Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-07-14
A CHOICE BIT OF SCANDAL.
The History of Founding.
From the Cincinnati Commercial, July 9th.

From the Cincinnati Commercial, July 9th.
| At an early hour OF evening before last
the peace of mind of fair young wife,
living on - street, was terribly disturbed
by revelation as unexpected as startling.
/ Having been q year married to Mr. -,
she had become reconciled to passing an
evening without his company occasionally.
She had ceased to pursuade him entirely
away from an occasional game of billiards,
or a social hour at the club, and on the
| evening referred to was passing time in his
absence at the piano, at which she and Il
young lady from the next door on the west
were practicing duet. They were sitting
at the piano, with their backs to the open
door of the parlor, when suddenly the
door-bell was rung with much violence
and they turned around in time to see
a black dress disappear from the
steps. Mrs. - Immediately went to the
door, and was much puzzled to find there
only an ordinary market basket. She look
ed up street and down street. in quest of
the person who had left it there, and then
called Sallie's attention to it, and wondered
what they ought to do with it. The young
lady naturally enough suggested that they
had better examine the contents. over which
lay cloth. So they lifted the basket. Bnt
they dropped it very suddenly, for directly
1t was disturbed, and happened to be jostled
against the door-trame, there came from it
/ q series of as vigorous screeches as ever
came from an infants lungs. The impress
sion that deserted brat of poverty had
been forced upon her first suggested itself
to Mrs. IS mind, and on the instant she
felt very indignant, and thought of hand
| ing the treasure over to policeman. But
this idea soon gave way to growing curl
osity, as she removed the outer wrappings
from very pretty little baby-boy of from
SIX to eight months, plump, round fell
low, fat and hearty, who Owed one thumb
into his mouth, kicked his heels in the air,
and shook a fist triumphantly as soon
as he discovered a human face, and
that womans. While the young wife,
herself soon to become a mother, was Gu
riously examining the plain but neat cloth
ing of the little founding, including two
or three changes, Miss Sallie had rapidly
| glanced over note that she had found tied
to the basl1et-hardle. The young lady had
not more than glanced at it, and turned red
with the embarrassment that it provoked,
when her companion caught it from her
hand. handed her the baby, read it through
hastily, then cautiously, turned very pale,
and didn't faint. On the contrary, she
folded the note up carefully and with care
placed it in her bosom.
She then laid q hand on one of SaIIie's
arms, and very earnestly requested that she
would never mention what had occurred
which silence was promised. (Sallie has
kept her word pretty well, having never
mentioned it to more than half dozen of
her relatives and friends.) Then the new
arrival was safely deposited in a corner
where he crowed and sucked his thumbs
until George" returned. Our dramatic
&c nt 70
can't do justice, IN mere description, to
the scene that ensued The game little
wife did not go into Mysteries, tear her hair
and shrek her words forth. But she
couldn't help crying whom told of the oc-
currence, called on Sallie to witness the
truth of the story, handed her husband
the note and the baby, and then sobbed
out:
''Now-ow-ow, Geor-orge, is it true ?"
1t was some time before George said any
thing. He turned red, and white, and
yellow, and looked very much ashamed
and annoyed, to say the least Then he
stammered out that it was lie, a mean
lie, and -- dirty trick of somebody that
had conceived grudge for him. The
young wife looked at his face closely, and
seemed to make up her mind Immediately,
Tor she sighed, very heavy sigh, and sob
D0o heUio HloIe, ana merely remarked,
as she left the room, aud took the baby
with her, 'Sallie has promised not to tell
This history of these little facts would be
incomplete We're we to neglect to state that
faithful, loyal Sallie's only regret is that
she didn't steal that letter or take copy
of 1t. However, we can give as much of
it as she remembers, and has told to her
friends:
'sDEAR GEORGE Or rather you con-
temptible puppy I send you our baby, be-
cause can't care for it properly.
Am going home in the morning, and if you
don't do right by George, I'll swear out a
warrant for bastardy. [ see fit to
expose you to your wife, anyway
OLLIE"
At last accounts that baby was being
cared for, and the story was going the
rounds.