San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-24

presently Harold Lyman, with a lace
as white rs ghost, dashed into the room.
He carried a lace handkerchief in his
hand, and went stright up to the weeping
Doris, saying: Madam, is this your
property? / believe it is, for noticed the
same name on your portmanteau in the
train"
Eyes, it is mine. It was round my
darling Trotty's neck. Is he still alive?
Pray, pray don't tell me he is deadl''
Every much alive, my dear young lady,
and am here to beg you to come and
claim him. He is quite too much for any
of us to manage" Then turning to the
nurse and baby, on whom his eyes had
rested for moment with intense relief as
he entered the room, he said to the
woman, with flashing eyes, "How dared
you disobey me and go wandering off and
losing yourself at the most important mo-
ment? Your stupidity has nearly been
the death of us all. The other nurse has
gone into fits, and if she dies, her blood
will be on your soulr'
at was pin, eccellenZ," the woman
replied unmoved.
Five minutes later Mrs. Roseleaf, Doris,
Mr.. Lyman and the real baby were
packed into carriage and were spinning
along to the Palazzo to which Trotty had
been conveyed.
Never in all her life will Doris forget
the aspect of things as she was ushered
into the presence of her lost darling. 1t
was large, airy room, like nursery.
Trotty, considerably recovered from his
opium drowsiness, stood on the floor in
extreme neglige, barking furiously at
dozen or more Of frightened people, any
one of whom would rather grasp hot Goals
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careened to one side, he had torn his lace
dress fore and aft, and his shawl trailed
sideways on the carpet.
''SantisSima Madonnal that black imp
sent to me instead of the dear contessineI
Aniua mia! the witches are at work this
nightr' groaned the nurse on her knees in
corner, telling her beads with such fer
vor that the rosary had snapped twice.
"You ought to have heard her shrieks
when she lifted up the veil and that one
evil eye blinked at her. It's the devil
himselfr she yelled, and Topped in faint
on the floor
"Trotty, dear Trottyr' cried Doris,
rushing forward.
Benignity and pleasure softened Trot-
TVS sinister eye; slowly his tattered
draperies swayed to and fro with the
beatific wagging of his tail. He started
toward his mistress, but tripped ignobly
in his petticoat and rolled over. "You
darling, you shall not be baby any
morer' and she tore off the garments so
much the worse for wear, and allowed
Trotty to appear in the dignity of his own
coat.
This interview, very painful for all per-
sons concerned, save one, was ended as
soon as possible and the Roseleafs were
driven back to the station, there to begin
their usual pleading with the guards to
allow their dog to accompany them.
Before bidding them adieu, Mr.. Lyman
managed with considerable finesse to find
out where Mrs. ROseleaf and her daughter
were going to spend the next six weeks.
Oddly enough, he appeared, quite by
chance of course, at the same place fort
night later, and somehow found it neces-
sary and eXpedient to go to the resort
next selected by them.
1t so turned out that when Doris re-
turned in the autumn to the "Lombardia"
she did have handsome admirer to flaunt
in the faces of the other girls.
''He is wonderfully devoted. When is
the wedding to be?''
SIN May, Mrs. Roseleaf told me. She
is heart broken at the idea of losing Doris,
but it is the only way she can be rid Of
Trotty-and this thought consoled her."
Frank Leslie's.