Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-11-20
IN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGI
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She brought the darling with her to
see the play. Her entire devotion to
the active infant and total indifference
to observation proclaimed her ita moth
er She tickled .tae baby under the
chin till it crowed again. She seized
its foot and shook it till the infant
suffocated itself with delight. This
had a bad effect, for when the baby
recovered its wind it yelled with fright.
Then, such a kissing and dahdiing-
II was tossed, Jand playfdlly shaken,
and grinnned at, aud .chIruped to,sauntil
it began another alarming laugh. An
artificial rose in. the, maternal bonnet
caught the infaptile eye, and the de
lighted mama suffered her offspring to
bob weakly up and down on its timber
legs, and jabber earnestly at the floral
ornament. Peoplein the vicinity grew
nervous. Such d lively infant was sure
to make things disagreeable before the
evening was over. fSeveral young men
got up and changed their seats to the
other siae of tie theatre Gentlemen
contracted their bro VS., and unmarried
ladies assumed fxedil smiles of unnat-
ural sweetness as they cast, their hne
eyes toward the playful infant and It's
proud and happy mother, fancying that
they thus advertised the well Of mater
bnal love which lay latent in their virgin
/ bosoms.g = The. lights were turned up,
and bulged, out the infants eyes with
surprise. : One. feeble little hand, with
all the tiny fingers working, was
stretched convhlsiyely toward the
glittering gas jets on the other side OF
the auditorium. The orchestra began
with crash. The baby fell upon its
back into the maternal lap, set up. a
shrek SO loud that the old German
! doing little solo on the eornet between
crashes had his sound quite drowned.
1t was noticed that when it came the
base-drum mans turn to chime in be
did so with laundering vlgor that
would have covered the screeches OF a
foundling hospital. Baby got used to
it. and When the curtain rang up sat
in a state of stupetaction, staring at the
actors. An amiable old gentleman in
eve glasses and a white vest, sitting
Immediately in front Of baby, wearied
of the play, and in the most grandlath-
erlv manner possible turned and, poklng
a fat forefpger into the infants ribs,
iocosely clicked his tongue The con
sequence Of this advance was that just
as a young gentleman on the stage,
who was on his knees before young
lady with averted head, remarked in an
impassioned manner ,"And, Edith
darling, should heaven bless our union,
and give us baby gave howl OF
supernatural loudness. The confused
aud mortified ola gentleman blew his
nose with prodigious vigor and looked
straight before him with a very red
face. The. young gentleman on the
stage was startled out Of his speech,
and the young lady, overcome. with
emotion; stuffed her handkerchief into
her mouth. Every man in the house
scowled at the mother, who seemed
more calmly delighted with her darling
then ever, and made loving faces at 1t
fer full five minutes. She was really
and truly unconscious that she and her
pet annoyed any one, and throughout
the whole evening smiled serenly, and
looked upon the infants screams and
kicks as marks of precocity which must
excite the admiration Of the public,
who no doubt, were delighted with
the privilege of Witnessing the same
Salt Luke Herald.