The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-18
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A .Sfepfa1ber.
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LiONG Slowly OUT ana MalGer was rails
ing his hat again and again to a party
on 1t, shaking hands and handkerchiefs
ut him, pretty young woman PRETTY
dressed touched him on the arm and,
handing him a pasteboard box, said
hurriedly:
do please see that this is delivered.
I must get on this train"
Walter took the box, and the lady.
selling the guard rail as it passed, step.
ped on the car and was carried away.
Then Walter looked at the box. 1t was
1.-THE size of a shirt box-probabIy had
been a shirt box-and without Wrapper
or string. At one end he noticed hole
half an inch In diameter. The weight
was about ten pounds. But what star.
tied the young man was that there was
no address. Then he was more startled
still ut a sound that came from with
in. 1t was like a child's toy lamb
bleating. Walter removed the cover,
and there, buried In flannels and lace,
was newly born baby
One of the station men was passing.
and Walter called to him.
Say, here's a box young woman
who has gone out on that train handed
me, asking me to see that it was deiIv-
cred. There isn't any address on it,
WHATS in it?'
"a baby"
1.-THE dickens you saym
I'm going to turn it in. Just take 1t
to the station master, will you?"
Not much won't. You can't pin,
that game on me"
The man went on. Walter carried t!.r
box to the station masters Office
where he told his story and requested
that the official take the box or his
hands. 1t had been turned over to him
fraudulently in the station and natural
ly fell to the railroad company for at
tention.
Young man" said the station mas
ter "if yon want to get rid of your
baby you'd better leave it on the steps
of founding asylum"
ut isn't my baby"
Cant receive it," And the man
turned to other duties.
Walter went into the waiting room.
The toy lamb bleating began again
Walter took the cover or the box to
stop the noise. which was attracting
the suspicious attentions of waiting
passengers, and u couple of women
caught sight OF a pair of tiny arms
fighting the air. They came and
peeped into the box.
LA sakes." said one, 1.-The dear little
thing! Just think of carrying a baby
that wayr'
~ ought to be ashamed o. your
self" said the other to Walter. The
child's hungry. Where is its mother?"
"Gone in the last train" And again
Walter told the story.
Has she deserted your asked a wo.
man who came up only in time to hear
the end of it.
That's a cock anu bull yarn" said
Its n contemplate way OF
trying to get rid OF your poor helpless
Walter fed. called cab and took the
baby to his own bachelor quarters
There he called upon his landlady. who
procured bottle. warmed some milk.
fed the child and put it to bed-in Wal
ters room. Leaving the door ajar so
that the landlady could hear the little !
one cry, Walter went out and applied |
at the founding asylum to have it |
taken in. In the first place they were
full, aud in the second they did not |
propose to have man put baby upon |
them that he was abundantly able to |
take care of himself. under pretense |
that it was not his child. Walter went |
back to his room and with the help of |
the landlady continued to take care
OF the founding from day to day |
month to month
Walter said nothing to any one about
the baby. He was expecting to be- |
come engaged and dreaded lest some |
linking of his having child in his |
keeping might get out and his story be |
One day his married STE |
ter, Mrs. Brown. called ut his room IT,
see him. With her was Miss Charles, |
to whom he was engaged. Mrs. Brown |
insisted on going up to Walters room |
and taking his tiancee with her to see
what Il bachelors quarters were like I
The landlady. as instructed, guarded |
the way, but Mrs Brown was deter
mined woman and forced it. In com
pany with Miss Charles, she entered
Walters room. and there. asleep on the
bed. was the baby. Miss Charles went
home and wrote to Walter for an ex-
PLANTATION. OF course his tale was not
believed, and the engagement was bro
ken.
Walter had standing advertisement
in newspaper that the lady who had
left baby in box with gentleman
ut the station could have it-no proof
IF property -equired-by addressing h.
i72, Office of the paper. The day after
he breaking Of his engagement, while
he was in his room finishing his toilet
FOR dinner. the iandlady came up with
who should it be but the young wo-
nan who had put her baby OF on him.
Seeing the child on a lounge pulling
away ut its bottle, she rushed fran
tlcally to 1t and Struggled it to her
bosom.
There Is another story. which need
not be given here. though it may be
we'll TO mention that 1t Is story of