A BABY'S ADVENTUKES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8249, 23 February 1905, Page 2

A BABY'S ADVENTUKES.

LOST WITH A DOLL, SHE MOUNTS AN OMNIBUS. A pretty story of a little girl, aged two years and nine months, who waa lost on Christmas J^dy y comes from East Finchley. The child is the deaf and dumb daughter of Mr and Mrs Porter, of Durham Road, East Finchley. Among the child's presents on Christmas morning was a beautiful doll dressed in. pal© blue, and of his gift from Santa Clans the child, who is called Tiny, was very proud. Shortly after mid-day her molher dressed her in a cream-coloured frock and bonnet in order that sEe micjht accompany her sister Mary, aged 6ii, to some neighbours' houses with pome presents, but before Mary was ready to start Tiny toddled off with her doll, and was not missed for some minutes. When Mrs Porter found -hat the child had left the house, she immediately went to each of her neighbours with whom the children are on visiting terms and made inquiries. Mr Hammond traced the child to the Bald Faced Stag, and, upon inquiry or a time-keeper in the service of tho London General Omnibus Company, was told that a baby answering the description had been seen to mount an omnibus going to Charing Cross, but as a lady had got up and sat beside hor no notice was taken of the chilcV Mr Hammond took the first omnibus going in the same direction, and went as far as Highgate Police Station. There he was told that a child answering Tiny's description had been taken to the Upper Holloway Police Station. And there Tiny proved to be.