Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-02-12


She was middle aged, but her dress hac
the gushingness of sixteen. "Lovel,
child" she exclaimed, insinuatlngly.
The baby began to qulzzle up It's face
: and flourish its fists. a
"Dear me how forward tits! Hos
old is it, sir ?" inquired the splnstcr, fo1
such she was.
II don't know !" growled Corban.
''Been widower long, sir? inquired
=, the lady: a
"No. [ never had wife"
/ "Bless me Then she's run away and
left you Dear dear How could she
leave such a nice man, and such dear,
darling little baby ?"
"What's that" inquired middle aged
gentleman, near by, who was evidently a
little deaf. "Your wife gone and left
you, sir? Just my case, sir, exactly
My poor Jare departed this life last May
I got her the handsomest gravestone that
money could buy. There's an angel on
it, with all her wings spread, and this
Latin Observation-Disclosures her cot en-
Peace The gravestone- maker said it was
a good epigrarn, and [ consented, as she
was fond of cats"
By this time the baby began crying
Justify and the whole car syinpathized,
especially the females. -
"It's got the cholera morbus.' said the
old lady. It'll die for sartin if soi1e-
thing isn't done %
"Die ? You don't think so 2" cried
Mr.. Corban
"Dear mer' said the little thin-faced
woman, "what an inhuman creature its
mother was y
'Take it, my good lady, do!' cried
Corban, imploringy. "Ill give you a
hundred dollars to take it"
"What is all this row about 2" said a
sharp nosed man, with a newspaper in his
hand. "a child, is it? Fall back gem
tlemen. and let me look at it. Il it should
be the one
"How /? What do you mean ?" queried
Oxen voices at once.
1T is it is T. IT can't be no other!"
exclaimed the sharp-nosed man. "H ow
strange that | should chance upon it !!
Listen to this, and he read from the pa
per in his hand the notice.
"Stolen-Supposed to have been stolen
from its r.iage in Central Park; on the
morning of the 8th inst, a male child
about nine months old. Said child has
blue eyes and rather dark HAIR; and is a
remarkable forward child. Any persoh
who will return him to his afflicted par-
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alton that will lead to his recovery, shall
receive reward of $500.
Louis Roscoe"
"Wall [ neverw exclaimed tie old
lady 1t must be the very same baby !!
This child has blue eyes and dark HAIR,
and pears remarkable forward y
"Yes, ma'am, unique tionably the very
same" remarked the shark nosed man,
confidently consider it my duty to take
possession"
.sOh, take it, do .'' cried Corban. inn
ploringly IN give hundred dollars to
get it off my hands.
''No doubt you would: my man; but I
amt took in that way My name is
Smithers Peter Smithers, sir; and /
live in Albany. I'm magistrate, sir
and arr est you for child stealing"
II tell you didn't steal it. She went
off after cup of coffee" .
Don't trouble yourself to repeat that
story again. Understand the case fully"
said Mr.. Smithers, promptly.
Conductor, is there place on the
train where this rascal would be any safer
| than here p
"We don't run prison vans" responded
that worthy, sulkily.
"Well, gentlemen" said Mr.. Smlthers,
blandly, "you are all gentlemen of honor,
and have wives and children, or ought to
have and you all have feeling of sym
pathy, doubtless, for the parents of this
unfortunate babej and I depend upon
you, gentlemen, to assist ME In guarding
him until we reach a station, where | can
place him in charge of the proper officials
At the next stopping place / VIII tele-
graph to Brideswell, and have constables
ready to take possession of him the mo-
ment we arrive" 49,. s.. +-
"You shall pay dearly for this ~
| Iodieu Ool odh, uoH larry lhlui ldIeu'
Yes, sir! I'll take the the law on you
the moment we get anywhere where there
is any law. Call me rascal, indeed =
H. just at that moment the sharp signal of
"down brakes" sounded; and in a few
moments there was shock, and the train
came to sudden stop.
Everybody rused out to ascertain the
difficulty; and it was found that a wheel
OF the engine had broken, and the loco
motive was OF The track
No one was injured; but it would oc-
cupy some time TO get things SO that the
next train could run and, in the mean
time, Mr.. C0rban thought, with rapture,
he could make his escape. He formed
the plan Of dropping the unfortunate
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