Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-08-11


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Esther. s. he would say whea be came
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rubies." But l know that the fond
praise of doting parents is but emp
tiness to others, SO will not tire
you by repeating all he said. 1t was
not idle talk to me, however, no
praise to my imagination was too
great for my little one, my May-blos-
som, as called her, for she came to
US in the merry month of May. New
or, we both agreed, was there a child
80 wonderful as ours, and before the
little stranger had been with us
month, we had laid many brilliant
plans for her future.
But I am wandering from my
story.
We were living in Kansas, far
away from both Roberts relations
and my own. We had not, there
fore, as is generally the case, a host
of aunts, uncles, and cousins to urge
that the child should be named ac-
cording to their fancy. So it came
to pass that our baby was nearly
two months old before the subject
had been debated. But one day,
how we'll remember it, Robert said,
as be tossed her in his arms for a
final goodbye before returning to
the store, esther don't you think
its about time this maiden of ours
had 4 name. of her, own. Wilson
was asking ,pe this morning what We
had decided to call her, and I told
him 1 supposed we thought her good
enough without namo, for we had
never spoken OF it,"
| "Mr. Wilson's child was named
before he was q week old, SO l don't
wonder that he thinks lis rather
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"Well, what shall it be, Esther :?
Rosamond or Rachel? Bridget or
Joanna? Kate or Arabella Or
haven't you thought of tho matter
yet?"
"Our childs name was decided
in my own mind long ago." l an
swered, and then fo-' some reason I
cannot account for, 1 hesitated,
though I certainly had no idea of
what was to follow.
"Well, let us hear it. 1t is some
thing extraordinary, I suppose, moth
ing less would suit our darling"
cit is Mary" said.
Mary! surely you must be jok-
ing. You can't mean it, Esther!'
"Why not?" I asked, the blood
rushing to my face involuntarily.
$50 you have a Byronic passion
for the name OF Mary. Well, must
acknowledge, that l am entirely free
from it. But seriously, Esther, you
cannot think of calling our daughter
by that name!"
"Bnt I do think Of it." I respond
ed, land / cannot imagine what
objection you can have, for almost
everyone agrees that there is no
sweeser name"
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