Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-19
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A novelist. seeking nocturnal ad-
venture. Offers to give q glsi mt
I, TON R ssel HssS e ks 1sS% poor
part Of I.oudon. The girl informs
him that her sister Is sick In hos
pital and that she is on her way to-
fetch her sisters baby from her
ture takes the girl and the baby to
Elgin Avenue and. as the girl
alights. he notices q coat-of-arms
worked on the baby's coat
Slow at following the girl ne
the place where the girl went for
the baby and finds 1t a rear entrance
to a nursing home. He tells the ma
tron that a baby has been kidnapped.
NOW GO ON WITH TIE STORY
"Kidnapedr' repeated the black
silk colossus in tone Of horror.
"Unthinkabler'
"Rut I'm afraid It's happened"
'UnthinkabIei You are evidently
unaware Of our system. None Of our
night nurses may for one moment
leave the lady mother and her IN
FAINT. Every infant il registered,
At birth the infant Is attributed
reference card with counterfeit. No
person may remove the infant with
out producing the counterfeit"
! jumped up. furious: II can as.
sure you that my little friend
Rhcda didn't wait to hand In the
counterfeit. tell you. she's got
one Of your babies. She wasn't the
sort Of girl to be entitled to baby
hos
"Ah! Oh! A coroEet-"
Eyes. Haven't you got q lady Of
title in the homer"
The night matron raised her eye
brows. I'VE have. l think. three
patients who are not of title"
"Wel. anyhow. there was a cor
onet."
Now you mention It," said the
fnatron. this is an interesting fact.
Do you happen to remember the
coronct?"
"Well, yes. There was moro than
q coronet. there was coat Of arms
OF course. l didn't see 1t properly
in the hurry. but on one side there
were three castles"
The night matron jumped Up.
quivering like an extensive jelly
Her usually purple countenance as
sumed dirty brown tint, which was
her way of growing pale. Three
castlesr' she murmured. and tot.
tered out OF her. chair toward the
bookcase, from which she drew
Debrett. Her sausageIike fingers
trembled: she found the page che
wanted, and reeled back against a
cupboard Of which the doors
creakcd: Its impossible :" she
was essping 49,. The duchess
-. Oh, nonsense" She grew
calmer. Look here. don't you re
member the rest? Wasn't there also
In the upper corner. three nons?"
well. row you mention it, there
was something Ike three crouchine
cats"
The night matron sat down with
a crash. Then. in whisper. che
said: Her grace the duchess OF
Fsrnshire his lordship John
Asdrubai Peter Mark Redvers Mer
win born week ago I.
stolen. ou. "tidl are we SOtuS "
do?" For moment she buried her
face In her hands Then, suddenly
she looked up, and | saw that Mrs
Gold 8 Nursing Home was properly
organized. for the night matron
brightly remarked: After all. m
only indirectly responsible. The
night sister has charge Of her
grace's floor. / will ring for her. "
We waited for some minutes. dur
ing which 1 kept silence. and the
night matron read The Morning
POST" which had just arrived. SO as
to convey that she Was not going to
stay on my level. The night sister
was tall gaunt, Scotch-lookinG
woman. In hospital Garb- She closed
the door behind her. stood In front
Of the desk expressing no surprise
at having been sent for.