The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-08-09

..ar' She ,f1ue stood ,abouteverythin' q
woman caa stan I'll git my own
breakfast You tell her TO turn in an
sleep with the kids awhile"
The doctor went back to has patient,
and Mrs. Macon brought the little
flannel bundle out by the stove. Later
the children were wild about II. Did
the train leave the baby? were they
going to hive it always? and could
they see in the windows of the trains,
as they passed, lots pr baby faces look
ling out for mothers to take them?
At night Mrs. Macon woke the doc
tor, who was taking nap in the chill
dren's bed.
II think, str" she said, worriedly,
'':the little lady is gone out Of her head.
She's feeling round in the bedcaothes
for q dog, and calling one pitifullike."
II have been q blind fooll'' cried the
doctor. II felt all the time I'd ought
to know her" He ran to the sick
room, and, luckily, had some quieting
medicine in his case. The sufferer,
however, resisted long, as she slept
sighed, and one tiny hand felt around
Enormously, while the other, clinched
hard in the sheet, resisted all pressure
to open it.
The next morning the white-haired
children were very quiet; they played
q long way from the house, and to-
wards evening DR.. John kept them by
him in the kitchen, telling stories. To
this day the youngest one looks in vain
for a baby to come by train that shall
be his own property, an illusion crea-
ted by the doctors stories.
''She's asleep" said Mrs. Macon.
coming out, land here's little purse
l found in her pocket. couldn't get
It before. for. loonv as she's been all
day, she watched me II went near
her things"
A. shabby little purse, containing
only fve-dollar bill and Gardening
divers, with his office address.
81 didn't need this to tell me-" said
the doctor. ''She is married woman
all right, Mrs. Macon; her name is
Minny de Restaud, and her people are
well-to-do. How she came here !
haven't the faintest idea; she disap-
peared last fall, and her aunt has
searched all over the country for her.
In the morning when the doctor
went to see his patient he found her
conscious, looking with ineffable dis
dain ON the red-faced bundle beside
her.
you're the kind doctor who stayed
OFF the train ON account of me-" she
said, family. "You were ever so good;
but I'd much rather have just died.
She" with q weak glance at Mrs. Ma
con) told me about you"
''Most women would be pleased with
that nice little baby"
would they?" indifferently. 1T has
black eyes, and is so ugly. Besides, 1t
has no sense. Ny dog knew every
thing"
''Tut! TUT" scolded the doctor; ''that
is not pretty talk"
"You act like my old maid aunt"
weren't your dogs eyes black, too,
Mrs. Minny9"
"How did you find my manner" she
cried, piteously. "And you can't call
me that; for some one love dearly has
that name for me-"
"You said it when out OF your head, =
said Doctor John. calmly. "Now 60 to
sleep"
''But I've got lots of things must
attend to about him." looking at the
baby curiously. "You see, having him
makes me different. I feel must dc
things for him I don't want to tell"
Tonight will do"
IT might die"
"You are not in the slightest dan.
ger, nor is the boy; and, though you
have had your own way long time
possibly too long = you must mind
now"
She obediently closed her eyes, and
in the late afternoon when DR.. John
returned greeted him with q radiant
smile.