7 6 THE KALLIKAK FAMILY 



they were standing fell upon it, was a house in which 

 Guss's lawful wife was living and working to support 

 his children. The minister, too, might have known, 

 had he taken the least trouble, and thus have been 

 spared the ignominy of uniting two such beings with 

 this travesty of the blessing of heaven. Soon after 

 their union, this couple ceased to live together Guss 

 going off with another woman and his wife with another 

 man. 



The field worker was not able to locate Guss, but she 

 found that a minister farther up the State had, in 1910, 

 married his late wife to the man with whom she was 

 living. The couple, however, had gotten wind that 

 some one was looking for them, so when the field 

 worker arrived, she found that they had moved on, 

 leaving no address. 



The following story shows the continuation of these 

 conditions into the next generation : - 



It was considered desirable to see the illegitimate soil 

 of Guss, who had been born to the feeble-minded girl 

 after Guss had been turned adrift by his lawful wife. 

 This child had had, when young, a severe attack of 

 scarlet fever which deprived him of his hearing. He 

 had been admitted into a home for deaf children, but 

 the mother had taken him out. It was learned that 



