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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-07-15, Page 7PEKOE .BLEND is the finest .'Orange Petko&y'soldo THE STOLEN BABY BEGIN IIERE TO -DAY. A novelist, seeking nocturnal ad- venture, offers to give a girl a lift in a taxi. Theygo from Paddingttn Recreation Ground to a poor part of London. The girl informs him that her sister is sick in a hospital and that she is on her way to fetch her sister's ^<baby fron'i her sister's home. The seeker of adventure takesthe girl and the baby to Elgin Avenue, and, es the girl alights, benotices a coat - of -arms worked on the baby's coat. Slow at following the girl he loses track of her. He returns to the place where the gii l went for the baby and finds it -;a. rear entrance to a nursing home. Ile • tells *.the .matron that a baby has been kidnapped. NOW GO ON WITHTHE STORY. "Kidnapped!" repeated the -black silk colossus in a tone of horror. "Un- thinkable!" "But I'm afraid it's happened." "Unthinkable! You are evidently unaware of our system. None of our night nurses may forone moment leave the lady mother' and her infant. Every infant is regibtered. At birth the infant is attributed a reference card with counterfoil. No person may remove the infant without producing the counterfoil." I jumped up, furley's: "I can assure you that my little friend Rhoda didn't wait to hand In the counterfoil. i teil you, she's got one of your babies. She wasn't the sort, of girl to be -entitled to a baby with a coronet on: its clothes." "Ah! Oh•! A coronet." y-. "Yes,:. Haven't you got a lady of title in the home?" The night matron raised her eye- brows. "We have, I think, three pa- tients who are not of title." "Well, anyhow, there was a cor- onet." buried her face in her hands. Then, suddenly,: she looked up; and I saw that Mrs. Gold's Nursing home was properly organized for the night ma- tron brightly remarked: "After all, I'm only indirectly responsible. ' The night sister has charge of her.grace's floor. I will ring for her." We waited for some minutes, dur- ing which I kept silence, and the night matron read ."The Morning Post," which had just arrived, so as to con- vey that she was not going to stay on my level. The night sister was a tall, gaunt, Scotch -looking woman,' in hos- pital garb. She closed the door be- hind her, stood in front of the desk, expressing no surprise at having. been sent for. "Oh, by the way, Sister," said the night matron, "I suppose you have no. thing to report?" ni`Io.o "This gentleman comes' to ane with a singu_ar tale. I suppose you would tike to hear' it." The Sister's features did not•move. Then, in less words than I had myself used, and with greater•dignity, the night matron re- cited the story which I have already "Now.yotisnention it," said the ma- tron, "this is an, interesting fact. Do you happen to remember the coronet?" "Well, yes. There was more than a coronet, there was a coat of arms. Of course, I didn't -see' it properly in the hurry, but on one side there were three castle$." • The aright matron jumped up, quiv- ering like An extensive jelly. Her usually purple countenance assumed a dirty brown tint; which was her way of growing•pale. "Three castles!" she +T—Murmured, and tottered out of her chair toward the bookcase which w bookcase, vl from she drew'�Deb ett. Her sausage-likee-ii c e fingers tembled; she founid the page she wanted and`reeled back against a cupboard Of vthich'the doors creaked: "It's impossible ..." she was gasping "The I)uehess •. , oh, nonsehso." She gree r calmer. "Look here, don't you remember the rest? Wasn't there -also, in the upper corner, three lions?" "Well, now you mention it, there was something --like three crouching cats." The night matron sat down with a crash. Then,. in a whisper, she said: "Her grace the duchess of rarnshire r his l'o b I,d •hi , `John Asdrubal-Peter Mark Redvers Merwin ,: . born a week ago . , stolen. Oh, what are we going�to do?" For a moment she That delicious t1aVor of fresh taint gives a flewa thrill iko every bite. -" i. Wri tey's is good a'r >al good for you. ;ifxeke¢Tl0 1 eUS No, 29---'26. p}ali 1111lIli11ail01N110+1`!) This is Prebendary Wilson Carlile, D.D., C.H. (left), 'talking to Captain B. F. Mountford on board the Cunarder AscanIrt. The dietingulslied cleric, who has just concluded aft ewangeliaftl tourof a part of the United States and Eastern Canada, is headand founder of the Church Army, who are -con ducting a crusade In Canadaduring the summer. soon stopped that. She thereupon burst into tears, and.I resumed pos- session of his lordship. As for the other baby ..." "The other baby!" shrieked the ma- tron. "How do you mean? Do you Ismail to say there was another baby?" "Naturally," said the Sister. "It was proposed to exchange the babies," "By Jove!" I cried, "now ) see. Look here, I told you I saw the girl meet somebody. That person gave her the baby." The matron looked al ale with lesser contempt. '`Possibly you are right. Pease go on, 'Sister. What did you do?" :•"I considered the situation. It is never well to act in a hurry. So I locked them into the room white I went out into the corridor to think. Iioaever, i retained possession of his lordship, Ile was fortunately asleep. Then, deciding upon my course, I, went into the room and obtained from the young person a -complete contess;on. Her sister is very undesirable, and had proposed to send her own child to a baby farm to be done away with, as is usual. It seeing, however, that she did not have the heart to go on with this. So she entered into a plot .with the young person and with Nurse Marden, since they are three sisters. The intention was to substitute the other baby for his lordship, and to send his lordship to the baby farm." I felt a lump,in my throat as she recited this story. It was tragic to think of the poor young mother, un- able to keep her child, and resorting to a desperate expedient to give it a chance in life. The Sister went on pitilessly. After a while the matron Istopped her. "Very well, Sister, T see. But tell me happened hened at last." II brought his lordship hack into the room, took his clothes eff, put him back in his cot, and caused the young perseln to dress up the babyshe had brought in his lordship's clothes. Then ,t she took him away." 1 - 6mT- "She was arrested at five minutia past one." _. 1 told. She ended by "That Is this gentleman's story, Slater. Evidently; it is perfectly ridiculous." } a] "Not -at said the. Sister. R "How do you ,mean lthoughtynu said that you had nothingto report." "I did not propose to report any- thing far the moment." Lxcittenent invaded me. Something had happened, then. "Ilov do you mean?" said the matron, acidly. "You know quite wet you are supposed to t sit'ti'ng thatb "Yes. In due course." "Now, look here. Sister" said the matron, standing up. "no complaint has ever been made against you, and: I do net want to make one new, but there are limits.to what'you may keep to yourself. There are limits to the initiative which yep 'are alioweri to • show.. This gentleman suggests that the Duchess'af'-l+arnshire's baby has been kidnapped. You know something about it. You will -please report it, and forthwith." Evidently the matron had a strong character, for the Scotch .woman was Forced to talk 'About twenty-five minutes to one, last night," she bean in an even monotone, I was engaged on My last round upon the first floor. Ili se dot -ng sI entered the bathroom. The blind 'having ber' P eulled u L'was 'able to ,- A, ti',tice, a roar elite 1it11, that a light was burning In the dressing room at- tached to the .duchess' room, This be- ing against orders, or unusual, I was about to,proceed to that room, when:I obse.vved on .the bind the Shadow of two persons." "Who is in charge of her, grace?" asked the matron' "Nurse Marden. She is single- handed. I therfore proceeded to that con :and found Nurse Marden en- gaged !n: clothing a 'baby for the street, A „young person was in the 1 00111 '' 'There!",1 shouted, "I told`you so." 'Go'on," said the met'otn, "please." i sked for an oxplabatio'n,", said the Sister, ,"The young person first tittempted to nun out of the ,room,: but " a grim smile £or the first tinea covered the:Scottisl', features. "1 "What!" shouted the matron. "You I gave her his lordship's ,.. ? You made then dress up that baby in his lordship's clothes? But . but why?" The Sister again smiled her rim e g grim srnide.- r"Matron," she said, "as you know, Wel always avoid scandal, so far as we can in a business such as ours, but when 1 am in charge I ant entitled to do what I think for the best. Most ladies, you will agree, wouldh ave preferred that I should dismiss', the young person and her baby, and say no more about it. But, es you always know, her grace the Duchess'is not only young and popu- lar, -but :very fond of social advertise- ment. 1 felt that she would be:, very grateful to the home if .we could. pro- cure for her an opportunity 'of figur- ing in the newspapers, ,tf we could giveher a chance to appear in the wit- ness box, as the -heroine of a sensa- tional case." "I don't understand," said the ma- tron. • "Don't you see," said the Sister, "that with my evidence, and with the fact that the yqung person carried away the baby in his lordship's clothes, the case is complete. I asked the young'person where;she lived, 01 course, she lied, but being excited, her imaginatihn ? was not working very • well; she said Hampstead. As I hap- pen to know that Nurse Marden's par- ents live near Elgin Ave., Lwas cer- tain that the -young person would re- turn there with the baby. I there- fore telephoned the police, who were waiting for the young person when she reached her doorstep. 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