Middletown transcript., 1873-04-26

aud discover the ials-hnod, wfntc and
informed him tha, was not only married
but the father Of a bouncing baby Thi.
intelligence So pleased my uncle that he
sent gold goblet and silver pap..poon.
10 be presented to nv child | at frs,
,at DOWN and wrote a very romantic letter
to my uncle. thanking him for tho pre-.
enis aud then visited the nearest iewelry
store and turned both the goblet and
spoon into cash which pnckcicd
had received no further letters from
my uncle until the one which | read in
Mrs King,ley's pnrlnr The po.tscrip, to
this not ouly nstnui>hed hur absolutely
frightened me | read rs follows:
= 5 i have never visited Philsicl.
phia. so have decided 10 do 50 at once.
aud get look at you and your wife ani
child. fon may expect me about the
l0,h of the month
"Gond gracious Nv uncle is coming
TO ,i-it me, exclaimed. "nnd IL. pas,
the 10Th of the month nav. don't know
/ at what moment he may pp in What
nm 10 do f,r wife aud child z"
Al tina, moment, there cane a terrible
pull at the door.bcll as II the man who
pulled i, imagined that he owned the house
aud could make as much noise as he pleas.
ed \ sickeung sensation took possess
sion Of me, for had mi,rivinr that It
was my uncle Now ~ good fortune
would have it. Mrs Kingsley had gone
out to nrighboriu- store for a few mo
meuts, and had requested me 10 have an
cye on her child while .he wns gone. -
It wouldn't fall ou, Of the cradle. and hur,
ltstlt A- glanced 1t the cradle aud
thought OF my uncle ., thu door hrigh,
idea entered nay mind | determined. IN
case the visitor was ms uncle. - claiui the
youthful occupant as nv own
Tho visitor proved 10 be ms nnclc /
knew him by the pictures Of him | had
seen, aud he likewise knew me by my pho.
tperaph After mutual recognition aud
h-ud shakiu. ! u.hrrol my hsuorrl rel.
attyc into the rarur and introduced him
TO my newly claimed offspring
rhvre. unclt sail "is the frsi
pledge OF our married III. assure veu
lake pleasure ia presenting 70 yau my
child.
"ltis fat liuia ylans'ter. said my
uncle, gain. at it a!mirin.iy BY the
way, what !. Il, bog or gir
That was knouy story for mc Il an.
swer, Tor he was jus, a, much acquainted
vita its gender 10 | was Blt il wpul
not do IA ..ow ignorance on the ~ ct
20 | answered At p.hlzafl iha, j; was
hoy
i an sorry it Is 4 boy" sail my un-
clc there are too mlny boys IN the fam
iiy Now ii you had only produced a
LITTLE biae-eyei girl, J. would have been
more sensible
assured him VA, sorry tb, g-nler
lid ~; suit, but hope in the future III,
wishes would ba craiiacd
- far had ,ucc,rlei IN lccciyns M
uncle but the wrist feared was. that
when Mrs Kingsley returned. She shs
object my claiming ownership III her eh,
Besides to carry ous ny deception, nus
tini wife as wvll a, an infant aud Mrs
Kingsley was tho only ons ! could conre
uienliy claim rhs only difficulty Va, 4
get her consent "a the deception. anl TIN,
might be DOM il could an'y ,ecure pr,-
yate conversation with her bct9f, intro
ducei hfr - ny Gpeit. fi5zu L aulii u
all night
watched ny opportunity. aul saiucl
an interview with her belytr she entered
the room tali her ID a few brief ani
hurried words the exsrut Of ms difficulty.
anl how had taken the Liberty il acting I
az papa Ia her little one then told h
| must lind a wife somewhere and hrggal
her 10 allow ne to introduce her ~ that ca
pacfy She laughed very heartily at the
suggestion said ,hu could comprehend ny
difficulty and consented to the proposal and
roguishIy warned me NOT 10 presume upoi
the occurrence
We then entered the parlar aud in
troducci her as my better hnlf Ny un
Gle was very much pleased with her, ans
cirplmented me upon my good rhoe
in the selection Of wife Mrs Kingsley
Of course. calorcd mos, chaFtunsly a
this compliment ani could plainly see
that she could scarcely refrain from laugh
ing.
You have a fine boy hcras" said IN
uncle to Mrs. Kingsley, pointing to III
cradle
Excuse me. sir said ska. colorin
up agaiu, Its a girl.
was dumb.founded was expose
in my iuiquity Would my uncle b,icv
me after this he looked from me to IN
pretty landady with a puzzled count,
nance
Your husband told me it was boy
he said, and rather suspiciously too.
thought
"Wrll, always took il for a boy" W
my reply putting on bold face, "bu,
suppose my wife nn~s be-,
: Here Mrs Kingsley fairly screame
with laughter. aud my nnclcs stern "a,
. assumed an ronical smile
''You are nioa father. aint YOU" |
said. touching ma vith the poin, Of b
umbrella. "nnt TO know the sex Of 20,
b own child, Why. | knew it was ri
e the moment looked at IT,"
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