The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-27
Revelations of a
Wife
The Crisis Of the Next-Door Neighbours
Baby and What It Revealed
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Even as she spoke the little limbs
| relaxed, the terrible blue look faded
from the little face and the baby
! gasped his way back to life.
Quick, Katie, the blanket. Hold
the warm side toward me-"
| Katie rushed forward, obeylng in
structions like soldier. AS she reach
ed Mrs. Underworld side Lillian lifted
the baby out of the water and laying
it dripping, as it was, on the warm
blanket, wrapped the WOODEN folds
about it and, sitting down in the near
est chair. laid the baby fiat on her lap,
| looking anxiously into the tiny face.
IF you have hot water bag, Mrs.
Graham, fill it and bring It here. Katie
| put the teakettle on the gas stove.
! / may have to add some hot water to
| this in the tub il another seizure
| comes"
! "Oh, will he have another Mrs.
| Lester cried out, and the girl on her
| knees echoed her words with a long
| high pitched vail.
| 'If you utter another sound l shall
lock you in a room by yourself until
your mistress comes home"
I Mrs. Underwood spoke slowly, tense
! ly to the maid, and the girl obeyed
her mutely.
| who is the baby's physician?' she
| asked the girl.
| Or. Matthews. on Eighty fifth street.
| He is out of town"
Il am afraid another of these may
come on Lillian spoke half to her
SELF, then sharply to Dicky, who had
| hung up the receiver and was coming
! toward us. "Well?"
Or. Petit, in the next block, will
| be here directly"
! Good. Do you know these people
across the hall when you see them -
Il would know the man. | never
have seen his wife"
Then you wait in the hall between
| these two apartments until they come
! home. They ought to be here pretty
soon; the theatres are out by this
time. Try not to frighten the mother
! any more than you can help. Tell her
| first that the baby is all right now,
, but was i'll, and is in here"
/ She turned to her husband.
! Harry, go down to the doorway and
wait for that doctor, so that he won't
| waste any time getting up here.
! Daisy Lester was sobbing quietly,
! pitifully. Her husband stood by her
| side, his arm around her shoulders.
| | had a sudden glimpse of the power
of babys danger to bind husband
and wife together The sight of an
other child's peril had brought Frank
Lester to his wife's side to comfort
| her. where, during the evening, he had
sneered at her fears.
! Frank, take Daisy home" Mrs I'm
derwood spoke decidedly.
! ooh. no. | ought not to 20 while
| that little thing is SO sick" Poor little
Mrs. Testers words were brave but
/ her voice betrayed her longing to
assure herself that her only baby was
| safe.
Nonsense" AS usual, Mrs Under
wood carried her point. Here are
! four women, and two men, without you
and Frank. You are not needed in the
least, so get home to your baby. Find
your own things, though. I want Mrs
Graham here"
! They hurried away like two fright
ened children. They had barely gone
when Mr.. Underwood ushered in the
doctor
The physician was tall, thin, young
man, with look Of efficiency about
| him. He looked at the baby carefully.
laid his hand upon the tiny forehead,
then Strengthened himself.
rs here any way in which this
child's parents can be found?" Mr.
Underwood evidently had told him OF
the nature of the seizure and the alb
sence of the parents on the way up
Lillian Gales face grew pale under
her rouge.
There is danger, doctoro" she asked
quietly
There is always danger in these
cases" he returned quietly, but his
words were heard by a wild-eyed wo-
man in evening dress who rushed
through the open door followed by
man as agitated as she, ] said an I'M
conscious prayer Of thankfuluess.
The baby's mother had arrived