BURGLAR AND BABY.
.ANGEL IN WOLFS CLOTHING-.
San Francisco, Feburaxy 15. Awakened by the cries of her 11-months old baby, who was choking with croup, Mrs. Fred Morris, of Los Angelos, rushed from her house to secure medical aid.
She was mot on the steps of a masked burglar, who' was carrying a revolver. The poor woman was in a state of anguish. " Do you know anything about babie?', she cried. "Sure I do," replied the man, "I've five youngsters of my own." They both, reentered the house, and the burglar, without removing his mask, seized the vinegar from the cruet, mixed sugar with the liquid, and forced it into the baby's mouth. Then ho applied hot bandages and forced open the child's throat with his finger. In a little while the baby was relieved and fell asleep in his arms. After he ha 3 gone the mother found the five-dollar bill that she had, in her gratitude, give him wrapped in the infant's clothing. "When the police wanted to know what tho bur Jar was like Mrs Morris refused to tell. "He saved my child. That's enough for me," was all that she would say.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15235, 24 February 1913, Page 8
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