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

sAumuaaee;niy given up their search for the
nigh relief upon the base of tbs Albert Me-.
mortal. stenpirs Quickly to the child. Who 81
still stood sobbing BY the bench. Jonas "ao
canned: ".You poor itty-!"
a. ana then he stopped suddenly. Pomona
a = so $1,000 1or a second, and then she made
Gaz;na az an inc child, and snatched it up
nance TS she exclaimed? "What's this?"
me baby did not seem able to explain
Mnat IL was, n only answered by q tear
Iui SOP. Jonas did not say a word: but.
Win the 1.-the quickness Of a dog after a
Las' ne began to search behind and under
benches, In the bushes, on the grass. here.
There, and everywhere.
Aoout NM O'Clock that evening, Pomona
came TO us with tears in her ewes. and the
cahary-haired baby i'm her arms. and told
US that Corinne was lost. They had
Saai everywhere, they had gone to the
section; they had done everything that
could be done, but had found no trace of
the child. "
11f I hadn't this" sobbed Pomona. hold.
nc out the child, 81 believe I'd 90 wild.
II isn't that she,can take the place of my
1ea paoy, put by a,keepin' hold of her I
believe We'll get on the track of Corinne.n
We were both much affected nv this
news, and Euphemia joined Pomona in her
tears.
"Jonas is scourin' the town yet,n said
Pomona "Hell never give uphill he drops.
But 1eit you ought to know, and I couldn't
longer. If it's got a mother, she's bound to
want to see it before long; am if ever /
ketch sight of her, she don't git away from
me tin l have my child"
1T is a vosy extraordinary case," 1 said.
"Children are often stolen, but it is seldom
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in it's place, especially when the children
are OF different ages and totally unlike"
"That's so," said Pomona. cat first, I
thought that Corinnc had been changed off
for a Princess, or something like that, but
nobody couldn't make anybody believe
white.an-yaller thing"
Can't you find any mark on her Clothes"
asked Edphemia, sby which you could dis
cover her %parentage? If there are no mi
tials, perhaps you can find a coronet Or a
coat of arms"
"No," said Pomona. "there amt nothin'.
!'ve looked careful. But there's great com-
fort to think that C%orinpe's well stamped"
"Stamped!" we exclaimed "What do
you mean by thatW
"Why, you see," answered Pomona,
'"When Jope an l was goin' to bring our
baby over here among so many million peo-
pie, we thought there might be danger of
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really believed any such thing would hap
pen, or we wouldn't have come. AM so we
agreed to mark her, for I've often read
about babies bein' stole am kept two or
three years, an when found bein' SO
changed their own mothers didn't know
EN-. Jone said we'd better tattoo Corinne,
for them marks would always be there, but
l wouldn't agree to nave the little creatures
skin stuck with needles, not even after lone
said we might give her c~hloryform; so we
agreedto stamp initials on her with Per-
kins' Indelible Dab. 1t is intended to mark
come off. We put the letters on the back of
her heels, where they wouldn't show, for
she's never to go barefoot, an where they'd
be easy got at if we wanted to find EN-. We
put r. G.. or one heel for the name of the
place, and j. P, on the other heel for Jonas
an me. If, twenty years from now," said
Pomona, her tears yelling out afresh, 81
should see a young woman with eyes like
Corinne's, am that I felt was her, a-walkin'
up to the bridal altar, with all the white
flowers, am the f1oatin' wells, IN the crowds
in the church, an the music playin', n
young woman into the vestry-room, n
have off her shoes an stockin's in no time.
AM if she had r. G.. on one heel and j. p.
on the other, that bridegroom could go
home alone"
We confidently assured Pomona that
WILL SuCu A1cduS " 1uCuUluCdU1Ous dlu Uu0
united action of ourselves and the police,
the child would surely be found, and we
accompanied her to her lodgings, in a house
not far from our own.
When the nurse reached home with the
little carriage it vas almost dark, and
snatching up the child, she ran. to the nur-
sery without meeting anyone. The child
fit heavy, but she was in such a hurry she
scarcely noticed that. She put it upon the
bed, and then lighting the gas she unwrap-
ped the afghan, in which the little creature
was now almost entirely enveloped. When
she saw the face, and the black hair, from
which the cap had fallen off, she was near
ly frightened to death, but fortunately for
herself, she did not scream. She was rather
q stupid woman, with but few ideas, but
she could not fail to see that some one had
taken her charge, and put this child in its
place. Her first impulse was to run back
to the gardens, but She felt certain that her
could not, without discovery, leave the
child here or take it with her, and while she
stood in dumb horror, her mistress sent for
her. The lady was just going out to din.
ner, and told the nurse that, as they were
all to start for the continent by the tidal
train which left at 10 O'Clock that night,
she must be ready with the baby, well
wrapped up TO. the journey. The half
stupefied woman had no words or courage
with which to declare, at this moment, the
true state of the case. She said nothing,
and went back to the nursery, and sat there
in dumb CONSERVATION, and without sense
enough to make a plan of any kind. The
strange child awoke and began to cry, and
then the nurse mechanically fed it, and it
went to sleep again. When the summons
came to her to prepare for the journey, in
cowardly haste she wrapped the baby, sc
carefully covering its head that she scarce
ly gave it a chance to breathe; and she and
the lady's waiting-maid were sent in a cab
to the Victoria Station. The lady was
travelling with a party OF friends, and the
nurse and the waiting-maid were placed in
the adjoining compartment of the railway.
carriage. On the six hours channel pass
age from Newhaven to Dieppe, the lady
was extremely sick, and reached France in
such a condition that she had to be almost
carried on shore. It had been her intention
to stop a few days at this fashionable wa
tering place, but she declared that she
must go straight to Paris, where she could
be properly attended to, and, moreover,
that she never wanted to see the sea again,
When she had been placed in the train for
Paris she sent for the nurse, and feebly
asked how the baby was, and if it had beer
seasick. On being told that it vas all right,
and had not shown a sign of Illness. she
expressed her qualification, and lay back
amOnr her. rigs.