, 1874-06-27

t' t"rriis,tened!" = it H. laughed t1s strauger with
! on'y ran away four tinenh con,in' hero. oil no!
Nobodys frIghtoned Eve r.th,u's ail RI. AinI
T. n'',s" nra, +. .sid aodress g u. driver oly
oss ss sts "G5sa 9ss a ao1n hsts
DOCTORS hams at stooIto,1 Tllaai, noth.nl slx
h11nltor do|lRrsh cover ail tlnmnlst1."
was too much dislle artenod to rcrly, but
| me With hn astontshmen: that almost aoporod
| him.
DO you reckon to taokle that ani,no your~
sellr 10 asked, AZ he surveyed mo from head
| | dd not apeek, bnt, with m appearance OF
hodness / was far from focling, walked to tle
| wagon and oallcl " Daby.,'
| "All II. :, cash 1oose them straps. Bill, aud
The shars, wero cut loc re-. mud Dahy-the rc-
molaeless, tho terriblB-q'1ietly tumbIed to the
ground, aud, rolling to my side,
| RUBBED HIS FOoL1Hu HEAD AdAlHBr ME,
think the nhtoulshment of the Two men WAS bo.
you'd any vocal oxprahslops. Without word tho
drunkon htraugor got into the wagon anu droyo
| away.
And Babyf He had grown, It Is truc. tr{ae
larger; Iut he was thin, nul bore tic marLs Of
evident ill-tlaage. His b oaltitul cont was mat
ted ahu unkelnpt, and LIS claws-thoae bright
steoi hooks-hatl Ok boon ruthcBsly Cd to tho
the old eSFrosRlon OF stupid good humor had
changed 10 one Of i1a,el1igent tllstt1,st. His in
teroonrae with mankind had avideutly nuiokenel
hls INTELLECT without broadauiuR his moral
| nature.
! I I'D great difficulty in keeping Mrs. Brown
from sm ,thcring him In BLANKETS aud running
lis digestion with tho delioacios Of her larler;
but NJ !ass got him completely rolled up in the
| oornor OF my room and asleep. / lay awake
eotne time 'ater with plans for h,s future.
| finally determined to tako him to OAKLAND, where
had built a little cottaEe aud always spent my
| Sundays, tho very next dny. And. in tho midst
| a al ia fall nftu 7 fn1l
| asleep.
When a"ole 1t wan broad day. Ny eyes at
onoe sought tic oornor "hero Baby had boon
iylng: But he waa gone. l spran9 from the
vain. The door wan still locked but tharo welo
tho rnarks Of hia buutnd claws upon the sill OF
The window, Tint had forgotten to close. He
had evidently escaped that wav,-bus where
the only athor entrance was through tho hull,
He must DO stitl in the house.
MY hand was already upon tho boll-rope, but
istnyed It, Il II time. Il 10 laa not made hmaolt
dresHea myselt hurried!y, aud ,slippod luto the
boot lying upon tho stairs: It bore tito marks
81 bahyn teeth and, aH looked along tue ball,
sRw too plainly that the uHual array Of freshly.
blaoksnei boots aud shoes before the lodgers'
/ doors waB not these. Az asconded tho sIara
! found another, but with the backing cara
fully Licked lied. OF IT,. On tho hirS aoof
but at this poiut Baby's tasta for baoking bad
evidently pallod. A little furslcr on was . lad
der, loading to an opou soutte. mounted the
ladder. aud reached the Hat root, that formed !
continuous Lowell over tic TOW Of houses to tl1e
corner Ut the street. Behind the chimney on
tile very last roof something was lurking.
IT WAS THE FUGITIVE BABY,
Flo waa coverad with duet, and dirt, and fraE~
nleuta Of glass. But he was sitting On bis lind
legs, and was eating an enormous slab Of pea-
nutcandy, with look Of mingled guilt and iualte
gatistacson. liz even. faurled, slightly stroked
| lii stomach with his dseugagod fore-paw. ag an.
proached. Aeknew tiat was looking for him,
and the expression Of his oys said p!aluIy, "TAo
paat, at least, is seouro."
hurried nlm wltl. the evidence. of bis gull,
back to The acuatlo, mud descended on ttp-too to
the floor benenth. provideneo favored US;
met no one on tue stairs, and his own cushioned
tread was inautllble. think ho eas conscious
i.n o. tb: soro,n dsnsers 3 9t , detection, for he he
!; chew the lust mouthful he had takon; and
lie ni1ulked at my sils, with tho Erup dropping
from his nutiouless jaws. I think he Would
i,aso s!unly ohoked to dtath Just then, for my
! sake; utd it not until hnd reached my
roan! again, ami TIN ~ myself putting on tho
sofa, that raw how noar straugulatiun ho had
been. Ho gupa4 onGe or twice, apologatcally,
aud then walked to the cofsisr OF hls own ao-
cord, mud rolled h'1aso'f up like su immense
suYaf-plun, sweatilii remolao aud troaclo at
. | sYsrY pore.
lochea him in when went to breakfast,
: when found Mta. browns lodgora Ii. state
i eyeass Of 1llo night boloto, aud The
: dsoaufal rcyalassonf OF tle morning, It
, appeared ttat burglars had entered the
alarmed, they had quit ted our holise without
committing any depreciation, droppiug eyeu the
boots they had colIootol iu the halls but that
! desperate attempt hai been malo to fofcs the
till III tile confeotouers Shop the corner, utId
that the G!ass showcases l,ad Leon rnthlassly
s1nushcd. a courageous servant in No. 1 had
sesn d masked burglar. GU Lis hands and kneos,
attempting to enter their neutslo; tut on hor
SHUTTING, "Awny wid yoes!" ho l1laiuatly hod.
pas through this recital with checks that
burned mucomfortably; nor was ! the leas enl-
bsrrassed op raising my eyes to meet AIRS.
Browns fixed ouriously and mischievoualy on
florn the table I did 70; and, run
mug rapidly up-statrs. sought refuge from
, any posblbls inquiry IN my own room. Baby
Naa still asleep lu tho corner. It would rot be
: dowu town aud mas revolving in my mlnd
tue expectancy of keeping him until night voiled
his obtruuiye oecen rlclty from tho pubic eye,
whon there catne cautious tap At my door. l
closed the door softly, stood with her back
, against It aud her hand on the knob and beck
oned mo mysteriously towards hor. Then Hho
, asked IN a low voice
us uA1R-pyk Polsosous7"
| was too confuundol to speak.
40 !! do you know wlat muan." she said lu,-
patiently. ":rhls stuit." 6he produced suddenly
i.osu behind her b0tte with Greek lauel--so
luug us to ruu two or three timea sprslly around
it from top to bottom. ale says 1t idnt DIE !;
it'a Il yoxet4bls preparation, for inYigoras-
"Wbo says ?" asked deapairingly.
, "Why, Mr. PARKER, Of course, said Mrs:
Brown, severely, with the mir Of having repeated
, tho name u great many limos, =" the old gent!o-
msn in the loom above. Tue simple ques-
tlon l want to aak," she continued, with
the calm manuer OF ons who has just
convsctsd auotller OF gross ambiguity Of
language, "is ouly this: II soma VI this stuff
ware put in saucer and left cars!e4aly on the
table, and'a ch,ld, or baby, or cut, or any
young animal should come ln tue window sna
a sweet tasto, would it be likely to hurt them ~
caAt IN aa1ious look as Baby, sleeping psace-
fully IN tia eovnsr. aud very graioful one ut
0lrs. Brown, and said didn's think It would.
.Reca1se." said Mrs. Brown, loftily, Al she
opsnua ths door, ~ thought. # was poisonous,
rs,nedias might lie uasd III timo. - Because, "
she adied auddeuly abandoning her lofty man
,,er aud wildly rushing to the cortlor, With a