Evening capital., 1889-06-03

a& Eh1 Acokc0 ~ ne cC44AYs lu&ke va o.
cided maeer On her face 80 shc stepped back
and looked at LonisA
"If it Isn't yours. then wh0ss q ftF TspCks.
angrfIy
She simply lifted her bead, turning it aside.
'.But. George dear. Bella has no babyl~
said Louisa with surprise
Arabella would not look at me. but OBJ
served my wife with look of pity.
"comA. Louisa, she said, s'this is an INSULT
not only 70 me, but 70 youl Inever could
have thought it Of him. He can tell whose
IL Is IL no will, !" in q deep, significant tone.
"Being caught with IL u bis arms, and stand
here trying to brazen it outl never aaw
such shameless brutality In my hfegn
..What do you mean. BeLlap cried my WIFE
very much excited by Arabella's manner.
There surely was some horrible mistake
ought TO have remembered that Arabella had
no children, but | saw 50 little of her, and
one woman, find, was as much as could
keep up with; how could I be expected 70
keep track Of ali her relationsl
My wife looked from her sister 10 me with
tear filed eyes Of inquiry.
"Meanp Arabella almost shouted "Is 10
possibleg Louisa, you are that stupid you
can't understand thingl Your husband,
ironically, "has submitted to You the basest
insult conceivable" She seized my wife By
the arm and began to hiss something IN her
ear that did not catch. Ny wife hid her
crimson face In her hands and began to weep
A horrible suspicion now seized me. Ara
bellas significant looks and words, my
wife's anguish-did they think-good gra-
ciousI No; Il could not bel There must Be
some explanation about this awful affair. A
cold tremor ran through my frame-my
Z an1<. fnlt
attacked mel broke out In q profuse per-
| spiration as realized the view Of the situae
ton which they had taken.
"Arabellai Louisai" cried, desperately,
there's some confomded mistake about
this; found the baby In my Office. and your
note" but they swept past me, unheeding
/ my voice, Louisa with head bowed on her
| sisters shoulder, Arabella with chin aloft In
| naughty disdain- ] thought Of following
them and compelling them to listen to me,
| but little crowd OF passers by had gathered,
some of whom were curiously making inquiry
| of their neighbors as TO the cause Of the ex-
element. who answered In whispered re-
marks, with leers and knowing looks cast at
me.
Wishing to avoid repetition Of the scene,
| rushed down the side street from which
had come, bearing the baby, the innocent
G0uEA5 Va btAC 90AAA1A1s Will M1Gs w uAb G0AAkW
i do with itg As | rushed headlong down the
street racled my brains in vain to think Of
the location Of founding asylum. There
was no river near into which could pitch
| it. A sudden impulse seized me to knock its
head against q stone, and throw 10 over q
l wall My innate pity checked my madness.
would lay IL on the low stoop Of one Of the
houses. and run cf as fast as could. No; a
i big policeman just then loomed up IN the dis
| tance. He would see me, give chase, would
be captured, hauled up before the police
courts for desertion, IL would all get into the
| papers, my reputation, my business would DO
ruined How the reporters, those soullesB
vultures, would gloat over my unfortunate
| predicament With what 6endish avidity
they would run over all the town 70
| gather up every scrap OF my past history,
| how meby the mysterious baby. Strange
! ~ enough, the idea that somebody would find
out where the baby belonged gave me q
sense Of relief during these distracting
thoughts.
The policeman approached. He seemed 20
be kind looking parsonage. determined
| to1 throw myself on his mercy and implore
| his protection. When met him, stopped
and told him my story with fear and trem-
| bling. Hi listened with interest, and was
moved with compassian, but whether toward
mo or toward the baby could not determine.
He suggested taking it to the station house,
which we did and there we left the trouble
some little intruder, mentally wishing It
might be committed for disorderly conduct
and disturbing the peace
| rushed back home only TO find the door
locked in my face rang the bell violently.
| Arabella opened window, looked out, and
seeing me, disdained to answer, drew her head
in and closed the blind with bang. rang
| again and called to them to letme in. A voice
inside-it was ArabellaAs-informed me, In
no uncertain tone. that couldn't come Ia
| till they got ready TO leave
Louisa is going home with me tonight,
and leave the house to you and your friends
forever"
She said this very tragicalIy, with an idea
| Of stirring me to abject contrition.
There was no help for Il had to wait tin
they were ready TO depart, and it toek them
an unreasonably long time to get themselves
ready to leave. Suddenly the door opened
and Arabella came out. accompanied BY my
wife, deeply veiled seized Louisa by the
arm and said: This foolishness has got to
stop. You are not going to leave this house
tonight till this business Is cleared up.
"Oh, no doubt you can explain it all per-
fectly satisfactorily TO yourself, said Ara
bella sneeringly
/ would not notice her. but spoke to my
wife, who began to weep At this moment
some one rushed up the steps to where No
were standing, and q decidedly Hibernian
voice lrantisally began to ask: Where's me
| babbyl where's me babbyl Faith and sess
locked up III the sthore. e Is, 3 Isl An Dim
most Kilt entoirely, Oi ami being that scaret
that Olive run iv'ry step o. ther way, an OF
isn't tuck er birth er wind since lift ther