The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-01

Mrs, Graham came over the other
night and wanted to know If L wouldn't
take care of her year-old baby Tor about
fifteen minutes, and let her ana Mrs.
Quad go down town to get palr0f SHOES
for poor old woman. She added that
the little darling was sound asleep and
wouldn't even wink whiletbey were gone,
and / 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 1 forgot
all about the child. The women had
been gone about seven minutes and a
half, when all of sudden the baby yell
ed out:
"Hi whoo-koop-boo-w and he
kicked his little blanket sky hign and
sat up and looked at me.
"WelI, my son, the drowsy god has
flown away, ehP' inquired as 1 ap-
preached him.
He opened his eyes very wide, discov-
cred that wasn't his father or mother,
and he shrank away and yelled out:
i-whoop-whoa-hip
went in and found the sugar bowl
and selected fat lump, but he stuck up
his nose I'M disgust at the sight of 1t, and
howled until a chrome of the Washing
ton family was Jared down. I took
down a looking-glass and held it 80 that
he could see himself. He held up for a
moment, amazed at the sight OF such a
face, and then he gave the glass KICK
and started off on louder key. heard
pedestrians stopping under the window
to listen, and scrubbed around ana got
hold of basin and the stOve-handie.
The pounding stopped his bowling for
about thirty seconds, but then the nov
elty wore off, and he threw himself back
and screamed until he was as red as an
| Indiana tanning-mill. The crowd under
| the window increased, and heard vii.
"some one ought to 60 for the policel
That old tyrant Of Quad is numbering
his childw
| / got piece of bread and butter from
the pantry, and the boy took 1t, held II
under his nose for an instant, and then
threw it and hit me on the knee and
howled until expected he would burst
| a-blood vessel. | got down a picture
book and tried to make him look at Viii.
liam Penn preaching to the Indians. un.
der tree, ON the site of Philadelphia,
but he took one glance and then kicked
me on the chin and yelled:
"Boo-hoo-ooh; hi-yi-kiW
| tsYoung man." replied, as l bent over
him and pointed my finger at his nose.
sis there anything in this house you
want? What will you take to shut up
How much to call it squarew
He seemed to feel insulted, and he
lhowled until I could see away down his
Throat. Iatteinpted to pick him up, but
! he wriggled away and fell on his head
on the floor. | heard something -snap
and secretly hoped that his yertebra
was broken, and that he was done for;
lbut after a moment he recovered con
seriousness, and bit at the sofa like Q
mad dog.
'.It is our duty to go in there and tom
ahawk the old wretchp yelled one of the
crowd under the window, and l got Out
some sugar and stocking and made q
lsngar-teat for the young scoundrel. He
took it, held it up and gazed at it, ano
then flung it at the stove. l handed him
apples, fried cakes, prune sauce, ralsll
cake and picked peaches; but nothing
would stop his bowling. He kicked II
the crystal of my watch, tore my neck
tie OFF, pulled my hair, and, finally, whei
the women had been gone two hours,
4 determined to kill the imp. l brought il
the butcher knife, ak, revolver and nam
mer, placed them before him, and asked
him TO take his choice. He wouldW
stop his dreary bowling, and had my
coat off and the ak raised over him wher
his mother came. She doesn't know tt
this day but that / got those things in
there as play things to amuse her young
villain; but he knows it, and $4,000 il
cash wouldn't hire him to look into my
back yard through the alley fence.
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