The Atlanta constitution., 1900-01-15

straight from the garden to a police sta
ton and handing the child over to the
proper authorities Mrs. DeSbrow had
opposed him with unusual firmness. AS
a rule they had agreed upon their plans
with singular unanim.ty: that is to say.
Mrs. Desbrow would formulate the
plan and Mr. Desbrow would agree to it,
On this occasion he had gone so far as
to reach out his hand for the checkstring
Mrs. Desbrow had reached out hers and
checked him.
I'VE will do nothing of the sort. dear:
we will drive straight home and talk mat
tiers over there. l am not going to be
questioned by any horrid policeman. Then.
tco. they would take the poor little baby
right away off to founding hospital.
"Of course There's where 1t belongs.
Doesn't it?'
81 wish you could have seen that poor
girls eyes. Willie as | saw them when
she said: Some dogs have better times
than some humans.
"Yes-of course don't doubt the lady
was quite correct theoretically. but we
can't put matters right for the unfortun-
ate humans
A cheerful interruption had come at
that iuncture from under the laprobe
A ripple of baby jollity. Mrs. Desbrow
lifted one corner of the robe to peep un-
der it.
"Oh. Willie. it is laughing" she said
ecStatically.
Mr. Desbrow's aristocratic lip curled.
Il suppose tenement house children do
laugh on occasion"
And it has such a lovely dlmple when
it laughs. Do look"
81 am satisfied to take your word for it.
His Lordship growled jealousy and
made as if he would take violent posses
sion of his usuI ped basket. Mr. Desbrow
pulled one of his long s:lken ears and
laughed lazily.
Your Lordshlp has a rival. You may
as well learn to submit with a good
grace"
Now. Willie the laprohe fell back
over the basket and Mrs Desbrow turned
sweet. pleading eyes on her subiugated
mate-'be amidble about IL. please OF
course. ! have no Il sire i'm the world
to keep the child forever. ana nobody
could take Ills Lordship's place in my af-
lectlors but J know that poor girl never
meant To give her pretty baby up entirely.
| think she got frightened when she had
put it in the basket and then when the
horses plunged 50 she had To jump back,
ard atoFcther she was carried on with
the crowd"
'cf course sAe vii find out where we
i've ana come for her ba1y. Ii we slould
hand il over to the police she would get
into all sorts of trouble and. poor child
she looked almost wi wi,h misery as il
was"
'Ihen YOU are going 10 keep the little
nuisance" Mr. Deshrow scow9ed at the
labrc3e very much as if he might have
done if it concc lied a young alligator.
a am
only Just until W. can find the mother
and then I'm going 10 be her friend. An
other thing, dear. taat sounded 50 pitiful
was taat she guessed there was al sorts
of hunger in the world"
Doubtless. Some people hunger for
bread, others for pun pudding
II Gon't think shn meant bread or plum
pudding either. I think she meant kind
moss. sympathy. affection"
''Oh, hy Jove, It's plain the girl has
struck your emotional vein Was She very
hauGscmc?'
'No-a-er-hut she ought to have
been"
Every woman ought 70 he. She owes ii
10 the w,rd - he. An UGy woman Is a
blot upoi civilization. II she ought To
have been. Why wasn't She?
"Pccarsc her lovc'y hair looked rs L
.
And hey eyes buried in such hollow. Iprn
checks. And jhe corners of Acr m"utl
had those Aard. bitter downward curves
taat come into lonely. sad lives.
There was such a sweetlv scr;ous On
preston I'm hcr own lovely eyes mat ne
me-, king No:ds died on her husband $
lips. She went On impetuously:
"Wi.Uc you ana have never known
a moment of hardship. Your father Icft
yea money and mine left me more than
p.cnty. We think We have done our en-
tire duty oy the poor when we confirm
ute literally TO the different charities. We
don't do anything for their individual hap
piness.'
Yes. MY darling. but what in the duce
do you want me to do? Go down into tte
slums myself and smoke with the gem
tlemen toUghs by way OF eXaIting them
socially?
''Now you are talking Ike the Tear de-
.ightful old goose YOU are. | ioat want
you To do anything at all; just want you
to let me alone. That is, want YOU not
to complain OF my keeping that little chid
for the few days that it will take you 10
find the motaer. Such "A pftifully yo'ng
child-mother rs she waS!
Take mo 10 find her.
''Yes. you can pat q detective = work.
He can find her readily enough!
How art Ia describe her.
AS gir. certainly not over sixteen
wears old. with clear, palid conn leXiOn
and a small, straight nose with iurmen -
sad gray eyes. shaded by unusually long.
dark lashes. with perfect ma SS ot ieu-
dish brown hair. inclined to cHrl about
the temples