The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-30
MRS. ATKTNsoN's BABY.

over their baby. Mr.. Atkinson SEM i,on,e
aIoidlne crib, will il,e siats made iliifwo
piecvs and liiing upon hinges. When
they opened their crib and la.f Tile mat
i,ers Ii, ii. Mr.. Atkinson oinilled 10 fix 7
securely the salcIes That hod lite stats.
MIR, aud AIrs. Alginson wett u led early
thai night. and alnnlt ELEVEN ,i'iaek, while
.tbry were a>Iryp, Tie baby ~. .a AXE and
began lv, kick vigorously. Tie result was
thai lbe slats slnwiy descended, and .le-l
scrndei. and drrosited the mattress and
The l.aby Upon ille 1vnr. The baby bring
particularly wide awake. crawle,l nut into
line f,Dn,, aad sepii,Ea . light In The entry,
went through ihe door just rs Mr.. Ai-
.kiMsni,'s aunt, Miss B.,pgs. was gaming ~
III. slairs 10 led. Sne rIcksd tie baby up.
aud iili,liDg ll,at liz father aud moliler
werr asleep, .slle carried II 10 her loon, Ia
tie dhinI Albfy. tirirrmihe,ll ioiake care
of il du,ing The rrsl uf The night.
" .irnui ali hour laier Mrt.I Atkinson
wokr, aud li,,Hght siis woui.i glance
over III Tie cIil 10 zee how the baby Mas
getting along, M sonlirr had she done
10 linn Size JUMP "a from lie iltiiii alarm.
The aitaiy WAS noi there. The boliom
seemed Ia lmsv lail.a, "uinf lie @hpIe
cpnirisance. ilcr lir.i thought was that
/ tlle baby was lying under the nattrcrs
sinuihrrr,l 10 death. She pulled the mat
trrss aside, but there were no sigus o;tle
i,al.y.
Then. wild with alarm. SHE sliook Mr..
AikiIsoli, aud told him 10 gel mp At
kinsai, grovled out. III n sleepy tome:
Tine larrgoric LoiiIe is in tie closet; so
aud gel il youIsrif.' p.
.Alunznr sl,ri,kri Mr.. Atkinson, you
,lon'i nnder-,ui,,i. Tile ha,,y y gone! !!
Il is Observation-Disclosures, THUR
,lerr,l. ma,ne! Oh, what shall ! do?--
uliaI shall / ,io p
Snin ralan. Julia said Atkinson, get
ting put ofb,-i; don't get h,s,r,ics,l. The
child, nasi likely, H. sninlrrilie lsti.'
Nm. II fsn'; no. il's N"t iheien rx-
slaiins.l Airs. Atkinson. uI,on her hands
an,lknees. I#
.p.rsibIy,' sail Alonzn, beginning :"
feel unras, he ll.,s crrpl inIo the closet;
lrt lis lo,k
.,rLis Is hurIible!, said AiFs. Atkinson,
cIaSi,ing her hands.
ID, you think, asked Mr.. Atkinson,
that lie c,sili have cra9lr,l into n bureau
drawer and pulled Il toa:trr hun =
'yeriaiiy nni = said Mrs. Aikinson.
You knnw he ruu'dnl.'
4 Inink hear him NOW. lie las fallen
ont ofIi,c window = said Mrs. Atkinson.
~ a fsinl wall lluated ~ frum the back
yard.
M, il's only Mrs. Mngru,ler's cai
ynsling on lie fencc.' replied Atkinson.
~ I,e el,~s,l the sa-,. lIavc ynu lu,kr,i
| ~ ii.,. lmil.ial in thelhrxi rann? Per.
la,,s Il. IiaS gone 10 lake u bath
.Drnwnv,ii s"w il l'n sun. nf ~
yelled Mrs. Atkinson, rushing inn tile
haiti rpam. i
lies MI l,ri.,' sail Atkinson. .c,aIl,t
d. have gone dawn sIairs and lallen inn
iI,e rugaI bucket iu The I,antry.
+ We ruiI-t ls,ar,h Ilw wlplc house f"r
hin,. said. Mrs. Atkinson.
81 they isguii the hunt. Tlics leaked
everywhere. In tie clothes hamper. Ia
tie Kitchen cuIhnar,i, III the psrl"r. in
tile pantry. aud even IN The cellar. hut
without avail. .tia @ an
lie couldn't have gone up siairS,' sail
Nr. Atkinron. ,I,rcsuse ecrn't climb the
slcps.'
M; lie must have lrrnst"len liz has
I~cn stolen I,y tnrglars! slaIl never,
never see him again. -neyel! !
l,p,m't CIV. way. Jali9 10 salm' l
will ~ At me. fnr the police. .H.
Mr. Atkinson dressed himself inr-
rlpdiy, aud dashed ,iuwn stairs and cut
intn the frUnt stncr lie me a l,ulicc.
man alm~t II lhed,or, snd In frantic
arrrnis laid the ease bcf"re hun. The
policeman sounded an alarm, aud s.1n
lad six other Iulicrmen Vt hand. They
ei,ictc,l the inusc, aud prncrr,le,l to exs
amine the fa.ieniugs. Everything was
right, aud one at Tie I~,Iirvmrn said:
Ia my orlnloa The burglar Is IL the
house yet, -
Wen gSfnr him isiid Another. y,
they dryn. their rcyolytn and pITse,lc'l
IL search III. haikline. I,re,saIly Mr.
Atkinson hrard The icport Ola pistol 10
| tie kltcliin. lie rushed duwn.
Il li,ink I've Killed him. sail lnlicr.
man Jnnrs. .lIring light quick =
And kiilcl llss baby, tool shrirke'i
Mr.. Atkinson. M. s#l5
.IIy George, lurgut alDut The baby,
ssid The nillevr, nT4aa
Tlirn tie light camc aud they fnuu,l
that policeman Jnncz lind shnl his ,l,W,
which hal Inlh,aei him in'o the lnNi-c.
Then policeman smiths pistol went ~
arcl,lrnlly. aud tile I,uilrt hii The kilrl,r,,
clock. wI,,cl, at o,we struck niar hundred
au,I riglllysonc. and the cunflsian aud
racket - uuslfung Mrs Aikius0t'-
nerves that -llc went intu hyslrric. and
snitlrd Successive yels o. a lerrih caarac.