"Fetch it home, Jimmy," said Aggie.
"What!" exclaimed Jimmy, who had considered his mission
completed.
"You don't expect US to carry it, do you?" asked Aggie in a hurt
voice.
The Superintendent settled the difficulty temporarily by
informing them that the baby could not possibly leave the home
until the mother had signed the necessary papers for its release.
"I thought all those details had been attended to," said Aggie,
and again the two women surveyed Jimmy with grieved
disappointment.
"I'll get the mother's signature the first thing in the morning,"
volunteered the Superintendent.
"Very well," said Zoie, "and in the meantime, I'll send some new
clothes for it," and with a lofty farewell to the Superintendent,
she and Aggie followed Jimmy down stairs to the taxi.
"Now," said Zoie, when they were properly seated, "let's stop at
a telegraph office and let Jimmy send a wire to Alfred."
"Wait until we get the baby," cautioned Aggie.
"We'll have it the first thing in the morning," argued Zoie.
"Jimmy can send him a night-letter," compromised Aggie, "that way
Alfred won't get the news until morning."
A few minutes later, the taxi stopped in front of Jimmy's office
and with a sigh of thanksgiving he hurried upstairs to his
unanswered mail.
CHAPTER XIII
When Alfred Hardy found himself on the train bound for Detroit,
he tried to assure himself that he had done the right thing in
breaking away from an association that had kept him for months in
a constant state of ferment.
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