, 1884-01-03


pitahIc.
Good cvcnin'; walk IN " no
might you be a-iookiu' ion" she in
uuirrd. gazing from on" Ia the other
''GrunEcr Squire Granger, Bless
yyu~ hrurt' why. Squire Graug,r'~
folk moved away over IN Turkey
Bottom nigh ON To- three months ago
IT. six mites from here"
Moved D."
Tic Young mau seemed thunder
struck.
"Ci1ul heavens, what = tiX. hr
very much annoyed.
But the lady looked hcwIldcrrd.
What does ~he mean. LeuoN, and
where l. my baby she cried, anN
Iou~Iy.
10 >tl." whispered the young
man. "Il'S all Il mistake, ot course.
Baby al right Would you be kind
enough Ia bring the child, ma am
hc asked, turning To the hou-e-keeper
with a persuasive smile.
Bu; Mrs. Flint stared back Al nm
IN round eyed uStonlshmcnt.
~ AtssN va al ~ Wv = N'' lA4N -
demanded, There amt no child here
not 4 one,
"LcnoN, oh, LenoX. what have you
done with my bahy-Where Is he!
cried the mother. tIHnIcally- on
told m" You left HIM with rather
Granger W mere Is Ne LenoA: =.
III soon ind oHt-only be calm,
pleaded LenoX. but the tfath Is, l
told You 4 little no ABOUT seeing
father was IN su n a hurry to get
back to yoI that dldn want to stop
and explain the situation, and So
baby was asleep, and just lald nm
on the porch ami knocked at the door
Then L hid behind cedar tree, and
when tall gentleman opened the
door and took hlm IN, L thought 1t
was father, of course"
"Oh, Lenox. sobbed the woman.
AS you had written them you We've
coming, L thought, of course, they
would know it was one of my foolish
Jokes" added LenoX, penItently-
But my baby-my baby" cried
the mother hysterlcaily.
Now look a-here, ma'am. don't you
take on so,' urged Mrs. Flint, sym
pathizlngly. Come right INTO the
sittln'-room aud warm yourself, and
I'll find out what's become o that
baby" And leading the way, she
stirred up the fire and slipped quietly
upstairs.
In the meantime baby had walked
up aud displayed an alarming tend
tency to cry.
Mr.. Polypod was uotting it perse-
verngly on his knee, and dangling
his gold watch and chain before its
blinking eyes, when suddenly he was
startled by sharp knock on the Goor.
'Thunderr' he gasped, starting up
as if he had been shot through the
back.
and Cyrus felt that his doom had
come, and that the sword was about
to fall.
"What-who is it2" he gasped
family.
"Why, it's me, of course. l want
to speak to you," was the sharp reply.
But I'm in bed" tibDed the
doomed man, desperately.
"S'pose you are. can't you get up
and dress"
Tim sick-I don't feel WELL
That's the truth, anyhow" he
muttered to himself, for | never felt
worse in my life"
"Sick? Nonsense" declared the
house keeper, energetically rattling
away at the door knob. You amt
no sicker'n / be. Ii you'd lost your
baby, now, you might talk"
"Babyr stammered the guilty man.
But | haven't cot any baby"
well, who said you had? OF
course an old bachelor like you
wouldn't have one" snapped the
widow, losing all patience. There's
a"
Before she could utter another
word. a cry-the loud, long, unmis-
taxable cry of a child-smoie the ears,
coming directly from Mr.. Polypod's
room.
s-Sakes alive! He has got it. sure
enoughv' cried the house keeper.
Suddenly the door opened and Mr.
Polypod appeared. with a very red
face holding the baby in his arms
Il I found it on the doorstep >
he explained, sheepishly. and if
youl only take it and do something
with it. Tll-rIl-n
Found it on the doorstep! Who'll
believe that? Humph! give it TO me. >
cried the widow. STRIVING TO hid, Ler
amusement
With these words she took the baby
and trimmed down sigirs with II Owns
was now desperate
"How on earth did she find on,
abont it7o he said 70 himself And
what is She ooing TO do with if Twon,
der?'' and he followed her
THE hapDv mother was brggiro
her restored treasure to her bpeasf
the chestnut-gold of her hair lookina
scarcely less briobt than bahv's
Mr.. Polypod Sazed transfiyed with
ast0nishment Was he DREAMING