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Show II A LITTLE BLUE 0A1M B t vu i;lng TUtt to my friends, tho Durand. Tlioy vrun a sunf.!, honest W couple, who lived near Ui Inns; of th jE river, In ft tiny Ijouao, a inert) bird's nwt, m almost hlddMi bjr vrUUrU am) Virginia jK crecjicr, Durand shamUburo tho marks w of lioacst toil, for ho had boon a lock m smith la hU youth, and had by lmlaitry fl and oronoroj rained hlnulf lcliy un 9f tU hs K-camo tho rroirUU)r of a larso m tmilticuanl Murwla comrtwicf for V hU oKI aso. 1I1 wlfo, a qnUt, fifnllo ciffttuM, wonhiirxl hor hulnd, atii n luth of thtm wom en their fucra an ox- JR jirrMlou of orenttx which batoktriM It raw uf coiiadonoo And n lifo of jicaro. I Duraud was IMt ilxty yvara of a jo and 1 hi wlfo inuit hara tn fifty, ytt In 1 nil of thtir wrluklea and gray Italrt I thowi two trratM each othr with an I afioctlonata dofrrencon hlch wm a jdaaa- V lire to behoM Tlioy wero PhUcmtm and llaticU rtauultatcd. l Whllo wo wer vnRtrd In conTmwv fdl tlon Jnt licforft dinner Duraud rone ao 1 M oponad adrawtr to Uks out aomo tritlo jB which ha wiahol to ihowino Whila g ho w&a turttntt errr tho contontacf tho 9 drawer It chaticM that a littW cap, uxh 9 M tntlit hate bwn worn by a doll or an Infant, foil to tha flour 1 picked It np m and noticed that it waa mtuloof coanm m blue linon, with two btU of twine in- fl BUM of ribbona, Am I handed It to hlin ; I ald cayli X "Are you prctorinff a baby basket, S Par Dnrawir 1 had no aooncr tpoktn than I reftrtt- M ted it, for 1 riH.oIlctvd at tlut inotnnt W hiTlnff heard tliat tho only ihadow on fl my frlendi lire wai tho fact of their flj Lnion Uinjf a childlcM one. Koraino Wj ment Durand tnado no nply, but lookod w at tho littlo cap affectionately, then, n 5 he laid it carefully away again, ho aald i'at "In to a ono ' aotloiirntiMt - JB V Then wo all threo ant down to dinner I fl and talk! of other inattcri, but aa noun K M Mthore;ustwafitiUhel and tholUth Hl jW iuald of all work had pat cte&ra and l K Hquori uj-jti th tablo ruy friend said V H How much that 11 y cip rcralndt I? F B inoofr It wu evident that ho wanUl ' f ' H to eillIlin tU rmarlc, and I barged him llL pI H was a creat mauy yeara ago, ha . FJhi A Mid after a klljht Jhiukj, for 1 waa iMwi tfi about tnelroy tan old. 1 waa working JjtWpn inl tit a large factory, and I luid a com pin- wjy H lonof thoaanieaKO aa tnyiutlf wltom on ' W! Sw account uf hi ugly ftaluro wo nick ti- 'iff 9 liJintHliilMonkvjfivcu. I- P ifl Ilewae a aly, thierin, roiacldeToui j J1 If orcHn, very much elren to filching t ' (i tk uM tttrU from t'" Ps,rJr cook' connte r, but f (' tti I a Jolly little chap and full of pluck. Ho Bb II wa w I)rt,ia ne would have bein ) Jit Ik ft B turned out of the factory lud It not 1 i Vm H Uiufor the inl alienee of ttio ovencer, I H CX LB v1' '-locn tt friend of liU fathtr, and IV Vrli0 an intonrnt lu thu ly f ur tha II HE 71 htko of hl dead comrade. Monkeyfare I mi lu wu " ori lli"' uu ' ' onljf tcl4lve m .tj IK lul ever known waa tho woinauwho j.g Ef broujrht hiin up,aconalnof hiamoth- BpRti M ( cr, Thlt woman waa a Uh ixvldler, n Evjlll M i biawlUnf, brutal creature, wliota affeo 'wit 9 t I tlon for licr ,'oanr tuarc won man'. tHl 1 IS lil feted only by blow, l'uhap If 1 ItfHl TlI) V lnown a pwrot lovo ho would If. m 4 k 1U jecn '" rrver,w WiV I if n? 0no attvRl0011 lte ltJ too)c l nto hi Ihftvl I -S lirni1 to run awar from llm rtCtor)' "i1 VY 3d M tovns;il)OTiJiig nbont with a cmitf of H lit UUUS mfllatui liko hinuiclf. A they i ft 5 R WlM com1 owy homo nfter night- 1 flX M fal1 llier lf'Ari5 t0 tne'r utordthmiut, J !? W H tl10 cr- ,,f un lnfftut- 'f ll0 auuM htvmed r TJ to Imuo from a lontr, narrow, dirty alley ' ( ftSn ai which oiienedonthe tret, and at Un wV 9 ctllcr CIlJ c' which hung a dimly ftkk- kl ?KiV crl"3 -amP After a ahort couiultatlon 1! SEti fV tbe trM,t hoya wntured aoftly into the P Til f juutage and one of theinoapitHl bnhind ' i A. B H ll, Joor u Utile bnndlo of rag which ' fl SlM it fctrugglfd and wailed He toitvd hold "!& i!l ftfll cf . 1 tha whole party ran Into the (w'jcf 2iti I't' Ircot tritunphant, itoppinjr under a I tJH fj - 'amP e"-lne their capture It I mi & i T" provwl to bo a baby girl a few weeks II it i ' ' wraUK;t UP '" tt acrioa of dirty Ir at i cloths a poor little innocent whom a F fi wretched, perhaps dcrjieraU) mother n J J5 ! abandoned to tho charity of itrou- ' ii Ul couuc vra 1 dl(l what ' Kl " should bo done wttli tho booty, and the iKU ' n '- young captor gave frco j lay to their & S? I " snhKhifiTurtslmnglnatioui. Onosall to J flr I put th baby Wck whero they foun 1 itj ft. it J another, to hide It in a half trnj ty prune m tgrf box which stood at u grotirsdoort a Tl third jroposed to climb up to a second ll' nl story balcony and leave tho youngaUr iff y jj then), and how astonUhcd tho jteotle I I would benoxt dayl lint Zizl Monkey 11 t ' face scoutod all theao ideas and declared I that tho btby mutt bo gion to tho i I fen"iei, Thorewasabunlot thoMeo i i fl pie near by, who practical jugglery und j.i j fl fortune tolling, und iiuUvuces of kidnap ' 1 1 'nj v,cro '-r u ' ,1eAI', raro (it1 rlsW k Monkeyface decision was hailed with ') i. fJH f enthnslasis, and he claimed the right to , l i fm fi cartythe treasure trove In uuxlderatlon i , faS V. of 1 is laving tuudo tho plan. J H ' Cllveu the kid," ho said Tho baby ? IK hadallthl Uuio been scnamlni; pUo A. sK wt but it stopped sudduuly a1ru Ik i ' mmi Munkoyf ace took hold of it, und whlld I ' I siHI L walked along with an air of triumph I' I IM It fixed Its great bluo eye upon hLi ugly 4 MM' i fdcn ailJ St,-Mi at tho (.imo tlwo (. J Bl stretching iu tiny hand. oat as if toca- saT B1' ' bhe islauhlngP cried the boy In BL K! fc-fcwI.Lt mo how ttho looU at iao,H sH V Tjfc Tiien a rww Itnpulw Kited him. I will not giro her away,Hhe tsldi I will keep her mytolf " t His coiapanloua protected Indignantly, but In vain, for aa they well knew Zlal itonkeyface had at the end of each arm an argument to strocg that It would Ijo uatlfwa aa well a nnsaf to opposo hi wishes. When ho reached home with Ma tor don the flah peddlereiclaimed farlotulyi 'Do you thiak 1 have not enotigh to do to flit 3 our mouth, you UiylmJ Ticko Uiat brat to the pJice quick, nowP Tif, pa" A box on oach ear thowed tho buy that she was in earnest and ho flod from the houso. That night ho did not return, and tho nest morning ho was In tho factory as soon as it opened for the first titno In hi life "Mr. George," ho said timidly to tlm orericer, how much will you pay tuo if t work hard all dayr ' 1 haro already told you twenty renta," nniwercd the man in surprise, and Monkeyfsco worked indofatlgably until night. The meneor, nuiatrd an 1 dclighUd at tho change, paid tho buy for Ms work and even gave Utntwuity cent In advance in order to encourage him That night Monkeyfar waa again absent ab-sent from his liomo, and his coudn, tho fUh pt-ildtftr, wwit to tho factory tlio licit evening, lsy in wait for him and dragged him homo in tUo of Ids stru glen, adinmUterlng a thraahlng ou tho wsy Hut it was no nso. As anon as tho old woman turned her bock to cook tho sup for dlnnwr llui boy silt pud out of tho hour and did not ret run. Tho factory o? emr, h-iriog been Informed In-formed of thesLitoof alTuirs, made tip his mind to sittle Uto mattor at onco by finding out where Monkoyfaeerprtit Us nlghta, and for this j urposo watiJied tho 1 td as lie loft tho factory, Mr. Ueor,o, in comjwny with one of tho workmen, followed tho wunderer a short diatanui anJ olwtrved hliu enter n bakery and buy a small loaf of bread next he went into a dairy and came out carry (njf a bottle of milk, atid thru turned his U pa toward a lonely, dowrted quarter mar tho river. Suddenly his followers saw Ida plunge Into a muudy alUy. Tito place having no lamps vui an dark aa an oven, but Monkey fco was dimly vUl-blo vUl-blo as he stopped In ma board fence, Tho nest miuuto he vl scaled It with the agility of the an nal that waa hla nainerwko and as lct to sight. Tho two men, determine to dlcoor hU hiding place, climbed thnwsll and found tbcmulve hi rnr, vacant lot, surrounded by weed and ruhl fen, but of Monkoyfaoo tlioro wu not a sign At last thoy osplpd In tho farthest corner cor-ner alow wuudcu shod, which hail ovi dtntly once acrrod as u fowl home, and through the cracks uf which a faint Ilht was shining They a) proached il coWlmwly tuid peered through a crack Great waa their Mtouinhtnint, In tho mi Ulo of tho wretched hut, In which a man would not haro vu ablo to stand upright, sat tho yount, runaway, a tan-die tan-die uid stuck In tlio ground boeido him) he was gravely pour bag milk into a feeding feed-ing bottle, and In a comer ou a bed cf dried leaves a baby w as ale ping soundly, wrapped up In an eld blanket Zlsl Monkeyface transformed into a nunwl "What tho dcuco aro you doing bore1" naked the ovcrnecr, throwing optn tho door of the cabin suddenly, and tho boy, startled at first by tho intrusion, soon rv covered hlnhtclf and ausvtortd slowly t "Haven 1 1 got a right to have a little ai-terr Then after a pauso ho added grundlyt "learn twenty tents a day. That 1 enough for us both, and Wu dout ask any ono for anythlngf The narrator paurtud, smiled softly and adA-di "The next dsy tho owner of tho factory, fac-tory, being informed of tho matter, ralxod uy pay to forty cvuts Jiut doublo, "W hat!" I cried, "it was your" "Ah, I havo ltniyed myvclf," said Unrandj "Ves, 1 wai the young rascal who was in a fair wny to come to tlio gallons, and, thanks to tho bluo eye of that littlo girl, 1 Cocamo a good workman work-man and afterward sot up for myself, Now you understand why 1 kutp that little blue cap, she bad it on when wo found her." "And what haa bocotuo of harT 1 asked eagerly. Tho ul I man answered, "We have never i aitcd,1 then smiling, ho looked at his wife and added, "have we, my denrr Sho smiled In return, but her eyos wero moUt as she looked at him, and und or her eyelids I saw a tcardiup glutonlng Translated for I pocu. |