Show AI THE BABY THAT VANISHED Some short time ago a childless American woman stopping at a hotel In the center of Berlin was seized with a desire to adopt a German bab baby and bring It up in the United States In searching for means to gratify her wish she saw in the newspapers an advertisement of a firm who offered babies of noble birth for adoption The terms varied according to the rank of the infants infant's parentage prices ranging from 2 to Following a letter to the firm a prompt reply was received accompanied by photographs photographs photographs photo photo- graphs of several beautiful children A selection was made and the firm demanded half the stated price In advance advance advance ad ad- vance giving its business address The woman called at the office paid the sum required and was directed to the residence of a midwife where the babe could be found on a given day and claimed Having Flaying bought regardless of cost a baby carriage and an elaborate outfit outfit outfit out out- fit of Infants Infant's garments and engaged a nurse the American woman went at the appointed time in a closed automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile to the designated place She was amazed to find gathered about the house a dozen carriages bearing aristocratic coats arms and a bevy of fashionably dressed women women all all Indignantly demanding a beautiful bionde blonde baby But nut the midwifes midwife's apartment apartment apart apart- ment went was empty and bare The whole affair proved to be bean an elaborate fraud I |