Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-24

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lady. NsNo, indeed! / am from the
country, but YOU cant play such
a trick as that on me, know
what city thieves are very well.
NY keys, indeed~
.'very, WE'LL" said the captain.
MY time is short. / must be of
in ten minutes. I'll give you over
to a policeman" :" -. -a
"Me to policeman cried Aunt
Jobson, "No, I'll give you TO one
Here! Police! PoliceHusr ~
But not only the captain of the
boat and the by-standers, but the
three guardians ofSthe peace who
just then appeared on the scene,
heard the shrieks that came from
the hamper. Public opinion was
divided, but only as to whether
Aunt Jobsoh intended TO steal the
child or to murder 1t. That there
was q child in the hamper every
one knew but the old lady herself,
and despite her prayers, entreaties
and menaces, two of the police
men took the hamper between
them. One offered bis arm to poor
Mrs. Jobson, and they proceeded
in ignominious procession to the
station house, followed by the tag
rag and bob;tail of the town.
There, Mrs. Jobson having been
depoiled of her keys, the hamper
was opened, and from its nest on
the top of pile Of linen was lifted
o very red, very moist, very tear
full, furious indignant infant, in
a white dress and embroidered
shawl, and red coral necklace.
Mrs. Jobson's ears were dull,
hut her eyes we're as sharp as ever.
She gazed, uttered one awful shrek,
then another, and finally went off
into Mysteries, which would have
been borrowing to the soul in pri-
yate life. but which produced no
effect whatever at station-house,
where merely every member of the
genter sex who was brought in in
dulged in them to a degree that
made poor Mrs. Jobsun's efforts IN
that line quite mild and Intellectual.
One of the policemen, however,
being young and new to the force,
remarked that he "had a mother
bimself,," and brought her a glass
of water, upon which an elderly
and hardened officer remarked
.gammon," and sage at a desk
upon an elevated platform request
ed that there sh' fuld be no more
nonsense, and that a charge should
be made that he might commit the
female at once, it being his dinner
time. - 70.
Mrs. Jobson did not hear what
was said, but she knew herself uh =
der,arrest. She had seen o mys--
terious infant removed from her
baggage, and she felt that for some
reason she was in danger of i'm
prisonmcnt. Never having been
IN a station house before, visions
of an underground cell, chains,
and midnight execution, rushed
through her mind, Probably the
real picture of q dirty room, desti-
tute of chains, aud already occu-
pied by some inebrIated female,
would not have consoled her great
"; and with a wilder shrek than
she had yet uttered, she threw the
Ealf empty tumbler Of water into
the air, and became, spasinotic.
Nobody was inlthe least affected
but the baby, who believing the
performance to be gotten up for
its particular amusement, stopped
crying and began to crow, as it sat
bolt upright in the arms Of the
very tallest and broadest police
man present.iEf llTl9Ggg -gI
Meanwhile preparations were be-
ing made, to convey Mrs, Jobson
into the interior Of the premises,
and things we're looking very bhd'
ly for that poor lady, when the
door opened, and aman's face, pale
with suspense and suffering, was
thrust in. 'aasaul1ida laiJ ~
"I'm here again, you see, " saida
voice, quite hattened by misery.
HAS anything been heard of my
baby2 Her mother begged me TO
mention that she has been vaccin-
ated ON the left arm--high-so
that she can wear short sleeves. l
hope" sos
But there the speech came to an
end. A cry Of joy. completed it,
and the man rushed forward and
snatched the baby from the police
rnan's arms, and stood shaking
from head to foot with his effort to
keep the tears back. A useless
one; for in u moment they battered
down hot and heavy on the little,
balds head of that comical
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