The morning call., 1891-09-03
THE BABE WAS NOT DEAD.
But 1t Had Been Laid Out on Slab in th

But 1t Had Been Laid Out on a Slab in the
IT, =. --...: Morgue. ::.5
A babe was born at noon in the house 1850
Second avenue The mother was Mrs.
Henrietta Dooley and the midwife was Mrs.
/ Mendelsohn. 1t was a precious small baby
and made no stir, gave no cry upon Its ad-
vent. into this big town. The: midwife
looked it over carefully and said the little
thing was dead; that it had been stIll-Ddrn.
Mother Dooley heard this with sadness.
Midwife MendelsOhn filled out the formal,
: certificate and the baby was wrapped 9p.
for burial. The midwife said that the baby
should 90 10 the MOrgue. And so the father
Wilhelm Doeley took it there. Keeper
=. White took charge of the little bundle, IN;
folded the wrapper and laid the body on q
=: cold hard slab. He is used to that sort OF
business and thought nothing Of the matter:
Then the father, after taking last look al
n c baby that the midwife SAID had never
fal even a minutes life IN TINS world,
: turned and went toward the door to 90 back.
,t0- his wife. He had almost crossed the
= doorstep when a curious sound was heard.
MorEue-keeper White had never heard suen
a+suuud before in the Morgue. II was a
,baby's cry and White scarcely knew what
10 make Of it. He called DeOley and said:
Hear that? Why, that's baby,s cry.
Your baby is not dead. Come and see.
The father stepped to the slab with an
aStonished look yet delightful lo9k ana
shouted when lie saw the DaDy that tne
: midwife. said had never bTeathed or moved
=. its lips He heard a good cry come from
g. those lips, he saw the baby's eyes open. he
saw its hands clutched, and you may be
right sure that the walls Of the dead-house
rang with the echoes Of his exultation::,
i. 'tIbat baby dead? ? Not bit of it." .
The child was alive all over and it was
doing its best to make everybody compre-
heud that fact. After assuring himself that
TIE child was alive the father hustled. DE
Wrapped the baby up and then Travelled
with mighty quick steps around to Bellevue
HOSPITAL. and surprised DR.. Schneider.
That worthy fellow was all sympathy and
excitement at once. He took the infant and
wrapped itin warm wool and placed 1t in
!. acot. Then he rushed of to the dispepsary
e. and got mixture Of two ounces OF milk, SIX
ounces Of barley water, one dram Of whisky
and half a dram of syrup. The stuH was
warmed and two drops given to the baby
eyery few minutes. 1t sQuealed Justify for
. nb1Ut an hour and then quieted. The inter-
: esting yoUngster is about inches long and
weighs IA pounds, or about eight pounds
less than the average baby OF its age should
weigh He has blue eyes, a perfect body
and his heart was beating strongly last
night But there is something wrong with
. its breathing and this circumstance induces
thedoctor 10 think he wont live very long,
This is very unfortunate, considering the
pluck he has shown. 1t breathes regularly
for about ten minutes and then Iull respira-
. ton suddenly ceases. This lasts from one
Ia. two minutes and then the yOnngter starts
off again the same as before. Every time
1.-The breathing stops the doctor gives it two
"a irons of whisky diluted with water and
this acts as a reYiYer.-St. Louis Post Dis
ma