The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

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 one as squalled more, while as for talk
 in notice -" Liza's vocabulary was
 quite unequal to the strain put upon it
 There were great doings at the chris
 tening. Liza-who even went so far a'
 to don the alpaca in honor of the event was godmother.
 Name this child?"
 "Orthur, bless Is 'eart."
 The officiating clergyman looked puzzled for an instant as though doubt
 ing whether this might or might moi
 be a second name.
 For a brief while all went well. Loo
 heaser took a pride in the baby, whose
 yells were quite g. feature}of the neigh
 borhood, the Lout kept away from the
 public-house, and Liza broke dish and
 a basin, and seemed to be getting back
 almost into her old form How long
 this halcyon condition of affairs might
 have endured but for the advent of the
 piano-organ man it is impossible to l say.
 | He was a picturesque, good-looking vagabond of the usual Italian type,
 with earrings in his ears and a gay
 colored handkerchief round his neck to
 set off his olive complexion. He made
 his appearance in the street one day
 when Looheaser was tired of nursing the baby, who was bored to death with
 the cutting of his first tooth. The or gan struck up a waltz and the baby a howl simultaneously.
 "Hold yer noise, do, said his mother
 land let's ear bit Q moosick."
 The organ-grinder looked up at the girl--for she was not yet twenty-as she stood there with the child in her arms
 Her high eoloring appealed to his southern temperament, and he showed his white teeth in grin. She smiled back at him. Tor, what a 'ansome chap, and nothing to do all day but turn a 'andle I do wish Orthur was like i'm Drat you!' to the baby, who had just reached passage marked "crescendo" in vocal obligato that bid fair to drown the instrument alto gather. twill you 'a-done? Amt I never to ave a minnit's peace? I'm most sick of it all, that's what l am" Then, encouraged by another admiring glance, she tossedl her foolish young head with gratifed simper.
 After this the man came regularly every week, in addition to which Loo heaser, when she heard the sound of the organ in the distance, would take the baby and stroll in that direction.
 It was not long before the neighbors Cbless themD began to talk. They said "sioh conduck on the part of a married woman was purfecl1ly disgraceful, that it was"
 And so it filtered round to Lizas hn q word of it, not she-ventured to interro- gate Looheaser timidly on the subject, who was up in arms at once, and 'twanted to know 'ow she dared, jest because she was fond of a toon, and the man was civil-spoken. spite O bein' a further, as wasn't Is fault and she was sick and rthid of her life, that she was, and wished she'd never been born, let alone married, and the baby that fractious she hadn't no rest day nor night And her own sister to take and turn agen her, which was a thing she'd never lave believed; but there, she s'posed it was done outer spite cos of 'avin married Orthur, as had gone on the drink agen, and she wished she'd never set eyes on" concluding by bursting Into noisy tears, while the baby lifted up his voice in sympathy and Liza felt herself to be an utter bar barlan.
 This was bad enough, but there was worse to come A heavy, lurching step without was followed by a dark, slouch- ing body blocking up the doorway, and a thick, beery voice, demanding What the dash was this he'd been 'earin' IIo,Iro5, cv,.a r, orriv, dnr always 'angin round an soft-sawderin' Is missus. who'd better look to 'erself l if he ketched Ter up to sich games. | While as for that doubly adiectived l further, he'd better be quick and sheer off, or the fust time he come acrost i'm | he'd give i'm sich a pair O black eyes | as he wouldn't be able to see outer fur | a month"
 Over the rest of the scene prefer to | cast a veil. Suffice it to say that Liza | home with bump on her | forehead, the presence of which she | volubly accounted for by having struck her head against "the mankle shelf !" For some while after this she was. ex- downcast, going about with the air of one who anticipated the worst. One day it came. White and breathless she rushed into her nissis and gasped out the terrible .idings that "Loohea er'd gone-took ,verythink she could lay 'ands on and gone away with that orgin-grinder chap, leavin' the baby be'ind 'er, and 90 she Giza) must that very minnit, ,or Orthurd be connin' 'one to is tea, md no knowin' low he'd take it, per .ickler if he'd been 'avin' 8 drop; he night even be for doin' that precious inherent a. hinjury."
 There was no holding her back, and to, with her bonnet pitched on anyhow, md not even stopping to turn down her ileeves,' Liza started forth on her mis- sion of love and peril. At six o'clock he outraged husband returned to his lesolate home. Liza trembled and rugged the baby closer. The first glance told her that he had been drink ng
 "Where's Looheaser?" he gDowled; 'gaddin' as usual? If that gal, don't ake n mend 'er ways, I'lf<--"
 Then she broke it to him from behind bulwark of baby. Corn! bolted ooked it an left the bloomin' kid be- md er--"
 In an instant standardization had .iven way to brutal frenzy. Civ it | CT me-eirnn1y the brat, I tell Zee, an