198 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



A rich United States Senator had a girl 

 baby by Ms mulatto mistress. Wben two 

 years old, the Senator, and the mother act- 

 ing as nurse, carried her to Chicago. There 

 she was placed in a well-known Catholic in- 

 stitution, with the statement that her 

 mother was a South-American, who had 

 died in childbirth. The Senator and nurse 

 frequently visited her. The child grew up 

 with the nuns and became exceedingly 

 beautiful and was very popular with her 

 associates. She became the idol of the 

 Senator, and visited in the homes of Chi- 

 cago's most exclusive set. School over, va- 

 cation on, her associates gone, the Senator 

 had arranged to sail the next week with her 

 and her nurse to London, where she was to 

 be presented at Court; to settle a fortune 

 on her and to leave her with a wise Lon- 

 don lady, who was to see she was well 

 married. 



She had been forbidden ever to visit her 

 old nurse — only to write. The call of the 

 wild was too great! Getting a railroad 

 time table, and seeing she could leave Chi- 

 cago in the morning and arrive at the home 



