The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-05-26
THE BlNGS' BABY.
The Fathers Mission, and How
He Accomplished IL.

eafu III inc pfO~hlc HulhC OF biug-,
but the poor things themselves. Cas-
sius Bings. and his shrinking. fright
ened wife 'Stashy were enough TO
melt heart Of stone. a. they stood in
the p.ice station three days before
Easter making inquiries and telling.
In ga,ping sentences. the story Of
their baby's disappearance. Their
little Billy had been intrustel 10 4
neighbors child. while Mrs Bngs
was deyoting her whole mind to fry.
ing The doughnuts. just 10 that turn Of
rich brown which met approval in her
Cassius' eyes.
Respectable people. living in a
quiet cross street. where nothing ever
happened OIt Of the common way.
they had not thought it al all impru-
dent 10 leave the boy with hi, little
playfcllow. Sarah Moseley. n girl Of
twelve years. for an hour
Fond a. they were Of their little
two.year-old tot. in "a simple. parental
Wa", neither Anasta-ia nor her Cas-
sius had over thought that their baby
was any more comcly in a purely
physical way. than any Of tho seven
children belonging to The Mosoleys.
the Gibbs. or the other families to
whom Pembroke square was n COM
mon playground But passcr- through
that by-way had often enough noted
the fluffy gold Of the little head. and
the deep, swimming blue Of Bi,ly's
baby eyes, with their long dark firing.
ing lashcs. a child who seemed, by
hi, amazing beauty TO b. born to
clmbric velvet instead Of he cheap.
but sroIcss. gingham "lycrs' in
which his mother uniformly dressed
Iii o..
5, now when questioned poor
sobbing Slashy could only rel crate
Der belief that "Biugs had not an
enemy in the world rs would NV
stole the baby aud every body she
knew had been that kind that she
couldn't have the heart TO sus-
pcct 'cm Aud who could
hav, the heart To take him
when hc hadn't 50 much rs A.
nolhn' to keep him warm. except a.
hc was runnin' about in the sun with
Sarah" Something about the deli
cocy oil the simple littIc woman form
and the deep bluc Of the eyes VIII ch
she turned appcalin% y To the station
master, suggested 'o ms experience,
Notwithstanding Bug| sqnar' En-
glish build, and subbly, smly hait.
that ihrr chi'd might have had mcr-
chautah'e ki'd ol rr'lUnc's that
would account Tor MS lh't some IN
qulry confirmed tins thought aud
Nheh man WIN req hc'kcfchi'l
ana woman VIII, q green 'n'"l were
rel ".'ru /" nave p''h So N "a'c"l'E
'nc 'h'I'.''n III Ily in 'ho >P""re
Hooul tue ''"'' p''y "'aPP'a'eu' u
u'Iect''' was a' oneo set on thcr
'ra'"'
80 accurate was The Glow that. With
out much diiicnlty, the couple were
traced to the Boston " Albany depoh
with Sleeping child. which, in reply
To some question. the woman had SAID
was sex IL re they scemcl to havo
SEPARATED, ~ no such group OF lhreo
con'd be heard Il as entering or l'av-
ing any train and IL 'hlc'rS r'porI-
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n''rt may "a"N'"u'e 10 Son''tn'"S
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