The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-06
"E'la.' said Anna, Il mean u 49,
this baby homc..' "u 70 tak

oh' anna: Iain't yOursN,
Anna had some uneasy questjon;,-
Of her own, but she stiiled ,h sm
don't care! The folks here dom. Il
her, or they wouldn't leave her c, want
out OF , on the ,stoop' She's a 'iondlinI'
Ella had never heard of found,;,.
but Annals tone carried conv;".
with it. "Anyhow we can inst y:
her Il little ride and bring he as' h sEe
You see if anybody cared o ~
wouldn't let us do this. Ym ;,s. Ivy
the front wheels, and I'll get heer ao .lll
on the sidewalk. There, Amt sh s; ;"',
lovely? And what a pretty carriss Jus,
"lf they don't want the ba6v ss
how they wouldn't give us the . c,I
riage.' Wiz
II tell you we're only going to Shaw
her to mother, SO hold your toncu, S"v"
All, Annals voice was not of,o,
sharp rs that, and somehow thon" |
they had the baby and the bc,u,;:,a
carriage, the children were not hale W.
happy as they expected. 1t was a lon a'
walk home, for they lived at the vow vow
other end of the village, and hv ,ts
time they had reached the little cotts WV
baby was awake and beginning. to feSs,
hungry, giving impatient little crp as
and looking piteously into the str,na.
brown eyes that looked out Of ,5s
white sunbonncts. instead Of the braht
blue ones she longed to see. To cr1 su'
their perpleXities mamma was an,
when they arrived home. and whom
they lifted baby out OF her c,rriape oh.
cried aloud from fright :nd hunger.
"Oh, dear! If mothcr'd only coomer
sighed Ella, while Anna bcran 10 wish
she had not been 50 very sure the habv
was founding her clothes did not
look ~ if she were neglected.! ,'
In the midst OF baby's lou,,est screaus
Mrs. Reed came home, and heard WITH
CONSERVATION OF what her little cir,
mad done. The first thing was tomnaks
the poor little stranger comfortable
and that took time. By-anl-by, after
she had swallowed cup of arrow.roa
baby sat up and cooed and laughed. In
spite of her anxiety on the mothers &c.
count, Mrs. Reed and the little girls
enjoyed few moments OF the sweet
baby talk. but soon the mother, 10.
Wondering what agony that other
mother must be suffering, said: VI
"Now, Anna, you and Ella must %
straight to the house you tdok the bs6y
from, and tell them where she is.
will keep her quiet till you come back.
Make haste now. for the mother must
be nearly dead with fright. Are you,
sure you know the house?' '''N
"Oh yes, mother! 1t was gray
house with brown blinds and a Low
stoop--only two steps up--and the folks
had been moving, for there was abr,
boX''-
"Well, well! Only hurry off, Goas
fast rs You can" ''''a .
on went the children, Ella half cry.'
ing at leaving the baby, but Anna too
we'll aware of the mischief she had done
to care for anything half so much as TO t,
find the poor mother. "This is the
quickest way she said, and hurried
ON. Her very anxiety confused her,
and after long walk she could lind no
such house as she had described to her
mother. AT almost every corner one
or the other would think they saw
gray house or u big box on the side.
walk, SO they turned and twisted till /!
they were fairly bewildered, and at
last, after walking for nearly twoh hours,
they reached home, and with sobs aud
cries told their mother they could not
find the right house. 9jI
The baby was asleep again, and Mn
Reed. without waiting to give the chill
dren their supper Or eat herself, started
out. She inquired Of several people il
they had heard Of a lost baby, but they
were at the very further end Of the,
town, and the news had not reached
them. ~
"The paper comes out Tomorrow
I'll ADVERTISE thought the widow. and
then hurried to the office Of the Dsat
crat anil Eagk -,.t aaI Ml,,'
As she entered gentleman was COM
ing out. "I'll pay DOUBLE" he wa
saying, Ito have the posters all over
tho village by nine O'clock. | prom.
Used my wife. who is half crazy"-.ds'
"Oh, sir" cried Mrs. Reed, "ht
her baby?" /, gt,ial,
"Yes, do You know anything? ,a,o
~ have it safe and sound" -,
"Thank God! Come home with me"
land Selling Mrs. Reeds hand, mr.
Hall thrust her into a carriage, and q.
dered tho coachmao to drive full speeo
for home. ~
In another half hour Mrs. Hall ws
standing between the two penitent little
girls, with her baby in her arms. NJ
HALL and Mrs. Reed would have pun. +,
ished Anna, but Mrs. Hall insisted thst
she was as much to blame for leaving
her baby on the front stoop, and tnssH
was punishment enough tor the pe ,n
little girls to have their "fonahl ~
taken from them. .,ej5- .ai
The happy father and mother );
awake almost all night, too exc'ted =, =
sleep, and there in the darkness M
Hall told his wife that he was gong "
bring home nurse for baby. '@% s''i1
"Oh, John, if you'll only tru u H., n
again! I'm nurse enough. dont n.*
a great Irish girl-you cant uu''
them" "
"Oh, 1 don't mean an Irish gin, ; ny
DEAR said John, with queer sun. ,.,
which in the darkness his wife eO'"
not see. ....
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