Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-09-13
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"Quinn's Baby"

| don't know how We ever discovered that
his name trds Quinn unless the knowledge
iloated to US on the clrcumambient air.
Certainly there was no communication, YER
bal or otherwise, between our STYLISH brown
stone front, on 9jth street. and the ,hani,
on the rocks IN the street behind Us. How
ever. as il was in full view from the window
of our back sitting we soon grew 20
know the occupants, by sight, at least, and
10 feel close acquaintanceshp and deep
interest in Quinn's baby. Such a tiny NOR
sci of humanity. when We first noticed it,
trying to teach itself To walk and tumbllng
SO often in the process. that Lou declared
that II must be black and blue from head tn
foot hut this condition evidently did not
unfit Il for further exertions IN the same d.
rection. We concluded al once, my sister
and /, that such an adventurou, spirit could
only belong To a boy, and this conviction
was trengthened b, the lavish affection be-
slowed on it, by a drunken grandfather. who
staggered up and down the rocky path, and
balanced himself on the edges Of the prec-
ipices, with the baby in his arms, i'll man
ner that made sober head reel, merely to
contemplate. How often Lou and !. ner-
vously clutching each other, have watched
him, with the unconscious infant rejoicing
on his shoulder, 20 swaying and teeterlng
along, slipping and sliding on the frozen
go sV1"r' go a'.r ,o>e,n'I ,4a;..p. 'un'
w Truly, there seems special guidance
,ouchsafed TO the hel pless, whom nature has
her own ends ''for keeping alive" Cold and
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,h;nas reaJf,I -stou, shoes and fine warm
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snnnly Of ,oys and bonbons. and attaching
dard with he words ..For The Baby." sent
a messenger. boy with the parcel. round to