The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-01-04
WHOLE No 400
4 C0nical Scene.

Il G0mlcai Scene.
As Mrs. Esther Stansburv, (residine
IN Court running from Race street be.
low Sixth was about to bring buck
ct Of water from the hydrant last night
she found an old basket suspended
from the knob of her front door. Put.
ting her hand into the basket she felt
something alive and i.icking-byt 50
enyelopcd in rags that no further dis.
covery could be made without unwrap.
ping the object. 4 piece of paper fol.
ded like a letter, lay by the side ofthe
animated bundle. Mrs Stangbury i'm.
mcd!at"ly returned to the house, and
by the light Of the lamp examined the
billet. 1t was addressed to her husband.
She TREMENDOUSLY broke the seal and read
as follows;
"To Joe Stan25ury.
"SIr i send you the baby, which
You will please to take good care Of and
bring up eight 50 that it may turn out
to he better man than its daddy, Oh!
Joseph what sly old rake you are {
who would think that such staid, So
Der, old spindle-shanls could be such
taaring-down sinner! The child is
youE5. You may swear to that. Look
at it;-it is Joe S;ansbury all over.
You deceived nc shamefulIy, Joseph
letting on TO be a widow er-but Go q
fathers part by the young one and III
forgive you.
Your heart-broken
Nancy.
'P. S.--Don't let that sharp-noscd
wife Of yours see this letter. Cannon
her with some kind of a story about the
baby. n"
Mr.. Stanabury was in the basement
kitchen quietly eating his supper, and
little imagining what storm was brew.
ing over his head. The door of the
kitchen staircase was violently thrown
open, and Mrs. SIS voice yelled out,
"Stansbury, come up here, you william;
here's mess for YOU" The astonish,
ed Stansbury hastily wiped his mouth
and obcyed the summons. Don't you
want to see Nancy-the broken
Nancy 7" cried Mrs. Stansbury, when
her guilty husband had hobblod up into
the room. "Nancy l--what Nancv's
that p said the sly old rogue in we'll
feigned perplexity. Why, Nancy, the
mother Of the baby that's been hung up
at your door, Mr.. Stansbury. Oh YOU
look mighty innocent; but ust read that
letter and then look in that basket
Don't be afraid, it won't bite-it's got
no teeth, poor thing you'll know it,
for, as your hussy says, it is Just like
you all over. Please goodness, I'll ex.
pose you before every body.'
And in less than five minutes, Mrs.
Stansbury had collected room full of
spectators, (lalf the Inhabitants Of the
Court to witness the unwrappine Of
the baby. Anxious expectation sat ON
every countcnance, as the Jealous lady
tore away rag after rag tom the body
Of the founding, the vigorous movement
Of which astonshed everybody. at is
full of the devil ALREADY" said Mrs.
S.,-"that showsit is his, you'll soon
see that it is like him in everything"
At last all the swaIdIing clothes being
removed, out jumped the baby and made
MS escape through the open door.
1t was big tom-cat! The Stansbll-
rvs had been Eictimizad by practical
joke, the contriyance ofwhlch was ira.
ced to female neighbor. Mrs. s., who
has no taste for fun Of that kind, made
her complaint against the suspected par
ty, but, as the trick appeared to be with
out malice, no binding over took place.
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