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Show t T"--. --r-n I- A.W1EE'SHCSE. a A rnimv good story1 told of a ma ( who reticles In the nqrth-eaternMpqrt 1 I the cityt, ami wo pat-it, on rccprd mere! to show liow a troubled nconscienco wi II sometimes get a person .into, iv' scrap X Yesterday, .the-saiu, man, towarxleTeuln; thoiightho woiditako a shortr Waik.as 1 i- had been sitting in' thcihouseallda'. I pot oh bit.best rig.und. sallied forth 1 if tar n1; tho front bf .the house,- wlieti-b 11 eyes mct nu object' thnt mudo his knei s tremble. He well knew, that although married mail, liu had. not been living 1: I- to bis marriage vow, and that a, womn a who bail "not loved him wisely but tt well," was expecting, and that soon, I u "reap her reward." The idea popped inl the fellowV.liCad that the tixnt had ha; S pciied,and the "resulfjiad bceji sent hoq for him to supiiort. Certaiuly he wax in t scrape, from which it would be fatlu difficalt to cxtricatojiiroself. Of couri f ho could not air himself with such.a thiu remaining on bis door step,, and be, r , turned into tliq house, u After a few moments bo informed h wife that some person or persons had le t on tlio steps a basket, which undonhtedl 0 contained a baby, lie asked his wife r to what should bo done in tho tnuttc ; She, shrewd woman, snspcctiug that hi husbaud knew of certain matters whic he had not taken pains to inform h about, resolved to make htm confer 0 Considerable talk was had, when eh came out boldly and charged him wit e being tho sire of the foundling, lo v 1, to closely cornered that after some hes taocy he acknowledged, tho corn, an ; promised not to be guilty of being see away froiq borne again. Ho pleaded 1 ',- ds'to'be'dorie wlttt'Uitf eblld .wnS AH if tho question, ami ivariotfs ichemrs, we dovwetL LjitjiiOiws-fottctli the. couple., uu d; thevhtislqnd Jilt upon thq happy plnn, -. handing H Orcr 16 the OVceer 6f t n Poor, -TheV wifo was willing; aniVhcr 1 i pentunt.lialfognlrfdbmicdihls castors goout;audLJ!e. that public funbtiOnar Itcforo starting, hjs -wile, hnmaVo boii , that she ' is. vtold him liq, ha'd bett . brliigH'lic biisket Into the libilic,' Ttte i as rwpiested. I'lacliig" If cafefufty oh t jj. (ablc,,f he tw7o thought fhcv would ta pnp(long'MSt look ut tho olfopring. T t. '''SaTOSlyh "iscd the cover, a y shocking toa behold, . there laid two 1 ji cabbnges;' Scvcfiii'Jsercams froni t u'. feminine ntifl ohejlnige "scream" front 't .i ihalo waa.nlLthatit'.was?hcrd, TI101 ci ? tain -.dropped, ther,husbnnd., sipped, 11 (j the wife went' to her, room, tbjiave tf hearty ylauglu She having saicit nil'fot-SOmfthibntli'sresolvctfto bH B. iiothchile'cbut'lieniliqsband to 1 j Scratch;! iWiilelih'crpart(ier-lmd be r;' ,sK9W$PMi$ tJ$fo ,lipp (; nut oi the room and deposited tho bask ll ,?y?AW,?.u rf. , 'A'1" l9fil. oj; t ,V M'ory,:uny bW'.Svtio runs may read." |