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Winslow. "I could scarcely endure it, as I
realized what was going on. While Nellie had you, there was no indignity,
no public humiliation at which she stopped. For my own satisfaction I
examined Elizabeth before she was laid away, and I held my tongue because
I thought you didn't know. When _did_ you find out?"
"A newsboy told me. He went with a woman who was in the park where it
happened, to tell Nellie, but they were insulted for their pains. Some way
my best friend Douglas Bruce picked him up and attached him, as I did
William; it was at my suggestion. Of course I couldn't imagine that out of
several thousand newsies Douglas would select the one who knew my secret
and who daily blasts me with his scorn. If he runs into an elevator where
I am, the whistle dies on his lips; his smile fades and he actually
shrinks from my presence. You can't blame him. A man _should be able to
protect the children he fathers_. What he said to me stunned me so, he
thought me indifferent. In my place, would you stop him some day and
explain?"
"I most certainly would," said Mrs.


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