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THE BABY OVER THE WAY __ May Riley Smifb Across in my neighbor's window. With Its folds of satin and lace, X see, with Its crown of ringlets, A baby's Innocent face. The throng In the street looks upward. And everyone, grave or gay, Has a nod and a smile for the baby, In the mansion over the way. Just here In my cottage window. His chin in his dimpled hands. And a patch on his faded apron. The cnlld thut 1 live for stands. He has kept mv heart from breaking For many a weary day; And his face is as pure and handsome As the baby’s over the way. Sometimes, when we sit together. My grave little man of three Sore vexes me with the question, "Does God up In Heaven like me?'* And I say: "Yes, yes, my darling," Though I almost answer "Nay," As 1 see the nursery candles In the mansion over the way. And oft when I (iraw the stocking From bis little tired feet, And loosen tile clumsy garments From his limbs so round and sweet, 1 grow too bitter for singing, My heart too heavy to pray, • As I think of the dainty raiment Of the baby over the way. Oh, God In Heaven forgive me For all I have thought and said! I My envious heart Is humbled; My neighbor's baby is dead! * I saw the little white coffin As they carried it out today, And the heart of a mother is breaking In the mansion over the way. The light Is fair in my window, The flowers bloom at my door; M.v boy is chasing the sunbeams That dance on the cottage floor, The roses of health are crowning My darling’s forehead today; Hut the baby is gone from the window Of the mansion over the way! The Events of a Day. BY THOMAS P. MONTFORT. fCopyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) “By George! but I wish I bad a chance to know her! She's about the prettiest girl I ever saw.” Joe Martin ended with a sigh, for. although he was not aware of It, he had already taken the first step to ward falling desperately in love with Susan Meade. He had seen her for the first time In his life while walking slowly along a trail that led across the cattle range of western Texas. Hearing a woman s screams, he had turned off to the east a few yards where he had found Miss Meade in great distress. In reaching out over a little slough, trying to get a choice water lily, she had lost her balance and tumbled into the water. She had quickly regained her footing, but the bank was so high and steep that she could not ascend it. So, drenched from head to foot, and standing in water waist deep, she was compelled to wait for some one to come to her rescue. When two long hours had passed, and 6he had called, time and again, without attracting notice, She lost hope and began to wonder if she would have to spend the night there, or whether it was not possible that she might remain there until she died of starvation. Just as she had suc ceeded in conjuring up the very gloom Joe Appeared on the Dank. leet of prospects, and was having a bard struggle to keep back her tears, Joe Martin appeared on the bank above her. She looked up at htan with mingled feelings of Joy, shame and anger. It waa Joyful to know that a rescuer was at hand, but she was too womanly to forget for an Instant the sad spectacle ehe presented in her drenched condi tion, and the faint trace of a smile the saw on his lips angered her. Reaching down toward her he com manded her to give him her hands, and she hesitatingly obeyed, and the next moment he drew her up to his own level. "I hope you are not hurt, he said, looking at her anxiously. "Not tn .the least,” she replied, ■blinking before his gaze. ”1 am very ■vll now. not trouble you further. I am very grateful to you for your kindness.” , "Which means,” he said, "that I may go as soon as I like.” "Don’t feel that I am ungrateful and unappreciative,’’ she answered. "But you-” “I know,” he said. "It Is your ap pearance. I am not cruel enough to take any notice of that. Isn't there some other service I could render you? Can't I see you to your home?” “I thank you, but 1 prefer to go alone.” "Then I'll bid you good day.” "Good day.” As Joe continued on his way he re called her features, and the more he thought of her the more eagerly he wished that he might know her. She, too, thought of him and wished she might know him. "But it can never be,” he said to himse'.f, "for tomorrow 1 leave for my home, back East.” "Perhaps I shall meet him again,” she said to herself, "for one can never tell what may happen.” She was right. One can never tell what n:ay happen. Joe discovered the truth of those words sooner than might have been expected. And he discovered it in a way not to be read ily forgotten. He had gone but a short distance when he met a man on horseback. The man had been riding hard, for his horse was wet with sweat and was well blown. "Are you going to town, stranger?" he called eagerly, bringing his horse to a stop. "I am.” Joe replied. "Why?” ”1 thought you might be willing to do me a favor,” the other answered quickly. "Certainly. What is it?” "My brother has Just been severely hurt and must have the attentions of a doctor at once. There is no one with him and I hate to leave him alone, so I thought if you would just take my horse and ride to town you could sand the doctor out.” It all seemed reasonable enough to Joe, so ho consented to the arrange ment. "Just leave the horse at a stable there,” the man added, "and tell the doctor that it’s at Hi Blenkins he's wanted.” “All right,” Joe replied, swinging himself into the saddle, as soon as the other had vacated it. "And remember that there's no time to waste,” the man said, “for it is a matter of life and death.” It was a matter of life and death, but in a different way to that which Joe suspected. He understood some thing of this, however, when ten min utes later he rode full tilt into a gang ctf-cowboys and found himself stopped with a dozen pistols pointed at his head. While he sat staring amazedly at the cowboys, wondering what their con duct meant, one of their number re marked dryly: "Pow’ful ’commodatm’ of you to come right to us, young feller, ’stead o’ havin’ us chase you all over the prairie. Saves us a heap o’ trouble. Don’t 'pear lack it shows much good judgment on yo’ part, though.” "What do you mean?” Martin man aged to gasp. "What are you talking about?” “Oh, nothin’ partlc’lar. Tou Jest go long np to the ranch with us and ' we'll explain matters there.” "But I can't go to the ranch. I'm In a great hurry. I am going to get a doctor for a man who's badly hurt.” The cowboy grinned dryly. "Oh. the man ain't hurt yit,” he said, but he will be pretty soon, and when be is, he won't need no doctor. Doctors ain't no use to hoss thieves when once we git our hands on ’em.” "Horse thieves! What are you-. why you are mad!” "Talkin’ 'bout you. That happens to be our horse you are riding, and as you didn't buy him it stands to rea- j eon you stole him.” "But 1 did nothing of the kind. It's a lie.” And then Martin told how he came to have the horse in his possession, , but the cowboys only shook their heads and smiled incredulously. "You can tell that to the boss when we get to the ranch,” one of them said. "Mebby he'll believe it. Mebby so.” Joe perforce accompanied the cow boys to the ranch- There they were met by the owner, a young man of good appearance, and to him Joe told his story, hoping it would be believed, j However, when he had finished, the j other Blowly shook his head and re- j plied: “You tell a very plausible story, hut I am a little afraid to believe it. 1 am fearful I can't do anything for you, but I will think it over. In the meantime wTe will hold you. Go into that room there.” Martin went into the room indlcat- , ed and sat down in a dejected attitude, j it was bad enough for a young man of irreproachable character to be sus- j pected of such a crime as horse-steal- ; Ing, but that was nothing compared to the prospect of being hung to the near est tree. He had not been in Texas long, being only there for an outing, but he knew that a horse thief, and sometimes those who were merely suspected of the crime, were sumniar- i ily dealt with there. He had been sitting so for a long j time when suddenly a woman's voice J broke a deathlike stillness, and he j raised his head to listen. "Oh, Rob,” she cried, "I have Just had the greatest experience! It would have been perfectly lovely under other circumstances.” "it must have been lovely anyway, J judging by your appearance. You look j as though you'd been wallowing in a [ pond.” "I have. Not wallowing, exactly, j but I fell in, and the handsomest, J sweetest young man came along and pulled me out. Oh, dear! 1 wish I coyld know him.” Rob was silent and thoughtful for a little while, then he said: "Would you know the man, sister, i if you were to see him again?” "Of course. But f shall never see j him. More’s the pity.” "Did he have a horse?” "Not then. But I saw a man give him one, or sell It to him, or some thing, directly after he left me. But why do you ask that?” Robert Meade, the owner of the ranch, took his sister to Martin, and, of course, she recognized him at a glance. Then Meade understood the whole situation. The horse thief, find- j ing himself too hard pressed by the cowboys, put Martin in possession of the horse to throw the suspicion on him. Martin not only established his in nocense and regained his liberty, but “What Do Ylj Mean?" he became a guest at the ranch, and finally bought an interest In the busi ness and stopped permanently. He never forgot his experience of that day, and he never regretted it, either, for otherwise he would likely never have won Susan for his wife. Won R«ofl with Tornado The engineer on a Burlington freight train from Juniatta to Hastings, Neb., had an exciting race with a small tor nado the other day and won. The wind picked up a large barn and car- j rled it straight toward the train fcr a distance of a hundred yards. The engineer saw his peril, put on fu.'l j steam and an exciting race followed, but the wind changed its course before reaching the track. None Inherit* 9300.000. 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