Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-12-14

Ones upon q time, and not LONG
ago &C that. = young man in Atlanta
fell in love with ais Atlanta Girl This
happens every day, and. Is also han
pens, the girl fell in love with the
young man. Scmeh0w 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 viii do. and the parental frown
alluded to, instead OF becoming 4
smile and . benedietion in the pres
ence Of the inevitable, widened and
deepened into bitter disapprohation.
Tue father and .mDthes &C 80. I store
by their daughter. and they 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 forgiv-
ness.
IN the course of time a little baby
was born to the young couple-a mar
velously beautiful child we are told
and it grew to be as cunning as it
was beautiful. One day recently a
lady acquainted with the facts and
intimate with the 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 carrying it out. She seized the
baby and bore it off in triumph to its
grandmother. When she rang the
door-bell at grandmothey's house the
lady was in q tremor, but the baby
was as cool and unconcerned as a Gu
cumber. Perhaps We ought not to
say unconcerned, for when the grand
mother opened the door the baby
laughed and crowed in her face, and
was as pert and as saucy as you
please. And wouldn't she come in
and rest herself.
Well. the lady didn't know; she
was just passing and she thought she
would ring and see how ell 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. IL boldly held out its
dimpled little arms to its grandmoth-
er, and was soon nesting against her
motherly bosom. 1t laughed and
crowed and cuddled, and when some
body 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 be-
hind its little pink ear What tempt
ing little toesl What dainty little
hands Oh, wonderful little baby
altogether, the grandmother thought
and said.
At this critical moment the grand
father made his appearance. and the
remarkable baby seemed to under
stand its business thoroughly. It
cooed and crowed at his grandfath-
er, found place in his strong arms,
and hid its little face in his coat-col-
lar. 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 en-
barrassing. 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 grand
mother fell to weeping and clasped
this wonderful baby to her breast,
and the grandfather walked nervous
ly around wiping his eyes and won
dering why he was so foolishly hap
Ply.
Nothing would do these old people
bat 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.
A carriage passed in front Of the
Constitution Office recently, and in it
were seated all tho members Of the
reunited family. The baby had
front seat. and it was laughing and
Growing and looking as pretty as a
pink and "a cute as a fox.
mam