The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-05-16
About the BabT.

One Of the delightful Hays Of last week,
says a correspondent of the New York
Dispatch. young lady, well known in
the exclusive fret circles of San Francis
co ,ciely for unrivaled personal charms
and elegance OF accomplishments, was
driven around to make congratulatOry
call on married lady friend who was
happily convalescing from that occasional
sacred event in the lives of welded ladies,
which, far from being a sickness, is a
perfect elimination Of their health. She
was shown into the ParlOr, and for few
minutes required TO arrange for the re-
cepiion into that room where mother and
child were dong as well as could be ex-
pected, was left with no other 10 entertain
her than the only son and heir OF the
house, Master Charles, then in his fourth
year. But Charlie was equal TO the sit,
uation, and promises to grow. up into an
ornament to society that will never be
abashed by beauty, however brilliant,
into the painful negative Of mo CONVEX
cation" After sgme unessential prelimi-
nary remarks, Master Charles approach
ed The visitor and. lowering his tone into
the confidential, asked:
Miss, 90 dot baby 2
The young lady gave one swift glance
around to assure herself there was no
ether nearer of this pertinent question
and replied:
NO, Charlie, dear, | have not "
"And did 90 never have baby p
In spite OF the youth Of her eager in>
terlocutor, her handsome eyes dropped
before his ingenious gaze, and her pretty
face flushed NJ she replied:
mo. Charlie. l never did. Is not this
a beautiful day"
"And amt 90 never going to have no
baby! ?" persisted Charlie. declining to
enter on tue tempting conversational
side-track Of the weather.
My boy cant tell. Tell me all the
names OF whom those are the photos
graphs
And don't 90 want a habyY
why, Charlie, what close questions
err you are lfyou are not careful You
will grow into one of those newspaper
interviewers, and then what will your
poor mama think of YOU ?"
Because" continued Charlie, utterly
refusing to be switched off, ii know
where 90 tan DIT one. The doctor
brought my mama one. aud he keepth
them in hith ofiith. 90 juth go down
Filth sthreet TO Market sthreet to Tar,
ney sthreet. aud den 90 do down Tarney
sthrset ever tho far. and den 90 do No Il
lot Of stairth, and thsth where he teeps
EN-. And they're awful cheap, too. Ny
papa haIhn't paid Tor my mama's baby
yet, but beth doin to"
well, Charlie, I'm sure I'm much
Obliged to you ior your iull directions,
aud I'll know just where to co."
"Oh, Miss--, 90 needn't do. I'll
tell my papa juth ath thoon ath ever he
tums home that 90 want a baby, and bell
Diet one for 90, and"
That young lady seized that little boy
by his two shoulders. and, leaning over
30 as to look iull into his eyes, she said,
with an impressiveness lent 10y sudden
terror:
"See here. Charlie, listen to me- |
don't want any baby yet, and ii you ever
say anything about it to your papa II
never like you any more ut all. at all,
never, never, never. Now, will you
promire?"
well, il 90 don't want baby wont;
but tot everybody liked TO have
babieth. do"
The interview was here terminated Ivy
the entrance OF servant TO usher the
visitor into the presence Of the GONZALES
cent lady.