The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-02-01


lara, his four-months' old bride, just
eagerly waited his return. It was
18th vague misgiving that he saw no
Ign Of his pretty little wife behind
be petunia-iilled veranda boxes one
weltering evening when he came home
rom town.
Just inside the screen door, however,
he came nearer, he caught a glimpse
checked kitchen apron and, be.
Ind It, Clara.
"What's up?' he demanded anxious.
"Lizzie's gonel"
swell, did you ever!"
sAnd / burned the steakl"
"And the mayonnaise won't get stiff
md the asparagus won't get soft and
md everything's spoiled" Clara sobbed
Historically.
Bob pulled her hot, tousled little
lead to his breast. TITS all right, lit.
lie maid, don't you care! Well throw
he old stuff out. Let's make some
lemonade and have sandwich. What's
) wrong with Lizzie"
II don't know. Somebody sick OF
lead or something. was out and
when I got back she was gone. Left
word with Mrs. Smith next door.
Eomeone telephoned for her"
81 And SO closed the first chapter Of
the Brixton tragedy.
That night, or rather at 2 a. m. next
morning, Clara shook Bob. "Bobby.
Bobby, wake up! oh, please. Bobby,
wake up! There's somebody down.
stairs.
II think It's the bench on the back
verandal Someone pushed it."
Bob descended the stairs and turned
on the lights in the downstairs rooms
even into the kitchen, and found
nothing! Then, hearing something
outside he opened the back door. The
bench had been pulled across the door
way and on the bench was a basket.
And in the basket was something with
a good pair Of lungs, whatever else It
possessed.
Bob mounted the stairs, and laid the
basket on the bed.
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Clara looked aghast. The lungs were
still working. "a baby" she gasped.
"What in the world" Curious and
bewildered, she pulled back the cover
and behold-two Of them!
Clara was lifting the twins out by
this time and examining basket and
+ clothes for signs Of Identification. "The
dears !" she cooed. "And listen, Bob.
by, they're hungry. Go down to the
&box and get some milk. Warm 1t, not
too hot, and bring it up-and a spoon.
u Aren't they darlings, Bobby?"
a "NO," snarled he. "And I'll be dashed
d Il keep those kids in this house after
II the first streak Of dawn"
n And thus ended chapter two of Bob's
G tragedy.
\ But the Brixtons kept the babiesi
That is, for. some time longer than the
n limit set by Bob. It was this way:
81 Next day the phone rang and in an
s;swer to Clara's tired Hello" some
Zone Informed her that a certain Lizzie
Q'Brien had been hurt by an automo-
81 bile and asked to see her at st. Steph-
aen's hospital.
M 6! can't go" answered she, "but I'll
send my husband as soon as possible"
II So Bob went and found Lizzie, the
cook, in bed, plastered and bandaged.
4 "Well, Lizzie, what's all this about?"
"Ill tell you, Mr.. Brixton. But, first,
1 bows the babies? Are they safe?"
"Babies!" Bob jumped. what do
you know about them? Quick!"
"Well, Mr.. Brixton, Molly, my young
est sister, married Dan O'Grady, biz
good-for-nothing, bad cess to him!
And him and Molly couldn't get
/ along. The twins only seemed to make
4 things worse. So Dan up and leaves
a M0ll and his folks tried to get the
n twins and Moll found it out and sent
Y for me to 60 get them till things were
\. settled. And here I up and get run
over and Moll didn't know it and last
| night she brought them herself and
put them on the porch uuder my win.
\ dow, not knowing I was here. She
was afraid If she'd ring the bell you
| wouldn't let them In.
Today, Lizzie went on, ''the case
is to come before the esquire and it's
! to be settled who's to get the darlin's.
thought I'd tell you SO you wouldn't
worry!"
But that evening when Bob had jubi-
lantly told Clara the good Jews he
opened the evening paper aid read:
I'm the disagreement case between
Dan and Molly O'Grady, in which the
latter charges desertion and both are
trying to get custody Of twin boys, ~.
derman McManus decided that for tho
time being the children should stay
where they are"
End Of chapter three!
Then they couldn't get girl and
Clara got sick. Bob had to stay home
from the Office two days and got no
sleep nights.
That takes us up to chapter ten.