Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28
Lost and Found.


| was young doctor. not overbur
dened with practice, when | sat half
DOING in my surgery one sitting
August afternoon, and was reused by {
hustle in the street and a cry. Here.
doctor; ring the bell.''
BY the time the ring was answered
WAS wide awake and had my profes-
Sional expression on. Two men came
in and one held in his arms limp
>enseless figure, a boy about three
years old, covered with the blood flow
ing from q cash in his head. took the
little fellow in my own arms and car
ried him 10 the sofa, while the men
brought me water and seemed deeply
interested in all my movements.
A broken arm and the deep cut on
the head kept me busy some time. but
Al last my little patient WAS made as
comfortable as possible and was moan
ing with recovering consciousness.
Have yOu far to carry him - | asked
of one of the men.
I've don't own him. was the an
Swer. HE was a-running across the
street and horse kicked him over. Jim.
here" indicating his companion, she
picked him up, and | come along to
help find a doctor, cause Jim can't
read"
Needn't a showed that in,'' growled
Jim. turning red. Poor little chap.
how he grOans!''
II will give him something to quiet
him, presently" | said, land will send
word 10 the station-hOuse if his name
Is not on his Clothes"
The men departed, and I lifted my
charge once more, and went up stairs
10 my mothers room, over the surgery.
Ii did not take many minutes to en-
list her sympathies. and we undressed
the child and put him in her wide bed,
hoping TO find some mark upon his
clothing. There was none, and when
saw this / spoke frankly, Mother,
there is just one chance for the little
fellows life, and that is perfect quiet.
He will have fever, probably be deli
rious, and to carry him to a hospital,
or even TO his own home, NAY be fatal.
| will send word to the station house,
and then"
''You know | will nurse him. john"
ms mother said. ''If his mother comes
she must do as she thinks best: but, |
until she does come, leave him to me-"
wrote description of the child's |
long brown curls and brown eyes, of
the delicate suit of clothes in which he
was dressed, and sent it to the station |
house. No call being made in three days,
[ advertised him for a week, and still he |
was not claimed. 1t was very strange,
for the child's pure, delicate skin and
dainty clothing seemed to mark him as
the child of wealth.
But while he lay unknown, my little
patient was struggling hard for life
against fever and injuries. He was de-
lirious for many days, calling pitifully
for "Mamma-pretty mamma, beg
ging her not 90 away, and making our
heart ache by often crying, 'Oh, Aunt
Lucv. don't beat Freddie; Freddie will
he good,7' or, "Grandma, grandma,
don't DON'T in cries of extreme ter
ror. Mother would get so excited,
with Indignation over those cries that !
,aw the child had won fond place in
her warm heart.
.sHe has been ill-treated. John, the
pretty darling!" she would say. IL
hope the cruel people who could hurt
such a baby will never find him again.
She would rock him in her own
motherly arms, would spend sleepless
nights watching beside him. petting
and fondling him Till he seemed even
in his delirium to know her love. and
would nestle up to her for protection
against the phantoms of his own fevered
The second week of his stay with us +,
was closing, and Freddie had regained ,
his reason, and was on the road TO re-
coverv. when one morning carriage
dashed up TO my door, and two ladies l
alighted.
They wore rustling silks of the latest
fashion, and were evidently mother q
and daughter. The younger lady was
very beautiful, perfect blonde, ana
dressed in exquisite taste.
.Dr. Morrill, inquired the elder
lady.
ssWe called in ans wer to an advertise
ment regarding child, my grandson
Y on will probably think it strange we
have not been here before, but we were a
obliged to leave town the day before he
was lost. and have just returned. The
nurse who had him in charge ran away,
and while we supposed him safe at
home, he has been lying in hospital,
perhaps dying" Il
"we were nearly distracted on our a
return. said the Young lady, ''when we II
missed our darling; but an inquiry at o
he station-house sent us here. The
1fficer also showed us your advertise a
nent. Where is our dear child: 7" o
"He is here" | answered, 'under X
my mothers care, and, l am happy to o
say, doing WELL" '
An unmistakable look of disappoint- D
nent crossed the faces of my visitors,
but the elder one said, "Can We see d
him, doctor?" s'
| asked permission to announce their