Year: 1860




squall. A man could stand il no longer, let
alone cadet and rose desperately from my
seat, determined 10 appeal TO some lady OF wo-
man for assistance. As passed through the
car, some OF the young ladies broke into a
senseless litter again, the older ones looked
out of the windows, and the men eyed me with
a knowing sort of leer that had not my arms
been occupied, there would have been a hit
straight out from the shoulder. One mother.
| ly looking person whom approached hoping.
| ly, trans6xed me with stony, virtuous sort
OF glare, that made me shake in my shoes as
! if had committed the objectionable ofIense.
| gave up in despair, and was about to return
10 my seat when gentleman at the extreme
end of the car beckoned me forward. II was
little family party, the gentleman, his wife
and olored girl with them, who held their
babe in her arms The gentleman and his
wife we're both young and evidently Souther-
ners


eve heard about this baby from the con-
ductor,p said the gentleman, as came near.
my wife has been 6dgeting ever since it be-
gan to cry Can we do anything for you"


The lady leaned past him. "Will YOU let
me look at your baby, sir, momentT' she
asked in, it seemed to me then, the sweetest
ones / had ever heard She held out her
arms, Nllu ldlu tue DaDy III tnenl


"Such a young ehid--and so pretty, tool
How it cries What is the matter with it2'


81 don't know, madam, unless il is hungry"
| answered at has had nothing to eat since
that woman got in this morning | don't
know what 10 do with it,


"Poor little love |" exclaimed the lady
'Nshat shame no wonder it cries p She
hesitated, glanced at her own baby in her SER
wants arms, at her husband them blushing
like any rose, the sweet mother laid my baby
ON her bosom beneath her shawl, and hushed
its cries as if it had been her own---of her
very flesh and blood


Her husband smiled, and leaning forward
as If TO protect her from the gaze Of others,
made room for me on the seat with her nurse
| explained the affair to him, told him my
name, and found that my family was not un-
known to him. AS we talked, | saw that his
wife, listening, examined the dress of the
child on her lap, felt Of its texture, and final
ly unclnsped some chains that held up its little
sleeves A small miniature was set in the
clasp of each one She looked at them, then
she said, 81 am convinced, sir, that the wo-
man who abandoned this child in your care
is not its mother. In the first place, no
mother could do such thing then this
babe's clothing is of the most exquisite make
ind quality and in these sleeve chains are
wo miniatures See one gentleman with
epaulets, the other beautiful woman evi-
dently lady Depend upon it, the child is a
stolen one, or came into her hands by some
unfair means What can be done2"


"Do not be troubled madam, about the fate
of this child After the possibility or proba-
bility you have suggested, shall not leave it
in Boston. i will take it to my mother and
advertise the case. If its parents are found
l shall be glad and if not, think my mother
will care for the rest Only" added, 81
wish the meeting were safely over.
can't tell ; you she said hoSp hoSpfih whit teaSas eSa have
done and are doing, seems to me, but think
you too noble to dread anything. | will an
swer for the mother that has such son y


"Sohly, softly, if you please, expostulated
her laughing husband; don't be quite obliv-
ious of the fact that exist" She turned to
him with look that must have silenced the
veriest grumbler in the world


J We reached Boston, took carriage togeth-
er, and only al the hotel entrance did my new
friends bid me adieu. "God bless your said
the beautiful, noble woman, as she gave me
back my baby. should have knelt and kissed
the hand of such princess, but my arms and
| were then so awkward at baby tending, that
nothing else seemed a possible accomplishment
at one and the same time The olerk. .glanced
suspiciously at me and my burden.


ave are full, sir Not room to be had. ,"


sent for the proprietor, and my name
again vouched for me What is il to have a
family in the land2 "But where in the world,
Mr. Edward" he demanded, "did you get
that childY' told the story, He shook his
head, but said nothing.


sent for the chambermaid to come TO my
room begged Of her to take the child and
care for it during the night AT first she
would hear to nothing. l put my hand in
my pocket gave her ridiculously large
bribe, but was young and green. She look
ed at the child.


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