Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-03
BEBY SYLVESTER.
(Oncluded)

chievously on mine. AZ soon ~ ]
could make my escape from the IA
BILE I did 90; and, running nPidlyup-
stairs, sought refuge from any posi-
BILE inquiry In my own room. Baby
was still asleep in the corner. II
would not be safe to remove him
until the dodgers had gone down
town; and I was revolving in my
mind the expediency- of keeping
him until night yelled his obtrusive
eccentricity from the public eye,
when there came Q cautious tap at
my door. I opened it. Mrs. Brown
slipped in quietly, closed the door
softly, stood with her back against
it, and her hand on the knob, and
beckoned me mysteriously towards
her. Then she asked in q low
voice:
l"Is HAIR-DYE POISONOUS?
was too confounded to speak.
30! do you know what l mean"
she said, impatiently. "This stuff"
She produced suddenly from behind
her q bottle with a Greek label-so
long as to run two or three tunes
spiritly around it from top to bot
tom. HE saysit isn't dye !; it's q
vegetable preparation for invigora-
ting"
"Who says?" 1 asked, despair
lngly. p.
aNhy, Mr. Parker, Of course"
said Mn. Brown, severely, with the
air Of having repeated the name q
great many times-"the old gentle
man In the room above. The SIM
pie question / want to ask" she
continued, with the calm manner
Of one who had just convicted an
other of gross ambiguity of Lam
guage, s.is only this: II some of this
stuff were put In a saucer, and LEFT
carelessly on the table, a child, or q
baby, or a cat, or any young ami
NAL should come in the window
and drink # up-a whole saucer full
because it had q sweet taste,
would 1t be likely to hurt them?n
> / east an anxious look at Baby,
sleeping peacefully In the corner,
and a very grateful one at Mrs,
Brown, and said I didn't think 1t
would.
because" said Mrs. Brown,
loftily, as she opened the door, ~
thought, II 1t was poisonous, RENEE
dies might be used in time. "Be-
eause,n she added suddenly, aban-
doning her lofty manner and rush.
ing wildly to the corner, with . fran
tic embrace Of the unconscious baby,
"because, If any nasty stuff should
turn Its boofull hair Q horrid green,
or o naughty pink, it would break
its own muzzer's heart, it would ~
But, before I could assure Mrs.
Brown of the insufficiency of hair
dye, as an internal application, she
had darted from the room.
That night. with the secrecy Of
defaulters, Baby and ] decamped
from Mrs. Browns. Distrusting the
too emotional nature Of that noble
animal, the horse, l had recourse to
q hand-cart, drawn bya stout Irish
man, to convey my charge to the
ferry. Even then, Baby refused to
20 unless 1 walked b. the cart, and
at times rode in it.
~ wish,r said Mrs. Brown, as
she stood by the door, wrapped in an
immense shawl, and saw US depart,
~ wish it looked less solemn
aLEss IKEA PAUPER's FUNERAL"
must admit, that, as l walked
by the cart that night, I felt very
much as il 1 were accompanying
the remains Of some humble friend
to his last resting place; and that,
when I was obliged to ride In it, I
never could entirely convince my
self that I was not helplessly over.
come by liquor, or the victim Of an
accident, en- route, to the hospital.
But, ut last, we reached the ferry.
On the boat I think no one discov-
cred Baby except a drunken man,
who approached me to ask for a
light for his cigar, but who suddenly
dropped it and fed in dismay to the
Rentlemen's cabin, where his incO-
herent rawlings were luckily taken
for the earlier indications Of delirium
tremens.
It was nearly midnight when 1
reached my little cottage on the
outskirts Of Oakland; and 1t Was
with q feeling Of relief and security
that ! entered, locked the door, and
turned him loose in the hall, salts
fed that henceforth his depreda-
lions would be limited to my own
property. He was very quiet that
night, and after he had tried to
mount the hat-rack, under the MIS-
taken impression that it was inten-
ded for his own gymnastic exercise,
and knocked all the hats oH, he
went peaceably to sleep on the rug.
In a week, with the exercise AZ
forded him by the nun of . large,
carefully boarded enclosure, he re-
covered his health, strength, spirits,
and much of his former beauty.
His presence was unknown to my
neiphbors, although it was notices.
BILE that horses invariably "shied"
in passing to the windward side OF
NV house, and that the baker and
milkman had great difficulty In the
delivery Of their wares In the morn.
ing, and INDUCED in unseemly and
unnecessary profanity In so doing.
At the end Of the week, ! deter
mined to invite Q few friends to see
tn Baby, and to that purpose wrote
q number Of formal invitations.
After descanting, at some length,
| ON the great expense and danger
attending his capture and training,
I offered programme of the per-
formances Of the s.Infant Phenome-
non Of Sierssn Solitudes," dra wn up
| into the highest professional Profu'
| siop of ALTERATION and capital 4et'
ters. A few extracts will give the
reader some idea Of his educational
i. He win, rolled up in . Round
| Ball, roll down the Wood Shed, Ra-
| pidly, illustrating His manner OF
Escaping from His Enemy In Hi
Native Wilds.
2. He will Ascend the Well Pole,
and remove from the very Top q
| Hat, and as much of the Grown and
Brim thereof as May be Permitted.
3. He will perform in q panto.
mime, descriptive of the Conduct OF
he Big Bear, The Middle-Sized
Par. apd The Little Bear Of the
--.y onon6