Show JN ROLE OF CUPID lost baby brings professor to realization of his own helplessness by GEORGE gennoe MUNSON 1 I dol dont t know what can be the matter with me alias johnson said pro felmor darry barry to his bis housekeeper an ab sho she handed him his morning coffee 1 I think I 1 must bo growing old 10 0 come coma professor you old at forty live re replied plied misa johnson Joh neon laig laughing hing what you want la Is to t 0 got get married 0 gat at married repeat repeated cd tho the pr atos eor absently as though the idoa idea had never occurred oc to him why who would want to marry an old fogy like ilka djnev me same bonio might retorted alias johnson tossing her head and for the first fl time thae the professor wondered why alias john Joh johnann naon 0 with he her strong capable and warm heart had never mar miss johnson came every day to attend to the needs ile ha was instructor in latin ut at tho the college allt B li johnton was tile daughter of a fellow follow professor wile who lad tiled dind sho she was not piet rot ay iy hut but eliu was a univ areal favorite favo rity ind and cho was treated as a social equal by in spite of the work she did miss johnson might have been thirty civo if ever I 1 got married man led mused professor no as lie he wandered in the he 11 41 of tho alm town 1 I should want it a wife with lightbrown light browy hair blue bauo eyes a but not necessarily n ece scarily beaud fill faeo and of a five toot foot four or live ive feet fed six ats she should tie bo a good cook and fond of children always good opi lini pored pared and why alemi me inc llo ilo blushed lis as he hurried along the tha street for it had suddenly occurred to him that ho he waa describing diwi johnson loh nyon nut I 1 mean I 1 assure you he absently to himself please Il eaSo dont mention it said a pleasant damalo voice in his ear and 7 U 40 pit it lant hla HIS the pro professor feasor started in surprise aur prise to toe soe that ho he was looking into the face ot of a comely young woman who carried ji a baby 1 I assure you no harm barm has been adno sho she said so it you will kindly hold my cay little girl whilo I 1 look tor for it everything will come out all right and sho thrust a blinking bundle into jila ilia arms professor barry had never hold held a baby in ills ufa life and ad would have indignantly declined but hla his arms went out instinctively and a moment later lie found liim self holding the bundle while the mother disappeared into tho the of the shopping crowd and was lost to view almost immediately now I 1 wonder what it was that I 1 did suggested the professor to him self golf but thero aps was no answer forthcoming IL must havo have been something dreadful to have merited this penalty tho bundle was waa becoming uncommonly heavy and what was worse tho the littie faco face suddenly screwed up and a wall ivall of extraordinary intensity came groin from it hush hush baby implored tho the professor dandling the infant go to weep illia a good boy I 1 mean girl mother will come by and by apparently this prospect did not act US as a soothing incentive for tho the baby began to howl ho wl louder than over ever A little crowd had dorried around the professor aud and was regarding him with manifest interest A small boy jeered at him all ah take him home suggested a ribald spectator where did you got get lt it pit it his exclaimed a woman with a shopping face who stood near tho the speaker hes stolen it suggested sag another lady yelled another woman and promptly fainted hes black dan tho thousand dol lar child stealer somebody yelled and those on tho the outskirts of the crowd set up a yell of rage and surged forward orward jT toward the victim while those nearest him who understood the conditions dIt Ioris ottha case not wishing to take part la in the impending riot quickly disappeared leaving the professor at the mercy merck ot of the hostile mob happily at this juncture a policeman eagle acacio pushing through the crowd all he demanded iley hey there whose child la is that it belongs bolong sto to a woman stammered professor barry 1 I dont know her iles heb stolen etolen it shrieked an irate lady as she bho broko broke her umbrella upon abo professors professor a bat gemme the child said bald the policeman taking the screaming and frightened baby from the tha professors arms arma certainly said tho the professor coi bially divesting himself of ilia hla bur den happily and turning to dobso mt out of the crowd illey hey auero aro are you going cried the mau youre coining with mo in 0 lla ts going to bo be a cell for you but a woman ga gave ve it to mo me pleaded professor barry dismally the mental picture of imprisonment proved ove overwhelming whelmine whelming wh elming ile ho saw himself disgraced expelled from tho the society ot of hla his frein ds thrown out of the college col leeo oh tor for five minutes of miss aliss john cotil uon toll tell that to the judge aro are you coming quietly or j 1 suddenly the crowd parted as waves aro are cut by a keel kind and then quietly placidly without the least effort and perfectly cool and collected miss john bull appeared at the tilde aide wo ua all right sho she said smiling just a mistake frank this lo in professor barry of whom I 1 have often told you then wb ats ho he doing with 12 strange fc baby miss inquired tho the policeman dubiously why you foolish man it n stra tige b anby a b y 10 lt your baby said bald miss johnson smiling dont yo you know your own child my aly Bua Bess alBl lul exclaimed tile tho policeman and would have dropped it had not alsa johnson deftly caught it it must be I 1 remember thorn them shoes how flow did lie ho got get it whores my polly and why sho here As hu ho looked round helplessly a young woman struggled through the crowd and snatched the child hysterically from miss johnsoni johnsona arms kissing and murmuring over it my baby she cried 1 I left her with the saleswoman prank frank and she gave her to tile wrong woman thank jed god ive found her there you see the explanation said miss alias johnson the woman resist taking her and then sho was afraid to restore liar her so co she gave her to professor barry because he looked absentminded absent minded professor frank Ilitch ins Is the son eon of my land lady protessor profesor Pro sor barry too stupefied to an awer sugared su sur ared Cared himself to bo be led away through the dissolving crowd and halt half and hour later miss johnson deposited him at the door of his house now I 1 guess you can take care of yourself professor sho she said smiling the professors arms went event up just as aa tile the babas had done and ho be caught miss bliss johnson by tho the sleeve no I 1 cant he said 1 I want somebody to take care of me tor for alte i what la is the matter with me 1 want you alias johnson 1 I mean elizabeth will you miss johnson sign ined that she would copyright 1913 by na W 0 chapman |