St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-15
A Romance Of Atlanta.

Once upon Il time, and not very long
ago ut 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 peo-
pie will do, and the parental trOwn al
luded to, instead of becoming Il smile
and Il benedictiOn in the presence of
the inevitable, widened and deepened
into bitter disapprObatiOn. The father
and mother set great store by their
daughter, and were 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 purpose of bestowing their forgive
ness.
In the course of time little baby
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 II
lady acquainted with the facts, and in
innate with both families, called upon
the young mother, but found nobody
ut 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's house the lady was i'll Il
tremor, but the baby was as cool and
as uncOncerned as cucumber. Per-
haps we ought not to say uncOncerned,
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 pass
ing, and she thought she would ring
and see how all were getting along !;
but in she went, and presently grand
mother 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 di-
plomacy. 1t boldly held out its dim
pied little arms TO its grandmother,
and was soon nesting against her
mOtherly bosom. 1t laughed and
crowed and cuddled, and when some
body made pretence of taking it, it
cuddled the closer. What wonderful
/ bright eyes it had, to be sure What
il cunning little curl, half hidden be-
hind its little pink ear What tempt
ing little toes What dainty little
hands Oh, wonderful baby al
together, the grandmother thought and
said
At this critical moment the grand
father made his appearance, and this re-
markablc baby seemed to understand
its business thoroughly. 1t cOOed and
crowcd ut the grandfather, found a
place in his strong arms, and hid its
little face in his coat collar. The
grandfather was captivated. He tossed
and handled the baby, and fOndled ii
in 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 il
was their daughters child. With this
the grandmother fell to weeping and
claspcd this wonderful baby to hel
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 sem
for, and such another reunion and re
. vival as was held over that baby has
never before been seen in Atlanta
That we'll say and stick to.
a carriage passed in front of the
Constitution office recently, and in i
were seated all the members of the
reunited family. The baby had from
= seat, and it was laughing and Growing
and looking as pretty as pink, an'
= as cute-well, as cute as it could look
and if any reader of the Constitution il
! inclined to discredit this true story
= all he has to do is to ask the grand
t mother about it Atlanta COnstitu