Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-09-30

It's after eleven /; and oh where is ,hs
poor child! ..#
III 90 ont again my dear ! and started
with weary sigh
James 7 called my wife.
We'll. what is itr
Hadn't you better take tho dinner bell,
aud ring it, and wake the neighbors Who
knows but no has gone in somew here and
gone to bedT
Fudge I
How can you be so heartless as to say
fudge at such time as this 2
And Mrs. Dobb began TO cry.
There, it won't do any good to CRY, Su.
san. | said fudge, but Of course didn't
exactly mean il. But don't you know that il
our boy was at any Of the neighbors, they
would send him homeg
We'll, don't know what harm there
would be in just ringing the dinner bell'
Il shouldn't want any body to 60 ringing
bells through the streets after was abed,
Susan
They might we'll ring bells if they had
lost their children persisted my wife.
We'll, III 60 to police station and set
the police after him. They'll find him eas.
ly enough, and bring him home ia the morn.
ing. You go to bed and don't worry
'Oh, James, how you can be go calm can
never understand But you don't love your
children as their mother does. shall not
sleep wink till find that poor boy again
| WELL good night, dear. III be back in
an hour or So .~ -
And off went with fresh cigar.
| Contound the boy he should have such a
lecture as he would remember. when | got
him again straying off in the night in this
way, and making his poor father tramp tho
town after him.
Wherever | saw a light-~in drinking sa-
looms and so on stuck my head in and
inquired If they had seen stray boy. got
all sorts Of replies, and in one place a hilar-
Gus young gentleman invited me to come up
and drink on it,, but didn't lnd my lost
lamb. ... -.....
At the police station | left description Of
my boy blue eyes, curly hair, six or seven
years Old buff waist, drab pants e,ubroider.
ed around the bottom, and blue and white
plaid stockings. received the assurance
that lost children almost always turrcd Up
all right in the morning, aud that my boy
should be brought home as soon as Iecov-
cred.
My wife was still up when got homo.
| Have you found himf'
No, my dear-I give him up
| James 7
But Eve set q policeman after him-a big
fllcow-six feet at least big as two Of me-
He'll find him.
After which confident statement | began
to undress myself.
Are you going TO bed y asked my wife.
! Why, Of course am. I'm sleepy
! Was there ever such many groaned
Mrs. Dobb.
'Iwcnt to bed. I could not coax Mrs. Dobb
to do likewise. Ali how refreshing the soft
couch was | dozcd of like n little kitten,
and had become quite obvious of worldly
cares, when that unhappy woman came into
the room, lamp in hand.
'Eh ! What now ?
What time did you say Fred y went out3'
! said didn't know, my DEAR
What were you doingT
i was writing, all the evening"
What time did you miss him ?
When got through writing; about half
past nine
Did you search the house,?
Yes, dear, searched it all over. And
now I'm sleepy. Good night
Did you look down ccllarY'
Yes; looked everywhere
| Hln you look III the barn
In the barny No. What's the use p
He couldn't get in there. The doors fast
But nothing would do but must get out
Of bed now, and 60 and overhaul the barn
did and looked through all the out.
houses, but there was no boy.
Let's search the house again, James
why, what's the use2 | have. And
dare say you and Bridget have again
I.,,. IL
could sit here idlcy But must 20 over tho
house again. II will help pass away the tmo
till morning
Il can pass the time very comfortably
asleep, my dear suid. with heavy yawn.
oh, you can DO anything! believe you
could sleep if it was Judgment day
Very likely might Susan, if was ~
sleepy as | am TO night
OF course you know we went over tho
house again. We inspected the wood pile,
and we looked under the sofas. We exam.
ined all the closets, and we opened all Of tho
trunks. We overhaulcd the pantry, and we
poked under the library, where II cat could
hardly get to sleep.
James, want to know where you wero
when that boy went away
Why, told you was in my study, wri.
ting
Go in and show me-
oh, vexation! Won't you ever let mo 90
to bed p
went into the study, and sat down at my
round table
'ThcreH said l. Here is where sat
The inkstand was here the lamp was here !;
the dictionary was under this foot, and tho
other foot was stretched under the tablc--son
All My naked foot touched soft lump
under the table. looked under. There he
was; curled up on the floor, fast asleep.
Come out here, you rascal 7 said and
drew him forth, rubbing his little eyes with
his two little fists.
'Oh, you darling, darling child burst forth
my wife, in ecstasy, as she folded him in
her arms where have you bcen?'
My dear, that's superfuous Hos been
under the table, clearly enough
The poor childr
'Cra"led under there IN one 0r his sly
moods, ! suppose, to give pnpa surprise,
and dropped asleep while scratched on un.
conscious
The dear child =
And has been snoozing away like a lillla
pig, while have been ransacking the town,
feeling boatmcn, invoking policemen, and all
but ringing dinner bells, my dear.,
And good enough for you,' said Mrs.
Dobb; you'll take better caro- of my chill
drcn next time go out to ride with cousin
Bob.'
Oh, confouni cousin Bob =
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