, 1884-01-03
Weekly Argus.
MIR. Polypod.s New Years alft.

vcar gone arouu1. am thirty five:
all alone in the world; uo ono Ia -iy,
New Years gitt To or receive one
from"
He stoypcd. with n si-h. There
had been one dream in his life. hut
when Leah Maverick married, the
dream went. He ucvrl, had another
Even Mr.. Flint has gone ont.
he resumed half pccvi~hlv. Airs.
Flint WAS his shou~ekrcrcr, "Therr'~
not a soul Ia talk IT, Hank, what
WIS that? \ knock .. tho door al
nine o'clock at night What can IL
mean? There's nobody at home. 81 |
must 90 mysc!f. Coufuuui IT,"
As he spoke. Mr.. Pa}vpai arose.
GROSSLY, and wrappjrg his dressing
Gown arouud HIM. took the lamu In
ms hand ana went to the door.
He opeu,J il auI looked ont. hut
SAN no one. The night WAS a dark
one. however. and t. make sure, he
tooka step forward 10 peer out.
H clio he cried. a. his foot came
in contact with something on the
floor OF theparch. What's this \
New Years uraScu. " al,i lie picked
up a large packaSr Or bundle. "H 'cSs
nv heart 80 he cried. almost dropping
Il again. its a baby
Aud % if was-a live. rolhcklnS.
wear old bahv.that kicked M It's heels.
Grabbed m his whiskerS and laughed
in his face.
.BIess me, bless me- auoth CYRUS,
staggering into the sitting room with
his nnweIcome burden. What on
earth will Mrs. Flint say when she
comes home?" And a cold sweat
broke ont on his forehead at the bare
idea.
GShe. she mustn't see IT." he declared
to himself. But what to do with it?
Il MIGHT carry it to somebody else's
door and leave it." he thought, medi
tatiyelv "But then, somebody might
catch me- at it. and that would look
worse vet And | can't lock it up in
the nantrv or the cellar: it would be
snre to so1au. But | must do some
tbiner with II fo,, Mrs Flint will GER
fainf9 ba bern before fen o'clock"
an,i fba moor man racked his brain
an5 I'D u,.;n rrT t f,Sod he fora6aad IN = dos
,,aroto andeav1,. 10 solve the difficnItv
l-rOx.r Til do no said at
,ost nh nG" tSn calmnaSs Of dasnair
aTn ad7fi toIn m, i IN nm fn NV room Mrs
E'I;at r-a,,t fId Il +baro AnJ tomor-
row ~ naan ma of dav III mt II in the
b;cr nlorIyo+ basEef and carrv If
so3mawbara. 70 the bosnitai or tbe
poor-house, or I'll take the train to
st. Louis-nobody knows me there
and leave it at the police station.
Probably it's been kidnapped, any
way. But I'll take it to my room
now. Stop, though; it may set hun
cry. babies are always wanting mush
and milk, or something. But / can't
carry everything at once, so I'll take
the baby no and lock it in my room,
and come down again for the refresh
ment."
Mr.. Polvpod evidently labored un-
der a vague suspicion that the little
cast-away might get out if the door
was not locked. and might follow him
down stairs.
With the light in one hand and the
badly held gingerly in the other, he
proceeded cautiously upstairs, and de-
posted the little innocent in bed.
Somehow it looked SO sweet and
rosy with its dimpled cheeks and blue
eyes-blue was Mr. Polypods favor
ite color for eyes-that our bachelor
could not resist the temptation of
kissing the tiny creature, though he
colored guilty at it.
forof,IIl, +ba aoo, bo .ror+
s.aoI,b;iT aoWn - feei;n% m0re
H. ,Io,. H. tha nnos+a,: of G;x
', t,Ae q hL5 o -'i EnJ;p naE 'r IL ~ n"os. oloar
E"n oaosoa .ot - is tIlns ene ~ .,,Lnno1 49,
he he ppresentIv pro.11a amarrad M @ With = niate Of
ne feSeIos l nI ee So VIZ siIad aIJ Itch r %,
o2iu Of LII itl'n anu 6o00 ''Ne" t"''A''-
He was conuratuIatino himself on
the success of the issue OF his forag-
inc exnedition. when the dining room
door flew omen. and he stood covered
with confusion. like a detected cul
Drit. for there was NIrs. Flint.
s.SaEes alive how Won startled me.
Mr. PoIvnodi thouoht II was n
bnrglarr; tha cried
Tbe sbriII voice rasnad averv nerve
in Mr.. PolyDod's b3dT. Bnt he kent
on his wav in sheer Desperation.
sAhami 7 was n IittIa hunorv and
andy
scHnnovs R,t vhv ON a.rtb didn't
Won oct soma donghnnts or ME, in
stead of that cold mnshq Let me oct
some fnr va now
..No~,oET amt bnngrv-not fo,
douohnuts. Irs The colic-I mean
dyspepsia" and the unfortunate man
fled upstairs as quickly as possibly
leaving his landIady staring aftel
him, wondering if he really had taken
to drink at last. For l never heard
him complain of dyspepsia before, y
she commented, shaking her head.
MIR. Polypod reached his room III q
state bordering on distraction.
II wonder if She SUSPECTS any
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