The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-10-11

The oaistiris oi the place, and tbi, esc,I
Cd eoneaspiion. To Il they carried ih'
. sooss tbs, they bsd been able 10 ssv'
e bUfnea hoasr, su3 they were tlns oeer
3 pied for 90 boar OF tso. Then they ven
10 get the bsbr. os their vsy ,hey me-
. .omsn. sho said 10 Mrs, Tueka thai
y her mother bad eoue home and ,stsn th,
}, 'sirlsp uiih her iill she eould get settled
y sgsin. This vas no' qoiie clear. Ter Mira
J Tneker's mother had noi ,skeu the 'sirls'
home. bat bad gone round by the shed
sod iskeu the baby sIong. too.
0 Now Mu, Tucker naturally Supposed
that ber baby VAS still st The shed, IN
=. Fastening thiiher 10 the isdins light. abe
! missppropristsd 80 inian. 10 pink socks
. and 10 . pick itock sbich she knew very
we'll, having completed tbs, little gown
With be own bands only three days before,
Glad to sod her baby. s she ,bonght It,
80 well sud quiet. she marched home,
hussing 1t to her heart
otser mothers, however, did not fare so
we'll. There we're three very ysung BE-
bies which their own parents could not
tell apart by lantern light Mistakes were
made which distressed various families
Soon efforts to reciiiy the blundors beasn.
At Intervals puzzled father or 9 terrified
mother came hurrying back to returns
baby aud ask for another.
This ish't our baby exclsimed one.
Oars had a mole on his left ear or was il
bis right, GeorseS
A man laid his bundle down, in some
embarrassment, and said that bis wife had
sent him back with the baby Aunt Apice
bad given him. TO exchange for their own
he was evidently used to doing errsnds
for bis wife, for be inquired, II they had
something little heavier, 10 . lighter
shsde2
Bot the mothers who came we're not 10
clined to be humorous. Two women
claimed the same baby. sud one OF them
left The shed 10 tears. without any baby at
oil. The exchange Of clothes had proved
bewildering. One nursemsid, who had
been deceived by the misleading apparel,
dared not divase ber error that night. or
at least she did not. This made trouble
10 the home OF Mrs. Ella Dunbar, who
soon was on the threshold OF nervous
prostraiion.
On, where is my child2 she cried TO dis
tracted old Aunt Anice. There isn't one
that resembles my little Benl
Aunt Anice wrung her hands, She knew
nothing about it. The several parents had
come and got their babies. She supposed
they knew their own children.
But what shall do? What sbsll | do2
sobbed Mrs Dunbar.
don't knowl Oh, don't knowl cried
The sympathetic old sunty. Unless every
body who brought babies here ietches
hem back aud We sort them sgainl
This proposal. slthoush repusnsnt to
many, seemed to be the only way out OF '
he difficulty; snd the next morning there
was o novel baby show st the shed. No
prize for beauty or winning baby ways q
low tempted the mothers. The babies q
themselves were at stskel u
All we're now 10 calmer mood, howev q
u, and there was better light. The in 0
ants we're exchanged to the satisfaction !
i every one, except Mrs. Ella Dunbar. al
Ter baby was apparently missing. ="
Whist was more and worse. she claimed u
8 her own the clld that Mrs. Gilbert 'c
'ncker had taken and now held. The two u
hildren we're said to resemble each other. u
nd had been born about the same time. VI
irs. Dunbar vehemently asserted that the 70
aby Mrs, Tucker had was her little Ben 'n
Irs. Tucker as positively declared it to sV
g here own little Henry. 81
The two mothers really required to be vi
little, Mrs. Dunbar in partic re
lar. She was we'll nigh frantic from sn1i
y snd indignation. Persuaded at last TO an
turn home, she fell seriously i'll. Mr.. ha
nnbsr consulted lawyer. who promptly
sesn the prelininsries Tor case ip court. qu
be mystery lasted until late the third III
~. when Mrs. Gilbert fuckers mo ber
'me plscidly into town and brought the Al
iildren home. bis
Here's the baby, Sarah. she said. as she orr
tered the sitting room. Hes been good va
the time. suppose you've missed ds'
N dreadfully by
Baby? echoed Mrs. Tucker. blsnkly. foc
hat bsby2 bic
Why, our baby Your baby tbst took
Il home with mel the
But here's the baby and Mrs. Tucker kn'
,pped rocking and held IL up. Why. du
other. you don't mean---, che essped see
able to say more. l
Yes, dol Whose baby have you got I
ere, Sarah? cried her mother, austerely. his
Why. don't know walled Mrs Tucker. ]
,king from one child to the other in be mel
lderment Yes, l dc, tool she srosned pre-
t, ct last. Whist will poor Ella Dunbar dar
to me2 It's bersl II must bel | fesI
ok it. and here I've kept i'll thought nat
vas minel She was sure IL Was hersl
1 wonldn't give it mp. Oh. it is too
,sdinli / thought number OF times |. n
ln't saap, mat like Henryi