The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-16
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SOMEBODY'S BABY

ana excitable. Down went baby Oh
a vacant seat. and away rushed the
/ caretaker She spent ten minutes
looking at tho young man and rush
/ ing around to find where the Gre Has,
! and was then taken By the arm, by
! her sister and rushed for the train.
| and they were hardly aboard when
| the wheels began TO move. They had
| found a seat when they suddenly
| missed something and cried our In
| chorus:
My stars, but where IL bahyT'
IL Miss Ethel Huntington hadn't
been 90 excited when she laid baby
down she might have noticed Paul
Ashley sitting close by. she would
have pronounced him a young man
Of about twenty-thrce. very good
looking. well dresSed and gentle-
man. She could have figured that
he was there to take q train. but
would have had to guess that he was
civil engineer. Yes. he sat there,
and he saw baby dumped down. and
knew that the excitement had called
It's attendant away. He moved one
seat nearer the infant, instead OF
three seats further away. as many
young man would have dens. and
hs said to himself, referring to Mfss
Ethel:
Size iant the mother, or she'd
never have done that, and she's too
good=tupkfug Hnd welt dressed ror
nurse girl. Couldn't have brought
the kid here 70 annndoM ft NOT ORD
enough 10 be so hardened. Probably
come back in Ave minutes. Ha!
There she goes for the train with
another lady! Clear case. and the
Kid goes 20 Founding hons:
But 1t didn't 1t awoke and smiled
at the man bonding over II. He
up and blushed and laughed and
said:
so the mink played game on
you ?"
What do you mean"
She's put II off on your hands and
has taken the train. What are you
going to do about it She played
the game rather neatly
Mr. Ashley reEented That wtrd
mink" In fact, he resented the 20
mans tone and insinuation. He
young rs he was. and he vas ready
to swear that the leaving Of rhe child
was blunder.
III you want TO hand IL back on
her I can help you" continued the
woman with the same sarcastic smile.
There was another woman with her,
and she went away to buy a ticket
for Blankville, twenty miles out
That's where they have gone to-
gether'
And that's where I'll follow" said
Mr.. Ashley. II think can get II there
all right"
Sure. You are q young man Of
spunk. II has nursing bottle here,
and II 1t cries. you feed It,"
When the baby was missed by it's
mother and aunt the train was under
full Roadway. The railroad company
doesn't stop and back up its trains for
lost babies. The only way was to get
of at the first station. seven miles out,
and send H telegram to the depot mas
ter and follow 1t by the first train.
Another telegram was sent to the
father. Mother and aunt returned to
the city and rushed UP and down the
big depot. They found plenty of hA-
bies. bat net the baby wanted. After
twenty minutes of the greatest anxiety,
after Miss Ethel had pointed out the
spot ten times over where she had laid
the infant down, an old man. who
exclaimed that he was going to Mon
tana whenever his train came along. !
added
Say, l saw a young fellow steal
that kid. Yes. sir, he looked all around
to see II anybody was watching. and
then smiled and clucked at her and
took her up and walked out to a train.