The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-01-22

and four children, Who, by tbi. time,
were Ia the clerks oiilce trying to tuaks
the corpulcut and Amlsble ~. BaElsy
understand the horrible situation.
Some enc suggested the telegraph, and
all The police stations were advised Of this
los' OF Congressional infancy, But The
worst part Of IL was thst The eraFy repre-.
sentative could net remember the mum,
bcr Of the hack, aud the hacks are not Fe-
markAble for their ready return Of lost
parcels. We never had but enc sent us,
and that was q volume Of the Presidents
message with some accompanying doca.
meuts.
Ia the meantime the unhappy mau
made a short excursion into the ueighbor,
hood lie hurried through the hacks on
tho hack-stands, aud had all the retired
couyicts who drive those vehicles yolun.
teer TO 20 aud search for the lost child for
two and half hours Zach Que was
ready TO make affidavit that he knew the
hack, and one lrishman. who onght to
have been hung long ago, swore that he
heard the child cry as the back drove by,
From the hack stand the husband hur-
ried to Newspaper Row aud stirred no
the Bohemians to the highest pitch of ex.
element by his tale Of woe The corpu- |
lent RsmSdell sat down aud wept: Ad. /
ans blew his nose, while Boyuton philo. |
sophically remarked that the loss of ba- |
by was somebody's gain, and Preston
added that it was loss easily repaired
aud SO the aight wore on.
What became of that hack, with It's
precious little burden, is the most intsr-
esting part Of the narrative. Ii seems
thai our friend Zach Chandler, the great
who goes incoming about at
all sorts OF late hours, found hlmse # on
Four-and-a-half street in such state Of
that he couldn't tell
where he was or where he ought TO be
In these emergencies he instinctiyey calls
a hack All the backmen In the city
know the great Michigander, and, entire
y regardless Of what he orders or says,
they invariably drive him home, stopping
At all the sample rooms and bars on the
way. On this occasion he hailed hack
md getting in, said as he did SO:
Take me'omedamnyou.
Sitting down upon the back seat, he |
Was startled by wild cry that almost
'obered him, This will sound like exsg-
but it's q fact. II came very /
lear being case OF spoiled child, for old |
Zach, had hinged two hundred pounds Of
beef and whiskey on the lost :
hild OF the lower house. lie started up /
With such violence, that his head struck '
he top of the hack, nearly bouncing the !
lriver off his seat, more, however, with i
stonishment than jolt. I
Old Zach, resolved himself into an in. o
estigation committee, aud sitting down
N the front seat, felt round. lie gather
d up the child, and for a minute sat
urning the situation over In his gigantic
Intellect, then sticking his head out Of
he window, he shouted, with that voice u
Fhich has made the great British lion Il
remble: a
Drivergo rgo'omequick-rve-got-a-bsby. u
As the infant continued its screaming, y
be driver had no doubt as to the truth of
his startling revelation, and so he tore }
long the street at o frightful rate, con
dering that his team consisted of one
icious kicker and one runaway. Pulling b
P at the palatial mansion, the great
Iichigander tumbled out, and rushed in 81
18th the child in his arms Presenting il tc
, the astonished Mrs. Chandler, be ex- to
aimed:
Most strornary' 'fair--sot.do -baby-sn al
lck. Going-to-'dopt-him. u
The good old lady did not receive the 1t
ew conner with the same enthusiasm, but k'
M for policeman, not to arrest the Je
enator, but to remove the encumbrance.
Trough this means the poor little waif al
as returned to its frantic parents. OF
We are happy TO say that both Chandler ht
I'd baby are as well ~ could be expect. GU
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