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found ptnaed to fcho dothiug of the deeping innocent:il7V» ail •Wjon thci'f }rnre/i may caw*r ?13* it friend to t he Liilmrlcerf. Ca at jour bread up-on tho water.-*, tmd after roanj-d.iy* yuu tha!I gather ii ugaiu 'Ilulling ^'i»a t-lu*3 spiNd; 1 remain*\vixrx truly, —-—The babe is lt;1 rushed in ilrse if. not. costlychrthtrzg, and when it awoke laughed out* right in opr face- „* A carpet eaek Vrell filled with clothing for the child, lriy upon the sofa* in tlie parfor. We untionjCumf tbatMr.Blisw, the humane proprletoror thoFranklin House* has taken charge of the foundling, and will keep it“until -called Tor.” ‘Could the truth be known-, wfi venture to guy, a roniaiiticj if not an affecting story of the heart lies behind this affair; but what it is who can tell?’5 The parents returned soon to tbeir ibTant, ami the joke exploded—hut the “juniors'’’ had retired with their rained item. That thejoke ij# ti good one, is evinced by the fact that the Telegraphs article is how going the rounds of the papers as a rentable fact— another instance of parental heart faaess* or of misplaced love, and disgrace Pi - r — * - ~vr *
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Alton Weekly Courier

Alton, Illinois, US

Fri, Jun 24, 1853

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