Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-09

demanded her papa and mamma, behaving
Tor a time in a very turbulent way. In a
few days the lady recovered her strength,
and asked to see this child. The initials
upon Corinne's heels had been discovered,
and, when she was told of these, the lady
examined them closely.
''The people who left this chifd," she ex-
claimed, d not intend to lose her! They
know where she is, and they will keep a
they viii take her. I, too, will ii Keep svs a watch
upon her, and when they come for her l
shall see them"
Her use of words soon showed Corinne to
be OF English parentage, and it was gen.
orally supposed that she had been stolen
from some travellers, and had been used at
the station as a means of giving time tothe
nurse to get away with the other child.
In accord with her resolution, the grief
stricken lady put Corinne in the charge of
a trusty woman, and, moreover, scarcely
ever allowed her to be out of h%er'sight.
1t was suggested that advertisement be
made for the parents of q child marked
with r. G. and j. P. But to this the lady
decidedly objected.
eff her parents find her." she said, "they
will a k her away, and l want to keep her
till the thieves come for her. I have lost
my child, and as this one is the only clew
shall ever have to her, 1 intend to keep
it. When I ave found my child it will be
time enough to restore this one."
Thus selfish is maternal love.
Pomona bore up better under the loss
the search for a day; but Jonas, haggard
and worn, wandered aimlessly about the
city, visiting every place into which he
imagined a child might AVE wandered, or
might have been taken, searching ever to
the crypt in the Guildhall and the Tower of
n Pomona's mind worked quite as
actively as her husbands body. She took
great care of "Little K~ensington," as she
called the strange child, from the place
where she had been found; and therefore
could not go about; as Jonas did. After
days and nights of ceaseless superstition,
had been stolen by opera signers.
II suppose you never knew it," she said
to us, "for / took pains not to let it disturb
you, but that child has notes in her voice
about two stories higher than any operer
prymer donner that I ever heard, an I'ye
top gallery of the operer as often as into
the theayter; an if any operer singer ever
heard them high notes of Corinne's-an
there was times when she'd let 'em out
without the least bit of a notice-it's them
that's took her."
"But, my poor Pomona, said Euphemia,
"you don't suppose that little child could
be OF any use to an opera singer; at least,
not for years M years."
"Oh, yes, ma'am," replied Pomona "she
was none too young. ~Sopranners is like
young"
No arguments could shake Pomona's be-
lief in this theory. And she daily lamented
the tact that there vas no opera in London
at that time that she might go to the per-
%formances and see if there was any one on
the stage who looked mean enough to steal
q child.
eff she was there" said Pomona, "I'd
know it. She'd feel the scorn of a mothers
eye on her, an her guilty heart would
make her forget her part"
Pomona frequently went into Kensington
Gardens, and laid traps for opera singers
who might be sojourning in London. She
would take Little Kensington into the gar.
dens, and placing her carefully in the cor.
ner of a bench would retire to a short dis.
lance and pretend to be absorbed in a book,
a long-haired tenor or a beautifully-dressed
soprano, who should suddenly rush out
from the bushes and seize the child.
81 wouldn't make no fuss if they was tt
come OUT" she said. "Little Kensingtor
would go under my arm, not theirn, am PC
walk va Ca calmly yG with ' @a to o, their s;f home e., T th,[
yourn, which, though she probably hasn't
got no voice, is a lot too good for you; an
may the house hurl stools at you the mex
time you appear, is the limit Of a mothers
curSe.0
buUs VI - I OIQOIAs uO ODOTA lnS0T
ever showed themselves.
These days OF. our stay in London were
not pleasant. We went about little, and
enjoyed nothing. At last Pomona came te
US, her face pale but determined.
tits no use," she said, "for us to keer
got through with the place and want to &C
on, an We'll go, too, for 1 don't believe my
child's in London. She's been took away
an we might as well look for her in one
place as another. The perlice tells us that
she's found here they'll know it fust, an
if it wasn't for nuthin' else, it would be
mercy to git Jon out of this place. He goes
about like a cat after her drowned kittens.
It's a bringin' out them chills of hisn, an
the next thing it'll kill him. 1 can't make
him hi b , eve in the indin'o Of Cosinne as firm
delible Dab holds out (an' there's no rub.
bin nor washin' it off I'll git my child"
l admitted, but not with Pomona's hope
%fulness, that the child might be found as
easily III Paris as here.
do @And s MsIvf E nean ,eEi%erytt sIoggDt ab %;nd Lon
Castle. did want, and still want, to see
just how the Queen keeps house, and per
haps get some ideas which might be useful
but her Majesty is away now, and although
they say. that's the time to go there, it is
net the time for me. You'll not find M
going about inspecting domestic arrange
ments when the lady Of the house is away
So we packed up and went to Paris, tax
ing Little Kensington along. Notwith.
standing our great sympathy with Co
rinne's parents, Euphemia and myself
could not help becoming somewhat
resigned to the affection which haG
befallen them, and we found ourselves
obliged to enjoy the trip very much. Eu'
phemia became greatly excited and exhil
arated as we entered Paris. For weeks ]
knew she had been pining for this city. As
she stepped from the train she seemed tc
breathe a new air, and her eyes sparkled
as she knew by the prattle and cries about
her that she was really in France.
We were not rich tourists, and we all tool
lodgings in a small holel to which we hac
been recommended. It was in the Latir
Quarter, near the river, and opposite the
vast palace of the Louvre, into whose laby
rinth of picture galleries Euphemia and
were eager to plunge:
But first we all went to the Office of the
American Consul and consulted with hin
in regard to the proper measures to be
taken for searching for the little Corinne il
Paris. After that, for some days, Jonas anC
Pomona spent all their time, and Euphemis
and I part of ours, in looking for the child
In spite Of the attractions of the city, oul
sojourn in Paris was not satisfactory
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