The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11

until he heard sharp banks proceeding
from the room. He found his fox ter
rier leaping wildly around the basket,
bowling inquisitively. Surprising that
the basket held a belated luncheon,
Courtright opened it. and felt faint
when he discovered that it contained
most diminutiv-' baby, apparently
asleep. 1t was afterward ascertained
that the child had been chloroformed.
COPYRIGHT called up the Provident
association and an officer carried the
baby through the scorching July sun,
and the society cared for it that night,
and delivered it at IL O'Clock the next
morning to Mrs. Della A. Sare, matron
of police, who has since proven the
childs best friend. She took the baby
home, clothed it, anG when it had re-
covered from the effects of the anaes-
thetic, bathed it's blistered lips, and
fed it from a teaspoon. The boy
weighed only five pounds, dressed, and
there seemed no probability that it
would live.
By this time the girl who had left
, the basket in the depot-incidentally
the babys aunt-had been found, and
forced to tell her story. She said that
the baby'S mother was an employee of
tthe Commercial hotel, Clay Center, and
had no interest in tho childs welfare,
beyond placing hin in decent home,
/ preferably the Orphans asylum. The
| proprietor of the Commercial hotel
appeared at the probate court the
| morning of July IA, 1911.
He Gets a Name.
The judge voiced the first difficulty.
1.-THE little fellow must certainly have
| a name,' he said
! Mrs. Sare quickly suggested Nor
| ris,'' in honor of the chief of police,
Morris c. Jenkins and Mr.. Van Curin,
| the hotel proprietor, supplied the Sec
ond name, "Clay,'' because of the
county in which the boy was BORN.
The baby was then excused, and
taken to the home of Mrs. Sare. After
caring for him the week official duty
part with him, took out papers of
adoption, obtained the mothers legal
consent and gave the child the name
of Morris CLAW Sare.
He is q wide-awake boy, with merry
brown eyes, a saucy small nose, per-
petual smile and enchanting dimples.
1t is no wonder he thrives, for Mrs. 5.
E. Sharp, Mrs. Sare's mother, idolizes
the boy, and Mrs. Sare herself has EN-
phatic ideas concerning the bringing-up
of children Morris is always kept in a
quiet, cheerful atmosphere, is never
rocked to sleep, and has his plump
arms and legs exercised daily. Her
one ambition is to give him broad
education, and a bank fund has already
been started for this purpose. The po-
lice force collected SO for him, bought
a shiny high chair with four dollars of
it, and contributed the rest toward his
bank account. All the quarters and
nickels he receives are deposited in his
name.
Will Have a Uniform.
Doubtless Morris has more friends
than any other ten months old citizen
of Topeka. The police are greatly inter-
ested in him: if he walks By the time
r. ie. nld
him uniform. and a gold star with his
initials on it. There is small doubt
about his earning this official garb, for
he is anxious to stand alone, and sits
as straight as soldier.
One of his best friends is Charley
Carson. the patrol driver, If someone
suggests a need of the baby's, he de-
clares, well, if he ought to have it.
get it, and digs his hand into his
pocket He is eagerly looking forward
to the time when Morris can help him
occupy the drivers seat in the mad
trips of the patrol wagon.
Morris's days are spent in healthful
nlonotony. He wakes early with his
mamma" has a delightful romp, eats
breakfast, sleeps again. and is trotted
down to the city jail. Many passersby
notice a bright little face beaming at
them from an upper window. After his
luncheon. he returns to the Jail, then
home again, and after a thorough sn-
vestigation of ten rosy toes, retires,
leaving behind him a trail of sunshine
and baby-love.
One of his favorite pastimes is to sit
on the floor and talk to the boy in the
glass of a folding bed. Not having any
idea that the reflected image is his own
small self, he makes desperate efforts
to reach the enchanting baby. But he
has more adult amusements than this
such as ear rides and moving picture
shows. And he often has a promenade
on Kansas avenue, in the arms of some
big and affectionate policeman, who is
justly proud of "our boy
Has First Birthday July 10.
Although he does not have his first
birthday until the 10th of next July,
Norris is already a thorough boy in
understanding that the feminine gender
must not be commanded, but coaxed.
If he wants something very badly in
deed he will not screw up his face, and
scream for it, but will raise himself in
Mrs Sare's arms, and plaster wet and
wide kisses all over her face.
Wherever Mrs. Sare goes, SON goes,
too, and often when he is playing with
an admiring audience, his round eyes
seek her face, and his wee mouth
They are the most perfect chums in the
world.
There have been two anxious times
for lovers of Morris Clay Sare One
came last October, when for ten days
his frail life hung by the thinnest
thread. Patient nursing and adorinz
care brought him safely back on the
road to health.
Then in the winter. during the soup