San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-19
A Southern Romance.
Atlanta GA Letter,

| ALBANIA luAl io'"i'
Once upon time, andnotyery long
ago at that, young man of Atlanta
fell in love with an Atlanta girl. This
happens every day, and, as also hap
pens, the girl fell in love with the
Young man. Somehow or other the
parents of the girl frowned upon the
union of these two hearts that beat
as one, and they continued to frown
until the young people thrown upon
their own resources, eloped, as young
people will do, and the parental frown
alluded to, instead of becominga smile
and benediction in the presence of the
inevitable, widened and deepened into
bitter disapprobation. The father and
mother set great store by their daugh-
ter, and they were overwhelmed with
grief when they discovered that, for
the first time in her life, she had dis
obeyed them. They did not seek her
out for the purpose OF bestowing their
forgiveness.
In the course of time little boy
was born to the young couple-a mar
velously beautiful child, we have been
told-and it grew to be as cunning as
it was beautiful. One day recently q
lady acquainted with the facts, and in
innate with both families, called upon
the young mother, but found nobody
at home but baby and nurse. An idea
struck her, and she lost no time in
carving it out. She seized the baby
and bore it off in triumph to its grand
mother. When she rang the door
bell at grandmother's house the lady
was in tremor, but the baby was as
cool and unconcerned as a cucumber.
Perhaps we ought not to say uncon-
cerned, for when the grandmother
opened the door the baby laughed and
crowed in her face, and was as pert
and as saucy as you please. And
wouldn't the lady come in and rest
herself? Well, the lady didn't know;
she was just passing, and she thought
she would ring and see how all were
getting along; but in she went, and
presently Grandmother was admiring
baby as it sat perched, bright and
buoyant, upon the lap of the lady. AT
this juncture, the baby displayed the
most exquisite diplomacy. 1t boldly
held out it's dimpled little arms to it's
grandmother, and was soon nesting
against her motherly bosom. 1t
laughed, and crowed, and cuddled, and
when somebody made pretense of
taking it, it cuddled the closer. What
wonderful bright eyes it had, to be
sure! What,a cunning little curl, half
hidden behind it's little pink ear! What
tempting little toes! What dainty lit
tie hands! Oh, wondrful baby al
together, the grandmother thought
and said. @
At this critical moment the grand
father made his appearance, and this
remarkable baby seemed to understand
it's business thoroughly. 1t cooed and
crowed at the grandfather, found a
place in his strong aims, and had it's
little face in his coat collar. The
grandfather was captivated. He tossed
and handled the baby, and fondled it
in a way altogether unusual. Then
the lady was asked whose baby it was.
Her position was embarrassing. She
had no idea of the result, but she made
bold to tell the two old people that it
was their daughters child. With this
the grandmother fell to weeping and
clasped this wonderful baby to her
breast, and the grandfather walked
nervously around wiping his eyes and
wondering why he was so foolishly
happy. Nothing would do these two
old people but their daughter must be
sent for, and such another reunion
and revival as was held over that baby
has never before been seen in Atlanta.
That we'll say and stick to.