd whoa at her coldly. “ I —I'm to lutve a
•’Martha!**
|on ea rth '
And you talking about
fajA»d
»natural coUerttea o f «a u rjb abv ' she m urmured
In atxlow**. frot and log*, and »hen praa-
M artha you know Nellie wouldn't taking that that thing to court to
Mr Hill dropped the tobacco he
*ure obaer^nbi# leave« a dent. Trial
W hy
It's
was about to fill his pipe with. h e' * Mrs Johnson was now angry make him m arry m e'
p a ck ag e
“
Y
es! How doe« he know it? Do fu n n y !"
Mrs. Johnson wept louder and T om
C O L L I’ M M EDICIN E COM PAN Y stared at a lamp
you suppose I d let T om marry I "luM en here “
nerr. tat. a t l a s rs c>.
I *’ I told you to shut up once, Mrs
’ W hy d o you tell m e?“ asked her'*"
“ M artha H ill! T om Is going to Hllll You nrrdn 't worry. I wouldn t
Mr« Hill.
* Hecau.se It's T o m ’s '“ cried Mr marTT Nellie If I have to take him marry your precious i son. your baby
and he s gotta
marry 10 rourt? He ran t get out o f thus!“ vour darling because he Isn't gr*wl
• r*
| Court! W ould they have to take > nough. Ml bring my baby up Just
You m ean m v son m ust m airy h,m 10 fot,rt to *liakr him m arry like your mot Iter brought you up
" hj-r'i
V No,
n t they
»in« u wouldn
ituMn f t. lu>niii«a>
. u work
... L- mv B
M to
brrauar f I ...
m mun»
going i lo
finger*
your daughter becau.se .the la go- her?
m e to have a ba b v ’ " ih e axked G od » o u ld change hi* m ind
the tame vi that he ll be able to
¡calm ly
I ’’ ®*1 O * * .” »h r prayed, " d o n 't look down on hta fath er!
I'll tell
I " Y e * 1 It'* his b a b y '"
let them have to make him m arry him hi* father waa no g o o d ’
He
W ell if It* T o m s , m o t h e r - " b e - 1mf . ” , „ .
, _
. . . i*»> • d,r‘ T " * » * « .
gan her husband
I
1 “ n« h l *<** every Inch o f the I He was afraid to use
his own
Silas I can handle this very well mavf 1 have b r lle r thing* for m y -m in d '
T h a t ! what Ml tell him
--------------------------------------------------------- . JO you want T om to m arry - o u ? " ’ ‘ ’,1
‘
hlm
*nd ^ U l,u » h
U,l,th “ nd
I Try i/fjig l. Pinkham t vcgt'asia Cawpound I
H e’s g o tU m arry h e r '“
***** Nr,,le
laugh at vou bees.ise you'll «till be
1--------------------------------------------------------- 1
Charles. I'm «peaking to your 10 rf,,,rt " n rh,n^ ’
hr won t fled u. vour rnan
apron .»ttrinKS
9 daughter*
.
h ie r '“
And
A
, marrv h e r !“
,
, vou rail youi • If a m an!
Oh M artha I know vou want
' 011 r,‘ noi a Christian w om an' m an!
You re not a man, you're
T om to d o right and m arry Nellie 1 "L " S h “ t UP
Wr "
A reW* r , , r
«ebbed Mr*. Johnson.
r °™ ^ rnurt!
rourt
W" \
J """""
w . .
W o n t you talk to him M ar-
m arry Imr!
I T on. was h o t
feet. grW
.th a ?
W e don't want Nellie d i* -'
' f the <«.irt m a k e, him marrv u.g Ne lie . simuklerw
traced
netther
Tom '
M a r ti.. w r ' h* » on 1 »tay * « h her!
N o t(
y .rn re
not
going
anyw here!
ulcaie— " her voice ro*e to a loud ,jn f d a v ' r>0 you *h,nl1 1 w» nl You re going to «lav right lierr and
T om ruined’ "
m arry m e'
I'm not a cow ard!
I
"Susie
fo r
h ea v en *
sake
b e 1 “ You think because you was a liave )n»t a* m uch right to work
T here U no use U, make al l , > « y o u - "
¡for the baby as vou h a v e "
Another date broken . . . Couldn't stay quiet.
T o rn
Wr
But look at Nellie. Martha
on her feet a minute longer' Lvdia E. i0^
noise
111 give you m on ey.
thl* girl
teacher. T If T om i T o m . If you marrv
Pinkham \ VegetableGjmp«jund alwavs |and you ran send Nellie away a n d ,
marrv hrr
be m in ed , »you r a n t stay in m y hou se!“
reliever cramp«. Try it neit monto, (nobody will know a thing about ‘ y L ‘ *
I ‘ M artha, this is my house!
Mv
. She looked tlrst at Mrs Joh nson ! ” *
c* r<* *b o u i
Neltte! * > n can com e here with hta wife!
who was staring as if she could shrieked Mrs. HIM.
“ She should
' You told tlie truth Nellie. I wax
h a V ‘ W i c " her e a » . T h en at * > - , had better
W ^ la d e ’ i
« * -
1
'Nellie w ho had b u r e d her (ace in H h e* n obody!
My T om 1» every- ?<>,'■ « ' ' m«v I
W hat about c o lle g e '”
WS t w®er* »Uul 4 *br*<* P*r«*t
¡her hand*
th in g '
Hr I* not going to marry
• MB C«! QS* R <|Mt----
" T o hell with college'
I didn't
Vvi W
! Susie and Charle* Johnson rea - N ellie!"
. . .
...
think about It then and I won t
c mg « w R e . PVtiu*. mi*. 9 *
iized the te.rib le truth. M artha did
“ rhe court will make h i m .'
-wtt*< S«».4f*rtioe.
think
about
It
n
o
w
!”
not want her son to m arry their
He w o n t stay with her!
« V * e * n. i e » i i c*w
“ He w o n t!
He w on't!
He— ”
—, - C jm * U O
daughter! W hy?
Their daughter
trim . rtTONS CO. ©U* IS
'
.S
t o p !"
bad graduated from high
school
Nellie wag on hey feet, her eyes
and she wa* going to college m the
— ¡fall. She had never had a lot of blazing with anger.
T hey looked
''Afrkan« bava much In rnmnwn
with U4 a* wit and wfadom *xpreaa»4
W A N T MONEY " boy* hanging around T om had at her in surprise, even T om
been her onlv beau. They couldn't| "Y ou don t want T om to marry
In thalr provar** aho». It la time
believe the Hill* any belU r than me because you think he * too goeid
for ua to grt away from tha notion
they were T hey couldn't be! How for m e! W ell I w ouldn't marry
that th*f arr In an lofelor and bar
could th ey?
¡T om because he Isn't good enough
bari« «tat#. In mor* than on# *#n«#.
' M artha, y o u —y o u - d o n 't
w an t.for m e! A coward Isn't good
AawrteaiM air Issa s MH bm I mm
guarente* U> help
»»Mir* barbaric than they " — J (.
enough for an yon e!"
T om to m arry N ellie?”
you g*t a new start In Ilf* No
BITIDIR
Nellie, d on't you
ra«* b*y«mJ ht,p*
Htop
M artha looked around the room
'?■+'* m e today
Iniari»»tKm f R I I '
"S h u t up. M artha Hill!
You've
at her husband. Mr. Johnson N el
If you m e in the roni)m ny of
said loo m uch already' W hen you frogA. tlu-n «lo not wxk for u ntool.
N nil.MS Ml*. HI n*rt*n A»*.
lie and T om
Jersey City M.J., Bept V.
said I was lying and T om didn't »Howl with tlie w o lv es;.
I
No," she answered, 'T d on't "
SWELLING REDUCED
Too “Worn-Out" to go
S o z -m M lN o # / / /
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