[docmcb]

Well, of course, the most right thing would have been to not engage in fornication to begin with. I'm not clear whether Strom knew about the pregnancy at the time? If his first contact with his daughter was at age 16? But "honorable" at least in the sense that I can think of two worse things than what he did: denying his responsibility and refusing any sort of support.

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

Another account I read stated that he left town when she was born. I'm pretty confident that he knew full well that she was his daughter from the time she was born.

Humans are full of complex contradictions. I can only hope that Strom and the girl were mutually attracted to one another. I would hate to think that the 22 year old Strom raped the 16 year old maid.