Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-10

my borrowed property, and could only:
look upon him with fear and trembling.
81 Wouldn't be in your shoes when Mrs.
Squires gets back said she ~ominously.
"The town is ringing already with your
exploits, and she viii sue you for damages,
and perhaps for something worse. You
had better make money while you can, to
pay up, Why not haye a loan exhibition
And with a mocking laugh she tripped
away and left me alone with myself, and
breathing maledictions upon the ill-luck
that ever induced me to bring down upon
myself a fortnight of sue suffering. But
there was one comfort. The baby seemed
invulnerable, and none of the many disas-
tiers that had befallen him had left n
mark to tell the tale. So after all, l slept
soundly beside him during the night.
The morning dawned clear, bright and
warm as an April day could be, and 1
made ready to take Lorenzo for Il ride in
his little carriage. But while / was get
ting OF my bonnet and shawl, Mary Ann
gave him a Noah's ship to play with, and
he had employed the time in sucking all
the paint ofs Mrs. Noah and one of the
elephants, which YNade him rather i'll for a
few moments. At last we were really off,
and on our way down the village street,
the object of great attention on the part of
our neighbors, all of whom expected to see
the baby a shadow of its former self. In
stead, he was us rosy us ever, purring CON
tentedly to himself and beating with his
little fists upon the sid of the carriage.
The village was all life. People were com.
ing and going in every direction, and just
across the way a couple of workmen in
picturesque blue blouses were making
some repairs upon a hydrant. Just us We
were opposite them,I heard a sudden
warning shout, and as looked in bewil-
derment to see what it all meant, presto!
there came a terrific burstof water. fun
upon lis with all the force of the Pockanos-
set river, and over went the wicker car
riage, while l, blind and staggering, fell
up against a fence, and in the shock forgot
all about the precious baby.
When | fairly came to myself and re-
allied with a dull agony that Lorenzo was
probably what Mrs. Mantaline called "a
damp, moist, unpleasant body" and
turned to the spot whereI had last seen
him in the flesh, what vas my surprise to
behold him crying and kicking vigorously,
Crippled, %draggled but alive, in the arms
of a woman who presented to my HORT
fed gaze the well known features of his
mamma.
/ fled. Without a blush of shame. with.
out a word of explanation, | fled. Tel
minutes later, while Mary Ann wa ex.
planning to Alice in great excitement thai
Mrs. Squires, alarmed and nervous about
her baby, had started for homel nay, wa
almost there, as rumor said, / walked into
the sitting-room, demoralized, drenched
to the skin, but beaming with wicked de
light.
My sister regarded me with a prolonged
stare. | fell upon her neck like u prodiga
son and gasped incoherently: "She's com
it's gone-thank heaveni-the baby"
Once again Alice smiled in spite o.
herself.
"Well," she said, II hope you have
learned a lesson. The next time you wan
to try an experiment in human nature
don't borrow a baby"
How I laughed! They heard me dow
at the village square, half a mile away
NO." cried merrily, next time I'll Dor
row a hand-organl"-"M. E. W." in Bos
ton Budget.