24/26 You never thought of that sister of hers whose heart you've broke, nor of the old woman who nursed her like a mother. You thought of nobody but your stinkin' self. You're not a man! You're a cur! a dog! Don't move! Keep away from me, I tell ye, or I may lose hold of myself." Bart was stretching out his hands now as if in supplication. He had never seen his father like this--the sight frightened him. She ought to have kept out of my way--" "Stop! Take that back! You'd blame HER, would ye--a child just out of school, and as innocent as a baby? |