The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-02-17
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4 GERMAN PRIzE STORY.

I bthatAN fkiLk SIOkf.
Returning from a business trip, Icnter
ed my wife's boudoir and found he
kneeling before low chair on which sa
a boy baby with large, round and won.
dering eyes. She got up and came rust
ling in her robe de chambrc to me. Sh.
reached out her hand and greeted m,
not more heartily nor vet more formalll
than We were accustomed 10 greet caci
other in those DAYS.
"There il IS" said lny wife. poiniin.
10 the child.
"whai p asked ]. But she sioopec
down before the little stranger. held .
biscuit 10 is upiurned face, and hal
turning toward me replied:
"Well, you know-did we 10; read
OF IL IN the newspaper? Don't you re-
member-ihe day before yesterday
And Is il not beautiful 2"
"Now ! did recollect that fex night,
s<sEe she held-ihe Ca-o1r under ihs
hight Of my student lamp. and. pointing
with her finger 10 az advertisement
sad TO me, ''Ple7se read that" lisa
the well-known appeal, the ory Of de
SEair from bleeding hear; addressed q
good people" 4 child vas offered
for adoption 20 persons well Of
"What would you think Of our taking
i;s" my wife had said. and had re
turned the paper with ! shrsg Of say
shoulders.
"Buf, Martha, what have you done ?
cried !, IN 4 tone vibrating ziih angel
''You have really"
"Cer;1inly, As you see. And then j
belongs 20 me. ! myself have settled
everything with the poor mother. uhc
is in reality TO be piiied. ! have sror-
to take good care Of i and 50 uill II.
deed -
She took the little head. zi;h i,
blonde, Slk cuTis beiEeen her Ehiis
hands, and fondled ard cz-essed i.
.IS il not 50, Little Ones yoa -ill b.
-spved."
little face showed 10 signs ofunderstznd.
ing except fhz; OFT OF the hes-r-shzpet
little mouth came one Of ihose Sghs fhz'
sound so strangely from children.
AZ once gave Up al se-iOcs oF,pcs
ton. Had nc not been zoczstoanct
for years 20 sct independently of esca
ofhers Our marriage was not ! Verl
happy one. although &c had nOc married
for love. During the noise and bzs-l,
Of the crowded Exchange OH fz;ber
had contracted this EnsOn- >he had Z
tear her heart from beloved oae. zat
n mine had glOEe6 a T.asssOn nO1 ye
oaispoken. Bot parental -isbes con
qDered. We ohOse 20 be obed5ez; cal
dren and so Il haPpened-
At the commencement ne were I
silent rep-ozch 20 each o-hez. are
zhich followed : declared VA. zE-i
fnally ne came 10 polite b=i gi0osnl
peace
To be sure She E2s bez--ifrl-sh
xas good and bsiSh; AID sEs1-kIiag
-as.aess called her m zaerL And
We'll. believe ~2s 10 rn0ns-e- el-he-
The analysis ShOEed ihe irsgh-es- oo3ors
still the sun -as missing We were ~
wears married and had 10 chil6rc-
Perhaps had Heaven srIs rs fAcrS-
Wei. this ohild bclongcd ez-i-rly |;
her. heard ls-e- thai she had xlrr
g.. 900, the T-ioe of ~ q l-xrls -iLd
she had sold. secretly
"why did y0a not ;el ne Cd !; =
Said, half zngrIiy-
a.Becznsc Il E0aid hzsc fsccn 200 IL:
Il had wasted foT youT rrzu-1 20 II
cify and bcsi6es / wanted 20 hzsc
entirely fOs EnFself IEzns 20 CAL Z l.
Oxn." she sad, P0ufinglE-
NJ horsrs. my dogs; heI cznar5c
her eoldfShes-l could endure shs- In
that she wanted 20 kzre hc- cililS Il
herscif alone, thai xas TOO zuaCh so- m
The fhonEhf of u forznen1ed me oEDl
sEo days only On fhe third d1E, ,z7i
my u-Ife xas ou; IN heT cz-rSarr, zhc-
czme a rclicd woman md demands
-<r-Ez-oe- Il Was the En0Ehcz- LSke
shadow khe giidcd ini0 Ehe r0onn, III
with = hzlf-s1FFrrzscd sob. hzErud 1
sce her child 0nce Dose- She u8ni
not pzrf from hin f1rrErI ~srb0un n
printing one moro kiss uPSn ms chrrl
I opened my <zSr qsidklF- --Herr. N
good woman" Ezid ], @-fakr TIM , zhs
have not giErn v0u enough B'
tears frsi dOzn hcr Ezn chcrks a
begerd me noe fOJsare hrT 100 hzzshlI
she had zn0thrz chll1. 4 crsTFiie N
hciElcss. she hcrEcH MS sirk ana wuEi
not live much l0nerz. and nhzr ~as |;
become Cd the ciaiidsrn2 Then Si
fhouxha-I rnysrh had % finish Il
sentence. winch a s5oar1a IN 6do0nrhIE
had inaerrutncd- @H@." Ehr IN
shouEkr. II miIs sel fhr hcaftfE En-
order fhzz thr m1nry NM help 4
csptle when I'm dead and Gum"
No. she sunz1 nn be Judged hzrShls
ne nd uncs know bm Il-flr ID Ehr .r11
and .ruyazfiuns I'd fhe gssnr-
When my nI1Ee srHurncd Easr hrzI
aursuuf uf rhr cdll had had add,
Ifhus ] had giucn -he un5E1unEr nI
lexncxlr the same zmuurz n she Inn
-And no<," sid J. --ynu mnEt zcr Il
child be1unEs 10 Asush ID uk"
Shr ID. hcr lips win Ar- h-fle VIM
acrfh-
ali Al ne Ezme - mr." Elid Eh
amer n mumrufis sE.hrcEiun= and wsl
ma Ehe Trezzcd \ sender aziS IN 4
lirfie bgy's moiIfh- Il z1undrd Iike
GhzllrnEe
@sOur xh1dE'' / zrazuely rgrr Eaw ]
And fiue changes 1izu wrzr anade m n
huuu.huild Em ms zke w'rrr made q
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