The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-21
WiSHED-FoR SToRK CAME.
LITTLE MARION DAY, WHO WANTED
A BROTHER, HAS FOUND ONE.

A BROTHER, HAS FOUND ONE.
II Was Abandoned on Iner Fathers stoop, ana
she Took Charge OF Ht-Thcre IL Ne Ciue 20
lts 1dentity-It weighed Only Rour Pounds
when Pound. but Has Gained HAIR n Pound.
Little Marion Day, having reached tho age
when the mind evinccs n desire for information
on embarrassing topics-which is seven-de-
manded TO know OF her grandmother why IL was
that she had never seen a stork II, the tale Of the
route over which babies travelwere true. Sho
spent every day frolicklng in the house or on
the sidewalk In front, and once or twice she had
been up until midnight, yet never q stork had
she seen and never a baby had been left on the
window sill or In tho vestibulo, all Of which
Marion Day thought very unreasonable, as sho
wanted q baby brother badly, and was quito
sure that she would never be entirely happy
until she had one.
A grandmother without q stock Of arguments
on the stork and baby question isn't much Of q
grandmother, anyway. Marion Days grand
mother had q good supply, and Marion's blue
eyes grew bigger and her mouth opened wider
as she heard how icklo was the nature Of the
stork and how uncertain his visits.
"Woll, anyway" said Marion. "if I can't
have q brother I want q son, and II the stork
doesn't como around soon I'm going to look for
him."
inv hhh Ahou "oue " Ny ~ y
o'clock, dressed herself. and ran downstairs to
get her fathers paper. When she opened tho
door sho heard q squeak. Marion has about
every kind of pct that 10 admitted to modern
households, but she wasn't averse to having
another, so she proceeded to trace the squeak. 1t
came again and again, and finally Marion found
1t in o box behind the outer door. It came
from the midst Of tho folds of q rcd shawl,
and increased In volume as the little girl,
wild with excitement. began to unwrsp 1t.
When she was all through she found herself
looking down on tho tiniest bit of humanity
that she had ever seen. 1t was oil eyes as IL ex-
aminod its rescuer. and all mouth o moment
later when It took 1t into its head to DO afraid.
Marion wrapped the baby up in tho tattered
shawl again. threw tho box away, and, forget
ting all about the newspaper, started up the
stairs full Of the greatest Joke her childish mind
had ever conceived. Up to her room she took
tho infant. and. dragging the clothes from the
unfortunate doll, which had done service until
on the mite. Then, singing gently to the little
one, she crept quietly into her parents room,
sat down in the rocking chair. and. swinging to
to her:
Sleep little baby. sleep;
Mother Ia always near.
Mr.. Day works late into the night sometimes.
n Mn9n he d E1ss, he o,d li6Ss to sleep plat late into the h
%RSlni tS be- h aa"l erSsS0 by w a iu! 4 SS'' aae IN Sciiea
over, glanced at his fnxen.haired daughter. and
Marion, I'll out that dolls head of II you
From the depths Of Marion's arms there came
a sGnawk. MT; Day had rolled over, but tho
r %TSs Ss:;t T r. Sai; he he, ss ss t don't MT. srx now. I
storm OF shrieks and howls followed this;
Mr.. Day turned to see what was the matter and
'n9SSht sS.n @Sr 10 h : lnSSsetns &c .tammeroa.
but Marion interrupted: .
he woke up his wife. who soon got the story Of
There was q consultation in the Day house.
bold that morning and Marion took part in 1t.
for while her father and mother agreed that the
police must DO notified at once she absolutely
SsSs!ss the s. sy's sway w fcd RSl her. or anybody else to
said, a $ss ss0 tSs7 5H isfs this S1 ioe me- e o Plsass ao sHs
sessue; shs thopShs they'd better keep ths
little fssh on it's bones: And SO Mr.. and Mrs.
RRs sSr r a iiftio MS,i ss!ef aa II he ;ump 1sS r tqiahnd Ries'
and the baby broke out in q fresh series OF vocal
pyrotechnics at the shaking up it got In oelebra-
,o It Yrs. M Ls'tpsd who tS., Weighed q ld the chilS and
Marion who took a quarter from her savings
bank and bought it a bottle at the corner, and1 1t
was Marion VINO heated the milk which con-
stituted its first meal. It hasn't been much OF
found. and now Mr.. Day says he doesn't know
how he is ever going to separate the two. Three
days after the foundling came into the house
might have tired a little of the plaything
and no could get 1t away from her with.
out much fuss: Mr.. Day camo a cropper.
Marion declared that she would go. too. 80 Mr..
had better stay. Yesterday Marion remarked
that the time had como to weigh the baby again.
So her grandmother got out the scales and the
child tipped them at four and one hal pounds.
Marion was delighted at the results OF her care
and promised to put q pound and q half moro on
her charge this week.
Now, II the parents of this baby want Il, they
can get Il By calling or writing to Mr.. or Mrs.
Mr.. Day hasn't much hope of getting rid Of Il
this way, but says it's tho only hope.
II wouldn't dare to separate the two" said
Mr.. Day, to a Sun reporter last night. 81
aoHst Na tho to Sqs% rIns III ! this Ps.i oSil aav r., TOO H eEs. :,
a responsibility, and I have got all ] can attend
to with my own family. But here's my little
one SO infatuated with 1t that I don't see q
chance of getting rid Of 1t. II the parents would
only come and claim 1t. why then ia DO Obliged
TO give II TO them. but they never will. I'm sure
Marion consented to let THE SUN reporter lool
at her charge. She woke It out Of O sound sleer
and, extracting 1t from tho midst Of innumer
able blankets, held 1t up for the reporter to ex
amino. The little one didn't CRY at anything
Marion did, but 1t wasn't slow in finding la
lungs when any one else approached. 1t 10
male child, about three weeks old, and there
came by which its parents could DO traced.