The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-11
THE PRETTIEST BABY.


''To the baby show? No, indeed
God bless me no 1ndeed!"
Had the youngest sister of Mr.. John
Trueax very bright and pretty she was,
with short, curly, black as-the-raven's-
wing hair, and large, sparkling, dark~as-
the-midnight-sky eyes, proposed that he
should enter cage of the widest kind
of wild animals-ions, tigers, leopards,
gsnd panthers, for instance-hec could not
have shown more CONSERVATION snd hor-
TOR.
Mr.. Trueax, albeit he only numbered
some six-and-thirty years, was misogy-
mist and misogamist. He outbachel-
ored all the bachelors of his acquaint
ance and they were not few, as he as.
ISOLATED with none but single men, never
attended a wedding, shuddered when he
heard of a birth, breaking off all com
munication with friends who plunged
into matrimony, and carefully avoiding
all w%men, rich and poor, proud and
3owly, with the single exception of Win
fired, his youngest sister, mentioned be-
fore, who had been left to his care when
she was IL years of age-being now
20-by dearly loved dying mother.
The reason? I'll tell you.
Once on a time John Trueax. then
called Jack Trueax, a good-looking,
Jolly young fellow of five-and-twenty,
was about to be married. The wedding
day had arrived. The groomsmen and
trademarks, the parents of Jack and the
parents Of Gas he fondly thought) his
Lily, and large number of invited
guests were present.
A bell formed of lovely flowers hung
from the ceiling, prepared to shed its
sweets upon the heads of the happy
lovers; the minister waited, book in
hand; hundred wax candles helped the
gas jets to lend brightness to the scene;
the wedding supper was aid-when the
brides own maid, who had been sent to
Sell her all was ready (she had requested
80 be left alone few moments before
the ceremony, and, being an odd sort of
glrl, nothing strange was thought of
This request), returned, pale and
trembling, to the rom where the bridal
party waited, with a note which she had
O. found, instead of her mistress. and
@w hlch read as follows:
DEAR FATHER AND DEAR MOTHER 40 NOT
Slove 6in. The feeling mistook for love is
only that OF friendship. Since we were en-
gagged have met one whom / do love- and at
6ne last moment fly to meet him and become
ms wife, convinced that dishonorable as INV
conduct May seem, it would be 8 Thousand
ufnes more dishonorable to stand before the
a1taT Win s he upon my lips, lie which would
: condemn me to live lie forever after Tell
>AAsnlzn wish him all prosperity and happiness
~n LILY.
The bell of flowers was taken down.
the wax candles were extinguished, the
minister departed, the guests were dis
missed, and John Trueax left the house
with curse upon his lips-for he knew
IN spite OF her romantic note, that the
girl had been won by the wealth of his
rival-to become hater of women. a
foe to matrimony, Vice President of the
80 Stanch Old Bachelors Club" and a
perfect Herod in regard to children.
What wonder, then, that he shrunk
back In alarm when Winnie proposed
s(they were on their way to the Academy
OF Music to hear some man make a
speech) that they should stop few mo-
ments at the baby show, whose flaming
posters suddenly confronted them ms
they reached the corner of Fifth ave-
nue.?
$40 come, brother" said Winnie.
coaxlngly-and you never in all your
life saw any one who could be quite as
coaxing as Winnie.
CT won'tp' said brother. emphatic
ally.
"Just a wee, little while"
ST will not, with increased emphasis.
"John, if you don't, I'll invite Cousin
Mary and her twins, and Sister T,ucv
and her eldest boy, the one that is
named after you, to the house to STAY
week"
eff you do, I'll burn the house over
their heads, collect the insurance. and
fly to Europe"
"John, I love babies as much as Won
dislike them"
''It's no use"
"John, dear John, never wanted to
go anywhere SO much, ,aever," two dia-
mond tears in her black eyes.
give minutes, you said %
did /? / meant ten"
"Well, ten; not an instant longer. re-
member" And, grumbling to himself.
What fool am |" in they went.
A large oblong room, around which
ran raised platforms on which were to
be seen many mothers and more babes.