River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-10-12
A Romance of Atlanta.

Once upon time, and not very long
at that, young man of Atlanta fell in
love with an Atlanta girl. This happens
every day, and, as also happens, the
girl fell in love with the young men.
Somehow OF other the parents of the
girl frowned upon the union of tho two
hearts that beat as one, and they con-
tinued to frown until the young PEG.
pie, thrown upon their own resources,
eloped, as young people will do, and
the parental frown alluded to, instead
of becoming a smile and benediction
in the presence of the inevitable,
widened and deepened into bitter dis
appreciation. The father and mother
set great store by their daughter, and
they we're overwhelmed with grief when
they discovered that for the first time
in her life she had disobeyed them.
They did not seek her out for the pur-
pose of bestowing their forgiveness.
In the course Of time a little baby
was born to the young couple-a mar
velcusly beautiful child, we have been
told-and it grew to be as cunning as it
was beautiful. One day recently a
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 car
rying it out. She seized the baby and
bore it off in triumph to its grandmoth-
er. When she rang the door bell at
Grandmother house the lady was in a
tremor, but the baby was as cool and
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we ought not say unconcerned, for
when the grandmother opened the
door, the baby laughed and crowed in
her face, and was 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 exquisit diplomacy. 1t held out
its dimpled little arms to its grand
mother, and was soon nesting against
her motherly bosom. 1t laughed and
crowed, and cuddled, and when some
body made a pretense of taking it, 1t
cuddled the closer. What wonderful
black eyes, to be sure What cum
ming little curl, half hidden behind its
little pink ears What tempting little
toes What dainty little hands Oh,
a wonderful baby altogether the grand
mother thought and said. At this crit
ical moment the grandfather made bis
appearance, and this remarkable baby
seemed to understand its business
thoroughly. 1t cooed and crowed at
the grandfather, found place in his
ssrong arms, and hid its little face in
his coat collar The grandfather was
captivated. He tossed and handled
the baby, and fondled it in way alto
gether unusual. Then the lady was
asked whose baby it was. Her posi-
ton 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 old
people but their daughter must be sent
for, and such another reunion and re-
vival as was held over that baby never
before been seen in Atlanta. That
we'll say and stick to. A carriage
passed in front of the Constitution Office
yesterday, and in it were seated all the
members of the united family. The
baby had a front seat, and it was
laughing and growing and looking as
pretty as pink, and as cute-well, as
cute as it could look; and if any reader
of the Constitution is inclined to dis
credit this true story, all he has to do
is to ask the grandmother about it,
atlanta Constitution.