New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-20
TAE BABIES

] and merged spling twilight in the summer morn
Sunday Magazine.
/ TaE BABIES.
1t GAIL HAMILTON.
I Il ID Sunday, and what shalt the babiel
dos Railroad trains of chairs, and Primo.
( Butler, the dog, can not be allowed ON Sun
day. that is certain. Star Eyes can be lef
/ to herself, for of herself is she never bois
I ferrous; but Little Breeches esteemeth MOI
one day above another. He is fond of pic
lures, however, and will listen to reading
! with almost startling intentneee, gazin}
into the face of the reader with Wide.eyed
/ esgerness. a. II be
With one long look. ysus whole soul eh4oueh
Sour lips, - sunshine drinketh dew"
Apicture of Joseph sold by his brethren
serves a. q text for o long sermon Orwell
if it must be oonfessed-On camels as much
I as on Joseph Then l say, ''Now, if you
will get me Bible. will read you the story
of MOses."
1.-THE Bible is lost, says he. solemnly.
"Oh NO; think you can and Bible IL
the bookcase"
eyes," DC says. with renewed and in
} dressing emphasis, There has been . Bible
lost out of this house. 1t says:
! into church"
Blessed and beloved apostle! Sweetest
saint in all the calendar Worthy success
sor of that disciple whom Jeeus loved,
/ gentlest and tenderest Of all the Sons OF
I Thunder. I should not have dared to fol-
low my hearts prOmptings and class you
] with those holy men OF old; but when, out
| Of the mouth Of babes and suckllngs, your
I praise is perfected, it 10 not for pe to stand
I by and say them nay!
So Little Breeches 10 Presently convinced
! that it is . volume of Whittier and not the
/ Bible that is lost out Of this house, and he
starts of on Q tour Of exploration. Bibles
are aot 90 scarce that he need take Sab
bath days journey, but bis viewsare vague,
his mind is discursive, and his search pre-
longed. Presently, aftes long silence, q
hollow soice fesounds from come remote
fastness. "Cusnaoe, don't care to hear
about Moses!" aud the culprit heaves in
an upper shelf in q dark closet for tho ex.
press purpose Of keeping ID out OF his way.
So that it is the reason why Moses" was so
soon nipped in the bud; but what possessed
him to 60 Bible hunting in q clothes eloset3
And what feeling is il, what divine discon-
tent with the established order of things,
that makes him come in and throw himself
in a chair. with his back to- the front and
his heels a. high up the back as the supply
will permit Is ID physical or q mental, .
nervous or social, sOlace that this attitude
ministers to his perturbed spirit
And what becomes Of his cl0thesf Oh! his
jacketsi oh! his knees! Oh! the seat of his
trousers! Little Breaches has gone out
without his Jacket, and will certainly get
his death o cold, )" says Ann, coming iE and
holding up the mite Of garment she has
found.
mo, Ann, DO yon GOT see that is bic best
Jacket, and he has On his ola Onef''
His best! but what SCARED old veteran
il loOkel And if this is the jacket, how then
shall the trousers appeaP' those eight pairs
which it was fondly hoped would bear him
triumphantly down the summer months
and through the Indian summee till the
ides Of August the day light shoae through
them.
AZ for his hats. shefe is no question what
becomes of them. They are hung ON the
pump handle to be- gently soaked over
night with the gentle rain; they fioat in the
bath tub; they are brought home tenderly
by any kind friend or faithful servant who
may have recognized them on the City Park
or the village green. They are reconstruct
cd into foot balls and butterfly traps and
buckets for bailing mud puddles. They
crown the heads 1t hobgoblins made ont
of brO0msticks and other poles. 1t is easy
enough 80 see what becomes Of the hats.
At noon Little Brooches is dressed afresh;
clean linen suit, new trousers, shining face,
smooth hair, striped stockings we'll gsrtered
up, new slippers, pansy in his buttOnhole- !
a little stiff with the consciousness of being
we'll dressed, but q most appetizing morsel.
1t rains, but he has new pair Of rubber |
boots which he is DER anxious TO try. and
his infatuated mother gives him leave to |
walk to the barn. To walk to the barn BY |
a roundabout samble through the garden |
seems to him small stretch of privilege,
but by tho time he enters the barn his
he energies from the -four barrel INTO which
he entered, as his first exploit. he is q mass
OF paste, and the brave, bright clothes have
to be ANONYMOUSLY and immediately set to
soak in the wash tub.
What can you dos His troubles seem to |
come naturally. not wickedly. Even when
for some real or heinous crime he is sent |
to bed. he lies and means "Oh! |
now my heart is broken" He evidently |
tho situation not "a punish /
ment, but affection. His busy little brain
ls all at skies and sevens about cause and |
effect, right and wrong, sin and suffering.
''Ann," says lie, s,rOlling two hours after |
the dinner from which be was missing. |
Ann. have had my dinner 7"
But Ann is non-committal and says, "How (
should know whethes you have had your |
dinner or nOtp
'Was at the table, Amt"
''No, did not see you at the table"
"Then OF course have not had nv din. |
ner."
Would You vex this acute little reasonep I
Dy forbiddlng him the dinner be forgot to
come home to, and can not even now tell
whether he has eaten except BY external I
testimony and abstract arguments We
AXE NO note OF time but from it's loss, and
,e never loses any. Play is his driving and
thriving business. School he stoops to. the
turdy old fashioned school of books snd
'tudy and recess, bet the city kindergarten
9 an abominatiOn in his eyes,
Cant tell Miss Kindergarten'-this he I
Always calls bis teacher, whining most
Cant tell Miss kindergarten
ron want her to let me come home when I
eel feeblef" and evidently he has at this
moment an Overmastering attack of feeble
less.
The mature male heart is easily imposed
lpOn.
"Baby in treeches is . fraif bud.~ savs
'apa. ut is too cold and wild for him To
% to school to-day" and Little Breaches
ejoices greatly, but in one half-hour tho !
rail bud has vanished from sight nor ap-
vars upon the scene again for three, four.
I'VE hours, and then blows in, rudy, dis
eVeied, shouting. strong and altogether
Apply, except for being blown in.
The we'll beloved Professor Prophet
lessee the house with his presence, and
saoy- Breeches is warned beforehand
hat he must not talk at the table. 1t
GEMS hard to put an interdict on thOsD
weet lips, but, mine own dear little boy.
here 10 no way but this. Baby promises
and puts on forty horse power
ressure Ut silence. In five min utes-five |
ours to his waiting and seethiOg sOul-he