Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-26

drove "a . Sab, wsnsn owned 10 hav-
ing had her for 3 iodSer.
ashe had a child staying With her,
too," abe said. Little Ned she callsd
him: bat. 20 tell the truth. SIZE drank 90
that turned her cat. cooldn's abide
sach doingA She vent 20 Fo@l Lane,
Nos" z.
To Fossii Lane the captain won't I,
vas . filthy place, and there was
drunken woman At No. 9 vho Gas not
Ana Golden, and who ihrsw pfecs OF
wood At him for asking for hat LADY
And nov every clue vas lost, and the
captain. nearly beside himself With snI-
issy, applied 70 TIE authorities fox help;
ana AFTER several days Of GIest anhAp-
paness be heard Of an Ann 6oldeo VIC
lived in q quarter of LonIiou 80 iov
aud dangerous that ala dsesna people
shnnned IL ssE
No wonder, the captain thought, il
she lived there. that she should hsve hao
his rsmistanoss sent TO the poSsofnce, and
left him 30 believe that his child vss
still In the decent home 70 which she hs-
81 first taken him. as
Almost Ill With excitement, the poor
captain drove. NTH policeoan as pro
tsctoY, into tbs maze Of 1ideo0s ian.e
and coarts thaa Led % Ann 0oaosu .
dwelling. and, following his conducsor,
dropped into filthy cellar. where, Amid
the horrible leakage Of drain pipes, And
almost In uttsr darkness, sat Al odd 20
nan With Q bottle beside her, Who start
ed up when the captain and nis "a I'D
sutsrsd, and cried:
A 30 = -
for? Il il one of the boys again: :,
And, altered a. she was with years and
drink, the captain knew his vife's old
ran and daEtsd toward Der.
.ny boy?S be cried.
And she screamed:
"it's the captain"
is my boy iiving!" he asked.
YES" said the woman, shaking al
over. be- alive and veil.
How dare Won keep him hsreT cried
the captain.
How can help being poorr' vkined
the woman II couldn't give up the bit
you pay for him. Pm very odd; I'm very
III. Don't be hard on me-"
GOOD heavens-' cried the captain.
4" Nv Elien's baby in q place like this.
He dropped his head upon biz hands;
then he lifted i. and clasped them.
.lIi have him away from hefe nov.
be gasped. ats over. and hes young
and will forget it. Where Is her Have
you liedl Ia he dsadF'
mo, no." said the old woman. He'll
be here soon. hear him now. That's
him. He'll be here in q minute.
Don't kill q poor old body. csptsin--
don'tr'
al could do IT," DRIED the captain.
Listen! there 10 some ono coming. Ny
child! my chiidg
The door opened softly, a head peeDed
In Low down, then drew back.
"Come In" biped the old woman.
The psrIios ayn't artef you-lssstways
for harm. Captain, that's him-your
boy Ned"
And a. the captain stood with out
stretched arms there orept in It the door
who? what5 The wan, deformed and
dirty creature who hsd picked his peck
et-vhom he had fed for the sake of
bis beautiful dream child the wrstched
waif, forgotten utterly in the last few
days Of anxiety.
aThat's him. croaked the old crone.
That's your boy-tEats Ned"
The captain gave cry; he sank down
on an old box close at hand and hid his
face and wept. His sobs shook kim ter
ribly; they almost shook the crazy old
baiiding. They frightened the old wO-
man, and set the policeman 70 rubbing
his eyes with his cuffs. The boy stood
aud stared for q moment, and then
vanished.
And what vas the wretched father
thinking. SJmxny thoughts that there
are 10 woIGs f,r them; but first OF all
this horrible ou.--that that vile little
object, that wretched child Of the streets,
was the darling for whom he had 80 long
searched.
"Bettsr / had never found him." the
captain moaned, or found him dead.s
And Just then a little hand crspt over
his knee. The thrill Of hair was felt
against his hand, and piping voice said
moekly:
PLEASE, I'm clean now; I've washed
myself"
The captains swollen eyes unolosed.
They turned upon the child.
Some queer knowledge of his fathers
feelings had crept into bis mind, and he
had tried 10 clean his face. A round
white spot appeared amidst the CRIME,
and out OF il shone two beautiful blue
eyes, that looked wistfully up into the
captain's.
All of sudden food Of such pitiful
tenderness al he had never felt before
swept over Captain Psnryn's heart. All
the grief and shame and wounded pride
lsft IL, ~ come back no more.
"Eilen's eyes," he sobbed; Ellens
boy.' and Ne took his son 10 his heart.
4" For his sake," he said, softly, as though
he stood BY the grave Of the beautiful
dream child he had just buried" for
his sake and Ellsn's!'
And then he took the child away with
him.