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Show The Cold Storage Baby By EVA L; OGDEN (Copyright, by Stiortntory I'ub. Co.) H In tho summer of 1892, tho heir of tho property of which 1 wns In charge camo down from Canada to talk over I matters with mo nnd rccolvo somo of I tho articles In my custody. Wo mado an Inventory of these, nnd somo ho packed In his sntchol along with his Inw books, to carry back with him. Somo, howover, ho decided to lenvo with mo until cortaln questions rcln-tlvo rcln-tlvo to their disposal should bo settled. set-tled. Among thCBo articles was a small but valunblo diamond In a greon velvet enso. Ho Informed mo that thero was somo dlsputo about tho tltlo to this Jowcl, and thnt ho profcrred leaving It in my chnrgo until ho had completed somo negotiations by which ho might become Its possessor. Wo examined It carefully, then replaced It In tho green volvct caso, and I my-solt my-solt locked it up In tho heavy iron-bound iron-bound oaken box, about 18 Inches long and six Inches high, which answered for tho Conynghnm family Jewel-box. Flvo months nftorward, Mr. Conynghnm Conyng-hnm wrote saying that tho negotiations negotia-tions wero completed nnd asking mo to send him tho diamond. I wout to tho safo, took out tho casket, and opened It Tho diamond was gonol I could not bcllevo my oyes. I examined ex-amined uvory nook and corner of tho casket. 1 had carried tho key on my own person slnco tho moniont I had locked tho box In tho prosonco of Mr. Conyngham, and yet thero was no sign of tho Jewel. I took out overy nrtlclo In tho box. Thero wero various holr-looms holr-looms n necklnco of pearls nnd diamonds, dia-monds, nn oxqnlslto miniature of tho tlmo of tho first emplro, car-rings and brooches of finely wrought gold, knee-buckles sot with brilliants such things ns nccumulato In an old fam. Ily of woalth and position. I took out my copy of tho Inventory and carefully compared it with tho contents con-tents of tho box. Everything wns thoro except tho diamonds, I locked up tho box onco moro nnd sat down to do a llttlo hard thinking, and then I wrote as followo: Dear Bin M you nnd I cloned the Jew 1 caakct together It seema to mo oilvli-ablo oilvli-ablo that wo dioulit open It together. I therefore nwnlt your coming, which I truit will be loon. Your obeillent ervnnt, " nLLIOTT BTIIONO, "Thoro," said I to myself, "that'll llx him. If ho doesn't come, but sends word ho can't for any reason under honvon, I'll know ho Is guilty, If ho plays a bluff and comes, I'll watch him open tho box, and If ho doesn't betray himself to mo then I'm a cabbage-head, that's all." Two days lator como a tolegrnm from Conyngham announcing day and hour when ho would bo ou hand. Promptly at Uio appointed tlmo ho appeared. ap-peared. Ho camo directly to tho houso, grootod mo with his usual cordiality, cor-diality, the cordiality of a son ot tbo houso toward n man more than twlco bis age, and the trusted friend and advisor of his family for 30 yoars, and went with mo Immediately to my offlco. I openod tho safo, took out tho box and handed It to him, Ho fitted tho koy In tho lock, turned It, lifted tho lid nnd looked up nt mo with such surprise dismay and horror written on his faco that I sprang forward Involuntarily, In-voluntarily, oxclalmlng: "aoodhcavoiiB, Conynghnm! What Is It?" Ho pointed down into tho box. I gazed and gasped, There, Inclosed In an Inner box of glass lay a tiny, beautifully beau-tifully shaped living baby. Thoro scorned to bo somo sort of breathing apparatus ap-paratus connected with It, for I could seo bubbfos of nlr pnsslng continually Into tho Inner box. On ono sldo of tho glass lay a pleco of yollow parchment. On It wero theso words In a queer, but loglblo band; October 17, 1MJ. To him who inny open tlila box: I am a benernctor of tho human raco. I have tolveit n great ami momentous problem. After yonra of trial and experiment I have perfected my device nnd learned how to preaervo the young of tho human ipcclce In cold atoruge until they aro wanted, when they ran bo taken from their rereptnelea and given to un anxloua-ly anxloua-ly welting world, Henceforth no family need aurfcr, na now, from nn nlternato tuperabundanca nnd scarcity of children, Nn family, unleaa utterly and Irrcclalm-nbly Irrcclalm-nbly bad, need entirely dlo out When children are plenty, nnd, na uauat at nurh time, of better quality both phyalcnlly und mentally, let n few lie carefully put up for futura family uae. to draw upon when tho aupply I both acunt nnd poor. The advontngea of my Invention Inven-tion aro patent to tho meaneat under, atandlng, It would be well to put Ihl child Immediately Im-mediately Into an Incubator nnd aiimmon an experienced phyalclnri to nveraee the protean of restoration to a normal atate. If It live but I will not write nn If. It will live, nnd llvo to demonatrute to nn Idiotic world the greatneea of TBItAtl FAimVKATJIISIL I read this dooumont aloud, in bs-wJIderment, bs-wJIderment, Conyngham was striding up and down tho mom, fairly blazing. "Poor llttlo beggar!" ho cried. "Mudo thu subjoct of n beastly experiment by somo bloody saw-bones! Strang, how long do you BUpposu he's been In thoro?" "Lord! how do I know?" I groaned. "This paptr'd nmko it 27. ytmrs, and It says put him In nn Inauhatnr Immo-dlatsly. Immo-dlatsly. Havo you got sush u thing ns an lncubutor handy? If we don't put him In, and ho dloa, soma foo policeman po-liceman will arrest us as nccessorlaa nrtor tho fact and there will b five oxports to swear that tlml imrehmtnt Is in your handwriting und four that It's In nilns. It stands us In hnnd to move lively." "Incubator?" groaned Conyngham. "What do I know about Incubators and where to llnd them In this beastly town? Gad! I'd look pretty trotting after nn Inoubator at tun o'clock at night with the stury that I had Just round n baby In my Jewel box I Any Keif-respecting policeman would say: Them as hides can find.' And by tho way, how did ho get there? I'll tako my oath ho wasn't thero tho last time I saw tho Inside of thnt box!" "If 1 wasn't an old luwyer. anil didn't Hiib'w boiler ITihii fiT'swuar to anything, any-thing, I'd say the same, thing," I answered. an-swered. "Hut I tell you, we've got to movo lively. I know how bad I could make this look for any ono else in our position. Call a cab, will you? I'll hut this thing up," Don't'" cried Conyngham, In alarm. "You'll suffocate tho llttla M "Conyngham," I answered, "thnt parchment, If Iho dato Is correct, do- 1 elates that ho has been In hero 27 H years. Half an hour more won't hurt H him," and I locked tho box. ,1 Fivo inlnutCB afterwnrd we wero " driving furiously toward tho nearest H hospital. Wo nsked about Incubators hlnl wero directed to n placo whero, H wo wore Informed, thoro were suvernl "H in operation under tho supervision of H oxports. It took ten minutes more to H reach tho place. ' H Conynghnm, youngor than I, sprang out first and rushed In. Ho came back '1 in n row moments, eager and excited. H "Hurry up, Strong!" ho cried, "They have halt a dozen running hore nnd H 1'vo picked out a good one," and with-out with-out waiting for nn answer, be ran up tbo steps again. ,H As I Jumped from tho cab, box In hand, my foot caught In somo way H and I fell forward, striking heavily against a passing pedestrian, whllo th lsl box flow out of my hand. Tho man IH caught me, saving mo from tho pave. fl ment, nnd picking up tho box, re. to H 'Lord I" I cried, "1 hope I haven't killed It!" and Involuutnrlly I raised It to my car and shook It gently with u faint hopo that I should hoar n cry. "What Is It?" asked tho stranger, fM "Oh, nothing, nothing!" I answered. H "Thank you much, sir, for your kind- ncss," and I wont up tho stops ot tho -H hospital gingerly. 'H Dr. Alor enmo forward to moot me. H "I understand you have a child H which you wish to put Into an Incuba-ho Incuba-ho said. "Yes," I answered ; "but It Isn't ox 4H nctly our baby. Wo round It, ns I sup- 'liiH poso Mr. Conyngham has told you." laLH "Como Into my private room. j,-n- ll tlemon," remarked Dr, Alcr, looking M curiously nt tho box, "and let mo seo tho child." Wo followed him Into his prKi'o room. Wo laid tho box on tho tnblo and all thrco bent eagerly over It an 'H Conyngham unlocked It, and, ns no ralsod tho lid, beforo our eycu lay n ,H pearl and diamond necklaco, n inlnln- turo of tho tlmo of tho first emplro, jM earrings and brooches ot finely 'H wrought gold, knee, buckles set with H brilliants, a handsomo diamond, lylnz In an open green velvet caao and jl thnt was all, Conynghnm nnd I straightened our- aal solves with n cry; Dr. Aler looked at iiH us with Judicial haughtiness. "Do I understand, gontlomon," ho .H said, "that you round this box?" jH "N-no, not oxnetly," said Conjng- 'liaH ham. "Tho box ls mine." Il "Ah, tho box Is yours I And tho iaH Jowols?" $SiH "Tho Jowols nro mine, tool" ''ilaii "Ah! nnd what did you llnd?" IH "Wo found tho baby," 'jl "Whoro did you find that?" iH tho "In that box, along with tho Jewels" lH "Oh, no, Instead of tho Jewels. It iH was In cold ntorago, don't you know? cll To bo kopt till it should bo wanted, Conyngham was committed for ex ominatlon as to his sanity. I was commlttod, as I know I would bo, for JLH conspiracy. It took a week to 11 straighten out matters, and thero nro jH two men that I will got ovon with, If I -1 llvo long enough. 'faifl When It was all' over, and Canyng ham and I had got Into my don nnd Jl locked tho door bohlnd us: '-tH "Strong," said ho, "I swear I saw a baby In that box." iH "Conyngham," I answorod, "It I wero not a lawyer, and did. not know bettor Itl thnn to swear to nnythlng, so would I. 11 What's that paper on tho floor by LbI your foot?" 11 Ho picked It tip, It was tho lotter of Wl Terah Falrwcathcr. |