The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

of 'cm looking straight at the baby;
She seemed drawn right up TO the kid
in spite Of herself.
"When she got real close she saw
crooked little foot sticking out. Then
she choked and sobbed,
En- 'ly.' sez he, and he laughed
d.like, and turned toward her. He
held out the kid to her and she took it
in her arms and dropped into a chair,
huggIng the baby and crying.
''The tall fellcr was still smiling and
he turns To mo and sez. You see, our
baby we lost was q crippled baby, that q
why she takes to it So
''Well, Colonel when she began to
fuss over that kid. the little thing be-
gan TO crow TO beat the band, and the
tall feller quit his, laughing and the
small Mag 'ra Falls. oh, yes. ! left
the baby there all right. He said they'd
keep il, and he sneaks the letter out to
me and ] put il in my pocket, for /
guess he didn't want her to see it. And
do you know that crippled baby made
same woman. When I left 'em, he had
his arm around her. and Ill bet they III
take good care OF the kid.
Connor heaved a big sigh of relief.
'IThat s tho whole story. Colonel only
/ was out nearly all night trying TO
find Tint poor woman. | looked along
the river and everywhere, hopin' to
head her off. but | couldn't find her,
and when L laid down for a snooze, /
was tired out and oversight. That 8
why J. was late getting here. Now II
go up to the. morgue and finish the
| case.
1t was a coroner's case to be sure,
but they tell the story at Duffy's how
Big Bill Connor put on bold front and
| claimed that the dead woman was an
old friend of his and he would attend
TO the funeral. And Bill did. He bought
little plot on sunny slope in Cal
Maggie buried there. More than that,
he began quietly to do some real de-
tective work on his own account, and
he searched the records at the board Of
health, and on the Island, too, and in
short while he found where little Mag
GIGS father was buried among the pau
per dead, And they also tell the story
at DufTy's how Big Bill had Dennis
O'Donoyan moved from the Potter's
| field to Calvary. and how, later on, a
small stone bearing the names of Dennis
and Margaret was erected TO their mem
ory.
It was at Duffy ,s one Saturday night.
that Denny, the barkeeper, told these
things to O Donovan, the big tall man
Of Blocker street, who is very fond
Of very pretty baby known to the
neighborhood children as Maggie.
The next Sunday morning o Donovan
was wheeling a baby cart past the
Sixth Precinct police station house,
when who should he meet but Detective
Connor.
"Good morning. sir" said O'Douo.
van, smiling broadly, 81 hope / see you
well. Mr. Connor -
Fine, young feller, fine as they
make EN- replied Connor, and his
glance fell on two chubby cheeks in the
go-cart, "And how's my little valen
tineg'
Looks is better than words" said
O'Donovan. laughing I'She S dar.
ling, and En- 'ly couldn't get along
without herr
Something tempted O'Donovan 10
speak TO Big Bill about the stories he
had been hearing at Duify's. Was it
true he had buried little Maggie Is fa-
ther and mother in Calvary? What had
been the cost. and could O'Donovan
share at least half of the expense
Nothing doing, nay boy,n said De-
tective ConnoT. sit was n mere triae,
and | was born to spend money. L want
ed little Maggie there, when she grows
up, to know where to find her father
and mother. And don u want my only
valentine to be ashamed OF her folks -