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AN EXCHANGE OF BABIES By AGNES CARR SAGO (Copyright.) "Oh, Jack, Jack! You are my one ray of hope amid Egyptian darkness!" And little Miss Henley precipitated herself headlong upon her brother's manly breast, rigardless of conse quences to a stiff and immaculate shirt-bosoni. "It was so good of you to come early, for ,never was woman nearer the verge of nervous prostra tion. You know the Whist club meets here to-night, and that Charlie- has been suddenly called out of town on important business. Then this morn ing the cook had a flare up with Ruth, the nurse maid, and took French leave; Silverman & Co. have failed to send the fan--such a beauty paljited In orchids-which I ordered for a first prize; the baby has just cut a tooth, and is-well-not quite so an gelic as usual; while now, to cap the climax, here* comes a note from Mrs. Sherman saying she is down with an attack of la grippe and cannot be present this evening; so one table will be short, as it is nearly four 'clook; altogether too late to invite anyone else." And when she paused from slicer want of breath, all Jack could ejacu late was "By Jove!' le succeeded in looking so sympa thetic, however, that it was like a tntiie tQ big de rtsse4 pister who soon rallied. "i or yoq will help me out, wordt you, Jack?' "Sure if I can," replied Jack. I "I'll let you off if you go at once down to Silverman's, see the manager or somebody and demand that orchid fan or his life. And oh, Jack, would It be an awful bore to take Harold with you in his little carriage? The poor child is suffering for a breath of fresh air, and it would be a positive char ity to Ruth and me who have a hun dred things to do." Now, if Jack Vinton had not been just the big, unselfish kindly chap he was he would certainly have refused this last request. But as it was ho said: "All right; trot the kid out;" and said it with a smitte, too. Nor would anyone have supposed him a victim on the altar of fraternal affec tion, as he strode down the crowded avenue at the fashionable hour, push ing a pretty pink and toie canopied perambulator, in' which, under a soft white fur rug, nestled that scrap of humanity he called his nephew. "Wonder if I have the true pater familias air," he thought, as he ob served the sundry quizzical, girlish glances cast in his direction. "And bless my soul, what if I should meet her!" his mind reverting, a it had done very often of late, to a fair compagnon de voyage with whom he had crossed the ocean three months before, but whom he had not seen since they parted at the wharf, their homes being in different cities. "Dear little pocket Vends! She, too, had a married sister living in B3-, and saidl she frequently visited here. Wish-'' But .at this juncture his meditations were rudely broken by his coming Into violent contact with another wicker equipage advancing from the opposite direction. One which might have been a twin to the one he was wheeling. "Begorra, and can't ye be afther lookin' where you're a-gain'!" ex claimed the Celtic maid who was the propelling power of the second turn out, and as he appeased her wrath with an humble apology ad one of him winning smiles, he discovered that they were right abreast of Silver man & Co's vast emporium, where everything is sold from a paper of tacks to a diamond necklace. Most Imposing It was, too, with its gayly dressed windows and deep, tiled.ves tibule. This, likewise, appeared to be the objective point of the nurse-girl, who, as Jack cried out in disgust: "Cracky, have I got to tote the kid through all that crowd!" volunteered: "No, sir. He's sound anlape, so ye kin list l'ave him right here in the restabull, as I'm a-goin' to do mine," and she pointed to * a row of occupied and unoccupied baby carriages lining the spacious en trance, "Hope the 'restabuWl is a safe place," chuckled Jack, as he lo cated his charge with the rest of the waiting infants. "Anyway, I won't be fkre minutes." But- he counted without his host, being sadly ignorant of the ways and delays of retail merchants. The sales lady referred him to the floor-walker-, the floor-walker to the packer, andi th,e packer to the manager; all of *Iwhich consumed so muok time that five minutes lengthened to 60, and the electric lights were twinkling In the street when he at last emerged, the orchid fan buttoned up in his breast pocket, picked out the peram bulator with 'the dainty pink-lined, c~e-covered top, and started home ward ":Why, Nora, what an ago you have been!" cried a fresh young voice, as a slight, sunny haired girl ran down the steps of a handsome brown stone house, bent over a small carriage and lifted the tiny occupant in her arms. -"You have been long enough to go down town and match that ribbon twice over." Then, without listening to the nurse's excuses, "Come to auntie, darling! She will give baby ter supper and put her to'bed while mamma is' away. - Fetch the milk up At once, Nora." And off she tripped with the rosy little creature cuddled close to her neck. Put is was a veritable young tigress" who, ten minutes later, confronted the astonished Colt and shook her unti hem teeth chattered and the milki splashed over upon her apron. "Ulissed mother! w-w-whativer is the inather, Miss Bessie?" stammered poor Nora. "Matter enough, you miserable girl!" And, with the air of a tragedy queen, the young lady waved her hand toward the infant now walling lustily on the bed. "Look there! Is that our Margery's curly head? No. Are those our Margery's big blue eyes? No. Is this our Margery at all? No; it isn't. It's-it's-a-a strange baby. Nothing like our' precious, beautiful pet-but a great, fat, ugly boy." "There sis, now will you be good?" said Jack Vinton when he finally ap peared in the darkling gloaming, and deposited the fan in her hand and the baby on her lap. "Yes, indeed, you blessed boy," re sponded the little woman, once more all smiles and dimples. "You have been a real friend in need and can now go and make yourself look as fascinating as possible." So it was with an approving con science, a decided inclination to pat himself, metaphorically, on the back, that the young man withdrew to dress for the evening, when he was to fill the position of host in place of the ab sent lord and master. But he had scarcely divested him self of his coat and was still wrest ling with a, collar button, when his chamber door was burst unceremo niously open and he too, like Nora, was swooped down upon by a pale, wild-eyed woman, who in a stern Voice demanded: "Jack Vinton, is this a practical joke you are trying to play on me? Where is my Harold? How dare you With the Air of a Tragedy Queen. bring me back sornebody else's child ?" "Somebody else's child?" and it was now Jack's turn to stare in stupid amatement. "Yes, sir (sob); a miserable, spind )gsg, little thing that I never set eyes on before (sob), instead of my great, healthy, lovely boy," and with some thing betwixt a gasp and a scream, Mrs. Henley sank limply on the lounge. Silverman & Co.'s store was closed for the night. The long line of em ployes had filed out; the Iron gates were tightly shut and locked. But for the second time that Jay two per ambulators nearly collided in front of its portal. Both came to an abrupt standstill. "Miss Allison!" "Mr. Vinton!" "This is a knock-down surprise!" "It. is, indeed. What brings you here and with--with-" a questioning look at the little carriage. "You'll never guess, for-isn't it funny?-I am hunting a lost baby." "You are? Why, ao am I." Then peering under the dainty rose-lined canopies, "it looks, too, as if we h~ad both found what we want. Suppose we exchange perambulators." And as they did so, they laughed in joyful symp~athy, while suddenly the heart of each commenced to beat to a new and sweet refrain. "Now, Bertha, I think I deserve ab solution." pleaded the young man, when Master Harold was one more, safq and very cross, in his mothe arms, "for I. have not only found t heir of the house of lbenley, but I cured a substitute for Mrs. Sherma Miss Allison, an-old and dear frie of mine, and a good whist player, h promised to come to-night if I will and fetch her. Isn't that returnii good for all the evil you have be heaping upon me?" "Maybe I was a bit hard," acknom edged his sister, as she overwhelm her offspring with caresses. "Bel[ a man, I didn't suppose you knew al better than to follow that dangerol nurse-maid custom of leaving childri alone in the vestibules of shops. feel, however, as though my hair mu have turned white from fright, and a because of those- dreadful mixed u perambulators." But as Jack sprang upstairs, tar steps at a time, he murmured: "Those blessed per ambulators!" Aristocratic. Ella-She poses as an aristocrat. nella-Indeed? Ella-Yes, she wears a r, inee gown of duchesse lace. Yhe Flamring Way. Beside the sparsely wooded paths, tl flamning sumnacs stand, The scarlet sentinels of blood, outposl of Loversland! When frosts have sent their shimm down, the sumnac blushes red And paints the hills for miles arour where Autumn hues have bled! The oak, turned russet-brown and gob t'ears backgrounds, rich and deep; The grape draws sal) and spurns h( leaves to ever lasting sleep. The maple takes the purple tint, the oriole-and red But ever brighter, grandpr far, the at mact lifts her head! Through rocky dell, heside the lake, where the road leads on, The deep vermition of the West, the at mac bushes don. The blood of all hier rave she throws uni the Autmun's sway And stands triumnphant In the wood, ti Hamig torejh of day! And neath the conflagration shied c tracery divine, The lover feels his pulses throb wil warm affection's wine AAi hard be heart of sweetheart fa that will not grantt his love, If Te but speak when sumac flames le up to skies above! Close in his ar s in Loversland, he ho her to his breast- , The color of her cheeks and lips bespe the suta's crest And there within the Autumn wood, The nsk tured herut-rown aye Wtesmackounda , ihe il and deep< The grhe dsk! rd prn The bpeatyeo the puertint deep thanote powded-ox 'BIt maker brahemane farcuu to 1 Trughvroy derin.ieth ae "Yuwlway a trulnst ao poe Thow deep wereo yof the Wet, the be Tunhe blodto al hier-rce gs thowf been tasa e uy.ui wYubtyucn tAd istastrint in te. od flamhe odcdh ot dieyo! 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