The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-02-26
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Mrs Graham came over the other night
and wanted to knoS if I wouldn't take
care of her year>old baby for fifteen min
utes. and let her and Mrs. Quad go dJwn
town and buy pair of shoes for poor old
woman She added that the little darling
was sound asleep, and wouldn't even wink
while they were gone, and | consented. -
She brought him in aud laid him on sofa,
snugly tucked him up, kissed him fourteen
times, and then .hey were gone.
sat writing, and by-and by forgot all
about the child. The woman had been
gone about seven minutes aud a half when
all of Sudden the baby yelled out {:
'IIi whoo-kooy boo whoopr' and he kick
ed his little blanket sky high, and sat up
and looked at me.
"Wen, my son, the drowsy god has flown
away, eh % inquired as | approached
him.
He opened his eyes very wide, discovered
] wasn't his father or m other, and lie shrank
away and yelled out {:
''Ki~yiwhoop ~
went in and found the sugar bowl. and
selected fat lump. but he stuck up his
nose in disgust at the sight of it, and howl
ed until a chrome of the Washington
family was Jared down. took down the
looking glass and held it so that he could
see himself. He held mp for a moment,
amazed at the sight of such face, and
then started off on a louder key. / heard
pedestrians stop under the window to list
en-, and scrubbed around and got hold of
basin and the stove handle.
The pounding stopped his bowling for
about thirty seconds, but then the novelty
wore off, and he threw himself back and
screamed until he was as red as an Indiana
flaming mill. The crowd under the wins
dow increased, and l heard a villain say
''Some one ought to go for the police !
That old tyrant of Quad IS numbering
his child ~
got piece of bread and butter from
the pantry, and the boy took it, held it un.
der his nose for an instant, and then threw
it and hit me on the knee, and howled un-
Ill I expected he would burst blood ves>
to make him look at William Penn preach
ing to the Indians, under tree in sight of
Philadelphia, but he took one glance and
then kicked me on the chin and yelled:
''B o hoo-ooh hi-y;-Lir'
''Young man. l replied, as / bent over
him and pointed my finger at his nose, ''is
there anything iu this house you wait -
What will you take to shut up? dow much
t. call it square ?''
He seemed to feel insulted, and he howl
ed until 1 could look dow his throat. I
attempted 70 pick him un, but he wrigGled
away and fell on his head on the floor. |
beard something snap, and secretly hoped
that his vertebra was broken, and that he
was done for, but after moment he re-
covered consciousness and bit at the sofa
like mad dog.
"lt is our Guty to 60 in there and tom
ahawk the old wretch ~ yelled one of the
crowd undSr the window, End | got out
some sugar and a stocking and made a
sugar-teat for the young scoundrel. He
took it, held it up and gazed at it, and
then flung it at the stove. | handed him
apples fried, cakes, prune sauce, raisiu
cake and pickcled peaches but nothing
would stop his bowling. He kicked in
the crystal of my watch, tore my neck-tie
of, and pulled my hair, and, finally, when
the women had been gone two hours, de
termineG to kill the imp. brought in the
butcher knife, AK, reyolv er and hammer
llaced them before him. asked him to take
lis choice. He wouldn't stop his dreary
bowling, and had my coat off and the a,
raised over him when his mother came
She doesn't know to this day bu, that
got these things in there as play-things t.
amuse her young villain but ie knows it
and $4,000 wouldn't hire him to loyk into
my back yard through the alley fence. =
II. Quad.