The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-09
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- ruiNk I'll leave her asleep here
Il d, 80 cool aHi Pheasant, q i bear
her II she cu,s shes sssrv 81 sleep
two hours, shs ~alNats doc, dear HfUc
rosebud There never was = tsSY bkr
her. ~ babs. carriage wSs ivtt on
the front piazza With taby lyng fat
asleep Ia Il
Yuuu. Mr.. Hall ,Jog-l a moment n
the d,-or hcfoTr co4n: tn her rs-s,n, sn1
congratulated hcr,rii At tv.ns nearly
settled. tor ,hry had just moved g.
the Village. Il viii rr.s Tor Hi,rvn
minutes, aud then irrss tor papa, sal
come down here "a ~ by baby tlI shc
wakes
Two hours later the Young mother
woke with \ start from the sufsnd sleep
into which she had fallen Ms hzhN
Was her hr,t thought. bat she must
be asleep. or ! would have herrd her.
Not a moment was bet. FOR though sh"
would not acknowledge & c" herself.
Mn. Hall MAS very uneasy ppwa she
ran. saving, to rrassurr herself. w hei
a nervous little woman | an Ouc
would think thi, was nv Grit baby
instead ot my third" - she stepped
out on the piazza Il fclt empty n
deserted. and-whcTc was th" carnage
She ran around Z" the Kitchen
Bridget had heard her darling a
taken her. carriage and all give nae
the baby. Bridget she called. I'm
ready FOR her,
The baby. mum Shurr. I've niyor
heard a sound of her but wan~t THIS
afternoon, She was crying pretty haui.
but nv hands IA. in the dough. and
| heard yuu wheel her on the front
piazza, and then she was quite quiet
Mrs. Hall sank down on the steps.
go. Bridget. IL Was not me- Baby y
gone
"Oh. shurr you're fuling. MUM
Who Il take the baby p
The poor mother could only hurs;
into tears; then with a feeling that
something must lee done. she sent
Bridget ON one side and she went the
other. % ask the ncighbors II they had
seen any one taking the baby oil. liut
every one hal been sitting with closed
blinds or sleeping. and not n had
heard or seen the darling. Poor little
mother IL seemed impossible Ia meet
her husband and III" two boys. who
were coming home that night after n
long visit At grandmamma's
How the time went by Mrs. Hall never
knew. till John and the boys came and
heard the dreadful iidihgS.
Depend upon IL. you'll get her
back" said John. hoping no one would
be 80 foolish as tn mention Charlie Ross
lust then. III she were older 10 would
be- different. hut she'll cry and raise n
row. and they'll bring her back. I'll
have posters all over the village before
nine o'clock. and wen find her before
morning
Up and down the street all were talk
ing on the same subject. Those new
people. you know. that have moved into
the Kirby cottage. They've lost their
baby
why. ~shocking' How did q;
hapPen?'
LEFT il on the front piazzar'
well! Who ever thought" etc.
etc.
The Halls might have lived for years
in the village with hardly n friend. for
IL was noted as a place where s.ranger.
were treated in anything but n cordial
manner. but her sorrow and agony drew
out every ones tenderness. and each
tried To comfort and help find the little
one. But-what comfort could one
give?
II would 50 much rather sho had
died. moaned the poor mother.
Don't say that. Nellie said her
husband. II can't feel quite dssper-
ate. She's such a cunning little mor.el
somebody tina; was baby-hungry ha.
kept her awhile; bu, well get her back.
please God. safe and sound"