The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-14

only heritage left her by tn parents
who anonymously placed her In the
receiving basket OF a foundiing
home IN New York City three weeks
aga. Whether little Marjorie will
ever solve the riddle - the mystic
rioua lettering IN the ring and find
the father aud mother who - cruel
~ deserted her Ii n secret that the
future holds
Two weeks ago Mr. and Mrs
Kremcr. having comfortable means
and being without the prattis Of
children 20 gladden. their home In
Louisville. ny. resolved while IN
New York 10 adopt a baby girl
They visited several founding
homes and in one OF them a pretty
blu.-eyed little mite with a crop OF
short. golden curla reached up its
chubby little arms and curled tta
tenacious little fingers In the fringe
OF Mrs Kremer'a wrap a. she Etoop-
cd over its crib. A bright smile and
a budding tooth augmented by
certain irresistible cooling sounds.
settled the matter. and the namelcss
little baby giri had won n home and
a right TO her present cognomen-
About the plump little baby girl
that the KremerH adopted and took
into their hearts there was only one
pecullarity--a sound OF wheeling
when she breathed. and when the
good -naturad little thing went into
baby chucklea over some secret Joke
known only 10 her infautile mind.
the wheeling sound would vary to
something Ike a whistle This.
however. did not seem In any way
10 interfere with little Mariorie.a
health. and the matron OF the
founding home assured the baby 8
new parents that Il had been pro
nounecd physically sound BY the at
tending physician. who had said Il
would probably outerow the pecul-
iarity The baby was then about six
months Old and had been in the home
only a few days II had been left
IN the receiving basket In the reEu-
lar way. wrapped In a blanket and
without message Of any sort II had
brought it's popularity OF Wheeling
with il n the home.
Mr. and Mrs. krcmer procured n
nursery maid and last week started
on their winter tour through the
west They arrived IN Seattle on
Friday Little Marjorie thrlved
Hplendidiy in the Seattle air until
Saturday night. when the wheeling
seemed 20 distress her.
She was taken TO the office OF Dr..
Wlltsie. I'm the Walker BUILDING
and the physician took the baby
Into Or Thompaon's office. In the
same building. and promptly turned
The powerful rays OF a Roentgen
machine upon her plump little body.
Great guns" exclaimed the doe
tor. suddenly. as the machine began
20 make n sizzling noise. The child
has got a cart-wh eel IN its throat"
But Dr. Wiltsie was speaking
figuratively. for the metal object
that showed up along with the skel-
etou outline OF the little ones anat-
omy was only a gold ring. but IL
had diamond setting OF generous
size. probably worth about s125.
Yesterday morning AZ . O'Clock
the ring was removed from little
Mariorie's larynx by the simple OPP
GRAFTON OF tracheatonny, and. not
even furnished. the gold circlet with
It's brilliant stone and its inscrip-
ton. From W II. c. TO A. G NJ.
was laid before the astounded fos-
ter parents Of the little baby girl.
She must have swallowed Il while
in the household Of those unknowns
who east the wee one from them.
and left her to the mercy of strnng-
ers In the New York founding
home from which the Kremers