Daily Republican., 1888-08-06
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Some are about the size that = West
ernsr design ASss as being 'iAs big a. q
pint Of cider half drunk up," others
are often 8 or 10 years OF age, and got
lost btcAuae they have Just come to the
city or have lived in some Institution
all their lives. Tho strAys are inVarl.
ably dirty, and usually more or less IN.
outtoned and unlBced. Also. the more
certain their parents are that their
dArlinas will be scared almost 70 death,
the more sute the youneaters are TO
come In with fat full Of pennies, no
hat, and soul full of peace.
Last Sunday night . manly, hand
some oficer got on Broadway car ut
Twenty. ninth Street with . little girl,
| who olunR 70 him like . thistle bow,
shaking and Quivering with Bobg. The
car was well allied with church folks,
who began Immediately to pslt the OH
Ger with questions, which he answered
calmly and patiently, hugging tbs little
one up to his side the while.
At MAtron Webb's Mlsa Baby found
. warm welcome. Three rows Of blue
armohAirs and rockers constitute the
strange little human pound" where
the BtrAy babies wait for some one to
come and prove their property. Vita
l SNaA T9tAAACA A1gC WloAou buu ubE IUAA
replaced by some diplomAticAlly BugATed
cake, the little one consented TO trust
herhelfs her precious pennies and her
dAises 20 the arms Of Q much Ellded and
lowered blue rocking chair. They
weren't niosr warm, strong arms sAme
rs the policeman had, bat they had
their good pointe. As soon ~ she was
settled . bit MatTon WebD smiled on
bel one Of those motherly smiles that
have warmed the cookies OF 10 many
little hearts and Aaked her name.
The gray eyes looked ut her very
steadily for minute, then the lower
part Of the Interrogation point 9uIvered
little and she answered:
"Fannyp p
The voice was about As fine as a cam.
brio needle and ss large % . minute old
robins ohlrp, but the m asIon heard 1t,
and asked her ''other name" The
ghost OF baby smile strSiRhtened, out
the Interrogation point, and the sweet
thread of voice Was full size larger
- 1t answered:
"Dnchemr"
THIS was all the information that
could be aimed for Indeed 1t was prob
ably all the mere baby knew. She sat
obediently In her oh air during her stay.
door opened sharply and . nice looking
young fellow Cf 10 or % came tunblinR
In, white and excited. Up few the
little fat acme, away went the pennies
and the posies
"Oh, Duckeml" cried . manly voice,
and Duokem was close In her big broth.
er's arms. She was so glad that her
Bhynegs all went away at oDoe and she
grAoiousiy let every body who wanted
TO kisS her good by. Little Fanny DAILY
OF West Twenty ninth street was thus
lost aud found.
But this dear little girl was not the
only guest that the masron wss enter
tAiuing last Sunday night. 1t Was not
very much Of a day for lost babies, for
there hsd not bsen 90 much As proceI.
sion or . hand organ out to tempt them
aWay, but, all the same, seventeen
small pilRrIms in pihAfores and jackets
drttted In Bnd oui, befor9 and after
"Duckem" came and Wsnt. Neat to
"Duckem,' the baby OF this RrOup OF
youngsters, WAS . burly, splendid boy,
2X yeAFs old, iuAt the sort OF boy 10
satt the name he gave, "Phtl." Phil
gave the Wis9 young "cop," as he call.
0d him, no brought him In . lively
tustle; Dat no one who could see the
poor little beRRAE fat on his face before
the door begging and screaming to be
taken to bis ''moth-iher," could
blame him for the rumpus he was max.
ing. No cakes, nor candles, nor fine
words could butter poor little Phil's
parsnlps that night, and he sobbed and
cried as II his manly little heart would
break until his mother appeared. She
came In half hour later, thin, tidy
looking woman, with flushed facs and
a shawl hastily wrapped around hsr,
almost beside herself with fear.
"Oh. Phil, my dsrl'n', Why did yo
run away from your mother? Oh, sure,
nae boy, it's the Dreadful terror you've
given me this day, thinking I'd never
OF eight children that never had ono OF
them Eun away from the steps on which
L put 'em beforti Where was it ye
were, tpalpeeL2"
Phil left home East Seventy. fourth
etreet at 10 o'clock In the morning, and
At O'Clock was picked up ut the folt I, I
Park place. Seven &c oil milss II 1t WAS
an inch, and "Pnil not thTes years old
till September &. mes" Small won Ter
his nanny picked him up In her will.
ing arms and carried him off folded
close to her mothers heart.
The little wAnderer was SCARCE on his
way home when good looking mac
burst into the room. He Spraus toward
the triple row OF ch lirs without EpsAk-
ing and then with groAn turned away.
AS he turned his eye fell on q tsttered
sailor hat, with 8 long blne ribbon on
1t, lying ON the table.
"TbAI's his hat" he cried. "Where's
JAok2" Ba:ron Webb pointed to the
white bed In tho corner Master Jack
A. UAN - Eafa haN laHas he.
could and then had calmly gotten up,
laid his hat on ihs table and gone
to bed ",ill daddy oomes." In q mo
ment there was the greatest hullabaloo
in the corner that one could imagine
The sight Of his daddy put ell jack
philosophy out of his mind and he
cried like q good one. His father blink
ed . few times over the boys shoulder
and held him very tight, but not q
word did hs say until he got his boy ont
in the ha !. Tn.n he broke into 3 sob.
'Oh, my little son, l thought you'd
gone for good" and then they both
went of TO mamma"
These three youngsters and one other
got all the klases there were given. No.
ons OF the eighteen were soolded, but
fourteen OF them were greetod In q
manner that SPOKE more or less of
shattered confidence.
The young mothers and fathers are
the ones who take It hard, particularly
II k1ey are strangers and foreigners For
instance, the fourth baby last Sunday
night who got = kissing WAS little
dark haired, dark eyed girl in . white
frook, with small blue eRAmsllsd ear.
rings in her eAIB. Her mother wRy .
mere child. 8 slender Polish girl With
shawl over her head and her big eyes
aWimminu with tears She had a