Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-12

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baby, who only represents 80 much adj.
! pose tissue.
\. y; k1sa Ss.yf4T !; b; 9Ens y 'h'sr''f& r1e
aDear friends, / do look ut them, and
d.n't like them. They remind inc OF
pork It's u dreadful thought know,
but l can't help 1t. suppose it betrays
some horrible cannibal pedigree, but
never see one Of these over-corpulen,
babies without thinking how nice he
wonld be cooked. A. for q soul l ehoshl
despG Snd4iqG oae5 ,aah SSsn,ass Id
avordupois.
You may think it il only nepotism which
makes me declare that Dots baby, as a
qui2t1 T fiatS| SS1i1 have Ii IdislitdtsdI Id /
sculptor. Indeed, they were modelled
more than onoe, and - nsieht have had
quite museum Of casts, only Dot declAr
I'd she wouldn't & ~ Rieb bQseof! her be1g
lying round over tho houoe.
r The little fellow haa s;sanle Of his own
E-s very pretty name too-but he was al'
ways spoken Of as Dots baby. When he
was, three years, old i went to spend the
winter with Dot:
alt is really time you were married
4tRnthy;" said, Dot ~. have o. forehodine
that you will be an old maid. read the
other day that there were seventy thousand
tmore v61nlh than men in Massachusetts
RThe papers didn't say that the most Of 'en
lived in the country towns, but know
they do. You shall stay, hire 3ha Tinte,
Ruthy, and if you don't cot ! lover by
spring Harry aud will pay your fare te
to Harry. or seduce tho hahy.s young af
! fsctions."
and our principle work just then was t
&" shopping TOR presents. One day ".
had been unusually busy, had lunche1
down town, and didn't start tor home till
The short winter afternoon wasjust CLOSING
! in. . r. =, ~ -
II am wild to ree the baby, = said Dot
a. wo crowded into the car, already cram
ned AZ cars are at the hoidaya. II al
Ways think, when Pm going homo, sWha
II anything has happened 10 him."
.Mhet ahovs1 happee to hitda y =
Dotskhit heE3To afistocratiW eyebrow
into . frown.i,, a. ;>1:.' y: '%' -
~Don't be q goose dear, and pretend
You know q thousand things might have
happened to him. But I can't tell th,
man to drive faster because I am worried
fabout my baby soan ~. 49,,
sa,i9q Fl MI maiden super;oritt:.} i
believe I said something about. concei.ed
young women who fancy that their baby.
cradle is the axis Of the planet. Poo,
::;;:;::;s';''::'F's'''i''' :;:s WHIT = s; s;
w, W.,sai ILL at. h.4s Wpet spnhr
the steps Before me and rang the belt
Mary, the second girl, opened the door
smiled at first, glanced past US inquiringly
and then gave 2 short scream.
What's the matter ?" demanded Dot
turning4pA hF With swim t1oe. fY
~Sg!ffsi&l s.; brhy R29S|" az NJ,
waat-"
The wordg died >on her 1lipG lShe wal
quite past speech But she 1s6ized' MARY
BY the shoulder, and her eyes were fierce
and wild in thSfd9mnn6. 4 - ! q
"You said FIRST you'd take him, na'6m
and WIN went up stairs and found he
! wasn't asleep. on the sofa as ye said,
thought you'd TUX him: Howly: mother
it's lost lie is !"
One awful liked incnmprehensible stare
and then, as the truth came home to bvr
Dot fell forward in a dead faint into my
arms.
Oh, how my heart ached, and Jet4 dared
not stop to Gfiese.. We carried ? Dot Or
stairs. ! sent the cook down to Harry
Office, and Narys' to tho nearest polio,
station. In half an hour the parlor wa.
full of neighbors and friends, whom the
Etnews Of our sudden trbuble mad brough
to us. In among them all came Harry
pale and wretched, md took Dot in BIZ
''%;; %sea rd< j qtstf, q. j hld.ai1s;,
he said.
F., Her dEy.hot eyes seemed to cling to apt
o'sGos 81 don's2svtll,a nS tlaa.hhs aa.hhs ,obb. g Dad
ful things happen in tho world every day
l,nWhst ssi14 Ut o. te N>eshroseh
what 4 night Is remember A dear
.;spd Fl: dhs;g3hfE:s2ss sb1. s&1sple r s$sE t3 g
7 done. Harry stayed by and comforted ue
Sleep was not tbohght pfS WeiWalket
tbss door; we went listlessiy from room Il
fo:Si "ob, II b. ioJjuit only erJj;5 .aid hai
Y, with streaming ey::s; looked a. het
lit was dreadful risk, but worth tn
chsnce. j went into Dots bedroom, an,
hunting about there, found a,'littls wor'
i velvet cap, with its shred Of god and lace
I and its deiapidated tassei. We had ;fanci
ed that the baby look particularly love
ly in it, and had been 10th 10 throw j
aside. ...... = -..- ..r:,t. ,;:i -. =
",* DIT, darling, you know you. thye,
! down his coat and his new cap. On the be-
whom you decided not to? take him. H
must have put them On himself. Sen
here is the old cap, dear" +: g., ,,,'
put it into. her lap. She had beel
rocking back and forth, her face in he
hands now, gazing at the poor chapeau,an'
great sobs began 70 choke her. %.
aOh,; ny baby, my baby" she S:ied
and q rushing torrent Of tears swept ava,
the 10y despair that had controlled her:
1t was better after this. Dot could tall
and her sorrow was easier to bear when
could be put into words. i.
j, ~ think Of him wandering into thos
vile streets, and tho poor outcast childre
crowding around hinl-he must seem lik
an angel to them, or D.: little king-an
Ii,erhaDs one ruder than the rest tears O
q bis cap, and another seizes his CLOAK, ah
: he il cold, aud the winter wind blows hi
f-hair about, and he. wants mamma, and h
gets hungry, and--oh, Ruthy. how can
/ bear it?"
: bot cries at the picture, and directl
; new combinations arise. +
We see him running up and down th
! Streets, and h. grows more and moi
D heart-broken in his longings and, hupge
) for his sweet mamma. ,! ;. ~
. Just in tho gray Of the morning tn
. bells rang again. 1t had been tinging &
intervals ill night, and, again, and agai
! our hopes had been kindled only to die.
;: Harry went down. Dot and listene
l ut the head Of tho stairs. ..; IT,.
+ "Its nothing, darling," said; with m
! arms around her waist. H. r ~"
But Dots quicker ear, or, more likel
. her mother instinct, OWNED the trut
r She broke from my arms withfa cry, an
run down. I followed, and there was Il
blessed baby in the arms Of a strange youn
E gcntlmau. =;
d Those arms yielded him instantly.
"IJou, ha wna kiased and or,ad owe