The Portland daily press., 1875-06-02
M Ouad,s TribulatiOn.

Mrs Graham came over the other night
and wanted to know if wouldn't take care OF
her year-old baby for about fifteen minutes
and let her and Mrs. Quad go down town to
get pair of shoes for poor old wo man. She
added that the little darling was sound asleep
and wouldn't even wink while they were gone,
and I consented. She brought him in and laid
him on the sofa, snugly tucked him up. kissed
him fourteen times, and then they were gone.
! sat writing and by-and-by forgot all
about the child. The women had been gone
about seven minutes and half, when all of
sudden the baby yelled out:
"Hi oo-koop-boo-whoop and he kicked
his little blanket sky high and sat up aud
looked at me.
"Well, my son, the drowsy god has flown
away, ehY 1 inquired as approached him:
He opened his eyes very wide, discovered
that 1 wasn't his father or mother, and he
shrank away and yelled out:
'fKi-yi-whoop- whoa-hi?'
went in and found the sugar bowl and se-
lected fat lump, but he stuck up his nose in
disgust at the sight of it and howled until
chrome of the Washington family was Jared
down. 1 took down looking glass and held
| it SO that he could see himself He held up for
| moment, amazed at the sight of such face,
and then he gave the glass kick and started
| off on louder key. l heard pedestrians stop
| ping under the window to listen, and scrubbed
| around and got hold of basin and the stove
handle
The pounding stopped bis bowling for about
tlrky SeCODuS, Dub LQen tue novelty WOIc
and he threw himself back and screamed until
| he was as red as an Indiana fanning-mill. The
crowd under the window increased, and heard
| a villain say:
aSome one ought to go for the police! That
| old tyrant OF Quad is numbering his childp'
l got piece of bread and butter from the
pantry, and the boy took it, held it under his
nose for an instant, and then threw 1t and hit
me on the knee and howled until expected he
would burst blood vessel. got down pic
nd frio To Hah 1onk ot Wil.
| liam Penn preaching to the Indians, under a
| tree, on the site OF Philadelphia, but he took
one glance and then kicked me on the chin and
yelled:
Young man." l replied, as bent over him
| and pointed my fnger at his nose, "is there
| anything in this house you waut9 What VIII
you take.to shut up? How muchto call 1t
| square," =,
until could see away down his throat. L at
| tempted to pick him up, but he wriggled away
| and fell on his head on the floor. l heard
| something snap, aud secretly hoped that his
| vertebr9 was broken aud that he was done
| for; but after moment he recovered conscious
| ness, and bit at the sofa like mad dog.
TT is our duty to go in there aud tomahawk
| the old wretchf' yelled out the crowd under
| the window, and got out some sugar and q
scoundrel. He took it. held it up and gazed as
| it.fapd then flung it at the stove. l handed
him apples, fried cakes. prune sauce, raisn
! cake and picked peaches; but nothing would
| stop his bowling. He kicked in the crystal OF
my watch, tore my nccktie off, pulled my hair,
and, finally, when the women had been gone
| two hours, determined to kill the imp. l
| brought in the butcher-knife, sx revolver and
hammer, placed them before him, ard asked
him to take his choice. He wouldn't stop his
dreary howlingiand had my coat of and the
ak raised over him when his mother came. She
| doesn't know to this day hut that got these
things in there as playthiugs to amuse her
young william; but he knowssof It, and $50 1000
| in cash wouldn't hire him TO look into my back
yard through the alley ferce.