The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11


upon the sofa shrieking and tearing
her hair. A servant girl, whom re-
member 10 haze seen at my brothers
house sat rocking to and fro in costa
So ~ Tr.r.
''sirre's your vito, reckon" said
T, lie ,iba. .'and her ter. They come
| In :,nA asise int sr'hia'--ddn exact
| ly hear what II was. Then they be-
gan 10 tear up and down the house
| like mad Now shes got fits.
| Then Augusta sprang to her feet.
r-shng toward me. clutched my arm
with both hands. and screamed:
.sOh. whore j. lac? NAere is he@
Where is my son?'
Ill don't know. i'm not ac-
quainted with him." | stammered. H.
I--what do yJu mean, Augusta?
MY dearest angel. My baby" cried
Augusta.
.-i.aby.' cried. ETH. your baby?'
and sat down. faint with horror.
''Me and Mis- Smith we KEN up from
Pokeville." said Maria Briggs, this
mornin and we fetched the BABY
along with us. and Inc and Mis- Smith
we come to the door in cab. and he
charged as most an awful price, and
! drove or with the travelin' bags. with
the babys most particular and need
full things in 'em. and SO says Il Let's
run after him. so says she: Yes And
. we rings the bell. and says to the old
lady: This is Mr.. Smith's?' Says she:
Eyes SaysI: Take in the baby and
say we'll be back turectly.' And on
i we starts and caught the man. But we
rot lost somehow, and we've been
. halt an hour inquirin' our way back'
8 and can't find the baby
There's been a little mistake, and
I'm sorry. but l will rectify 1T. Come
along"
ID We arrived at the station house
well, sir, what do you want?' In
" quired the sergeant
..The baby" gasped. You remem
&c Der the baby. | made slight mis-
take. want him back
ae "You are the fellow who gave us s.
" much trouble an hour ago are you:
asked the gentleman. fercely. "Ih
. unfortunate child has been sent to tn
founding asylum. The matter is on
of our hands"
where is the foundling asylum
asked.
The direction was hurled at me,
to speak. and we departed The dreas
full Journey. with Augusta Jane
spasms Of grief and the other tvs
women crying. cannot describe.
At last we reached the spot, wei
admitted, ushered into parlor. an
there at last interviewed by sto'
lady in black who called herself Il
matron.
or "The last baby was brought in" 81
c to said. Dear me, it's SO hard TO te
hat Twelve was fetched at once Was II
!, dark child in a ragged blanket, or
usi- 1T had a white dress, and WIN
tart cloak lined with blue. and WIN
Vile hood. and its name was Ellsworth III
Will coin Grant smith," said Anna Maria
,or- And his nice white cloak was lin
ayel with blue. The Irish lady said he "
she quite perfectly beautiful On, ne
' "a been adopted already. ma'am.
adopt My baby adopted" crl
Augusta
T." "Ev an Irish lady. just starting
nan liverpool" said the matron. y
mea dear. If il is n mistake, you'll have
hurry. or you won't catch the ves'
REX She starts at four. and it's half-p
CT > threc--the Arizona, and the lazy
on Mrs. Murphy"
"" We reached the proper pier az II
A crowd was just dispensing.
THE Arizona" cried
!" .She's off these fifteen minute
"os said a man. That's the smoke OF
ions yonder."
''o"' Then Augusta tainted away.
!. lust rs she did SO carriage los
ol.a ours
M TOO later' Grid a voice.
-. -Oh, Murphy. dear, knew II.
- another And child began to cry
snn maria Briggs, that's him. G
~ Augusta. coming to herself in a
unon ute.
'po ..It's him. cried Ann Maria.
ac,. the two. regardless of danger. =
Ssad ou. of our carriage, and in that OF