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

had delightful visit. / bade
-good-by 10 grandpa, didp'tIi Kiss
the baby for me. My good man,
that hamper is to 60 into the car
riage. Fasten the paddock, and
bring the, key to me. Well, good
by again"
,a And Aunt Jobson stepped into
the coach afler the hamper. which
contained those thing which would
2 not 90 into the trunk =
"Remember me to the Wilson's =
shouted Uncle. James. \ itE
"You hope there won't be a col
lisionG cried Aunt Jobson. "Why,
dear me, how you scare me"
II didn't say that" yelled Uncle
James. Il said remember me To
the Wilson's"
"Be sure to kill some OF us? Oh
course it wonld,' said Aunt Jobson,
who, to the best Of our belief, had
misunderstood every work that was
said to herduring her visit, though
she never admitted that she vas
hard, of hearing swell, we really
ought always to he prepared for
anything. ! hope l am"
Aud the carriage drove of, and
the Jones family went indoors,
and Mrs. Jones, the mother of an
infant, who, for its age-fuur
montbs-was the most beautiful,
accomplished, charming and good
tempered creature known, proceed
ed to the nursery at once.
The nurse having acceded, baby
had for once been left in the care
! of its great-grandpapa, venerable
gentleman of eighty, who had been
seen religiously shaking it up and
down with the regularity of ma
chinery, at the last private view
taken. of the pair by baby's anxi-
Gus mamma. Now granpapa sat
reading his paper, and no baby
was TO be seen. Mrs. Jones glanced
bedward, and cradlcward; both
resting places were empty. She
fancied that she knew that none of
the family had the child, and lit
tie nervous chill ran up her back.
"Grandpa,H che ,criedg quite
sharply, "where Is baby|
"She went to sleep be e-autifully,
my deatT said grandpa, compla-
Gently, and | put her down somes
where" He also glanced at the
bed, aud at tile cradle, and then
slowly about the room. "I don't
know just where ] put her, but on
some. kind Of couch or CRADLE" he
said, slowly; "and it certainly was
in this room" ~ ..
I But, wherever it was, baby was
not to he found; and afterafrantic
search of the premises, the ter
rible fact that the baby was miss
ing was conclusively arrived at.
Mamma tainted. Papa hurried to
the station house . Amt Maria
went into, Mysteries, audFUncle
James rushed wildly along the
street asking all the strangers
whom he met lfsthey had seen o
baby four months solCl lin a long
white dress With a coral around its
neck, 90 by. r
1t was really n terrible thing
that had happened to the Joneses,
and .hqthcy temporarily lostgtheir
senses who can, wonder at IL. h
Suppose your baby was Stolen?
Some old bachelor may ask who
would steal a baby. But the thing
has been done, and what has been
done may be done again. And
low belse Aceuld a baby, unable as
yet to walk, vanish in this dreadful
wayp. v
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.ho tro,,,,,a ,I,y,'h Lod IDI". LocaIlon Ior ".
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~ ,-;on ,Ionno ,ho hoot aLo i"
sired s to take started dailv' II aI.
raody Iow ~ Tho dock ond ;to
honio & wero h,rrviro ,he Inooogo %
oS az board Two of ,them ,seiyed
A. Ant Iohsor,s tr,nlr ot onco
mAnd this hammer 10 minop IA,
tho old Iodv. "cop't Won take that
y. ~ ~ 60 t;o,n "a soro no ,ho
,ronhla os wo,ching IL anv lonaar
frs verv light" ~e WIgT
Ono of tIo man mt b;s hand ont
towar,,s ,ha \ rjis 80 itiSeI i uar na,.
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