Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-01


him. His face instantly cleared and he
commenced feeding me = alternately
putting one grape in my mouth. and one
in his. [ thought was doing him a
favor; he knew he was doing me q
favor, and as the grapes disappeared
began to look uneasy.
"Ain't 90 dot enough?' he said. =.
go no, not half enough yet.''1rFQ g.
"Es 90 dot enough now? dey1l make
90 SICK" and he actually put all the
rest, a good sized handful-into his own
mouth. Well, it was not fair, but I re-
served my opinion of his conduct, and
asked him his name. gaba21 73 sHra5a Z
"Dotty,' he said. ,eul o. s9.iq .f
"Where is your mether?', t-... re
"Don't know"
'Where is your father?" "7s4'''.s'
"Don't know -s7at..1 sass Ht
"Where do you live?' rag..-ao ,-.
''Me's dom to live with oo?''
"With me ?" b" ,.'".''a'' 7"' ''
p "Es-my NANNY told me So "'1.o 10
"Your NANNY told you so?' Where
is your mammy?" So ao,s rs .g..sa.s
. Her don'd off. . .,,a-
p "What is your mam1ny's name ? "
He looked me over from head to foot,
mentally gauging the extent of my
idiocy, and then answered scornfully:
NANNY named naal2ny; don't 90
know dat 2" ' ''
''And she said you were to live with
me?" tas isaa liiw NJ .ey.at~..} aai
''Es she said if me would, oo'd div
me lots of pretty sings.
I felt like the man who drew the ele
phant by lottery la"It's most deuced
cool, I said. zasags st n.gs -
"Es, it awfuy tool" said the young
man, rising, "et's do in the house.
In the house, and Invested Of his
wraps, he was as much at-home as if he
had always lived there The first thing
he did was to harness a chair to the
head of the lounge with al Old pair of
uspenders, and then to get on himself
and commenced driving, talking horse"
most uproariously. . r..
"Get ape now, won't oo?" Get ape.
Whoa, Danuary Do long dere, won't
500? Darn % fool" .-.
He was evidently all right; but what
sort of fix was [ in? Well, to con-
dense the matter, I gave him in charge
of the landlady, and went out to see if
[ could find his mother. 1t was Of no
use. I advertised him in every possible
way. Nobody claimed him, and [ con-
Guided that he had dropped out of the
clouds for my especial benefit. Per
haps the bread had thrown upon the
waters had been metamorphosed into
meat, and in this shape had returned to
me sooner than expected. would be
careful how [ made another compact
with my spirit friends. But even yet
it seemed that they had not fully recon-
pensed me for my kindness to the chill
dren Of the past Christmas.
was sitting one evening with Dotty
by the fire, some six weeks after his ad-
vent, when there was shutting in the
hall, and soon tiny rap at the door.
I opened it, and little girl came in
timidly with her finger in her mouth.
At first the light dazzled her, but she
soon peered round the table and espied
Dotty. He, too, had seen her, and
with little scream he rushed towards
her, and then commenced the most ex-
travagant demonstrations of JOY [ ever
witnessed in my life. Of course, I was
curious to know what it all meant, but
they did not answer my questions.
They did not seem to hear them. It
was ooh, Dotty," and ooh, Lily" kiss
-kiss-kiss, and "Tum up to de fire,
Lily, ct me shake de snow off DOR
cloak" and "Where did 90 dit dat
petty horsey, Dotty?" and then more
ordinations and more kissing. [ was
utterly bewildered, and after cudgeling
my brain to an extent undreaned Of in
all my previous years, gave it up as
hopeless for that night at least, and
concluded to sleep on it as soon as they
got done kissing. In the succeeding
days I found out, partly by questioning
and partly by guessing, that these chill
dren were twins. Who they were, or
what the object in palming them off
upon me, remained profound mystery
for years. [ will just say, in passing,
that though little resentful at first
at what seemed an objectionable liberty
In thus forcing a great responsibility
upon me, I soon became not only. rec
onciled, but infinitely happier than I
ever expected to be. My darlings grew
in grace and beauty, and became the
very life Of my life. But from the mo-
ment of their entering my house I was
haunted by woman, who in spite Of
all my efforts bafded every attempt to
see her plainly. One summer eve, as I
sat in my little sitting room with the
children at dinner, [ became conscious
Of some strange influence near me, and
glancing around [ saw her through the
open window, just melting out Of sight
in the dim darkness. And many time
after I caught partial glimpses of a
thin, wasted form, but never once was I
in position to catch or detain her.
At last, moved by compassion for what
I knew to be IN that poor mothers
heart, [ posted an advertisement on all
conspicuous places near my dwelling,
which was something like this:
eff the mother Of Dotty and Lily
will come to me openly she shall see
her children without reserve. But in
case she shall have reasons Of her own
for not coming, would like to let her
know that he tO whom aha Oova than