The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-15

q speaker grew SO demonstrative that ihOs
who heard her had to stop execratIng am
indulge in a hearty laugh.
And so the confab went on, making a reg
:. Mar bedlam. Enough was said to fill fit.
!, columns, and il MAS all in one strain an,
on the one theme. What the crowd wer,
waiting for no one seemed To know.
seemed TO be the generally accepted ,heor,
that the manager had left the city aud tina
there was no hope of his ever returning
but there was a yacne Impression prevalent
that smelling or other must turn up; thai
it could not be possible that their Who'll,
|, weeks time and trouble were to
ENDIN THIS.
Ii was asc rtaiEed that Mences. ALA.
Wheatley, WAS boarding at HursI's hotel
with his aife, aud il was resolved by The
irate women To 90 and Sta: him. just as
they were starting, "A man with short face
aud ga>Iing breath, burst into the room
and glanced around for Il moment, then
turned to go.
Looking for someihing?" grimly asked
a mother.
"les, I'm looking for my WIFE j under
stand that that scoundrel has run of, and
that shes been up here with her baby M ak
ing fool Of herself"
you'd better call him names, and not
your wife. l want you to understand, sir,
we're n"' fools"
"Exery woman concerned in this .hing is
not only fool. but id fool, madam.
Good -dav" And of he stalked
This made the procession more ireful
vet, and they started off for HurSi's with a
determination TO raise Cain il an otportu
nifty presented. /, was pretty sight to
person with an eve for domestic beauty.
The long legged. cheese faced fraud, else
where referred TO led the van, with
GOOD FAT BABY.
a dozen desperate women likewise load
ed followed i'm double file Then came four
| lively negro boys who had circulated bills,
and then came the street gamins, bent on
seeing what was the matter with the strange
outfit. People stopped and gazed and
store sent forth their occupants to wonder
Arriving at Hurst's the procession moved
grandly up the main stairway. AT the top
n was met BY a company of attentive port
ers and beil-boys. who, under the impress
guests had arrived. besiirred themselves
with aiacritv, and carried babies and bas
kets 10 the hotel parlors, where the ladies
were soon snugly bestowed. The attend
ants made some casual remarks about
there being a larger proportion of babies
than the average sveiing party exhibited, |
but they did not tumble to the racket" till !
the reporter took call boy aside and can |
bat 10. r
Nenges, alias Wheatley, he must run right !
to the rarlor and notify the ladies. Then |
his eyes frightened and he run back Ia hi- |
companions, exclaiming, 'Oh. say, feliers,
it's
THE WHOLE BABY SHOW
that's SET up liz the parior." Soon the par
lar doorway was blocked with curious EN-
pioyes, anxious To get glimpse of the pre-
ium babies
Presently a carriage drove up to the main
entrance, and the driver ran up into the of
fee and called for Mr.. WheaiIey's bill. It
Was made ont, and he paid il. The bag
gage was ordered down. The reporter mott
fed the brigade that the Snowman was.
possibly, afraid to come 10 the house, and so
had sent for his woman and baggage. Tie
colored boys rushed down TO "head off the
baggage" declaring that they would get
away with a trunk or sa,chel, or something |
The ladies considered a moment. 4 moth
erly little woman who lived in Carondelet,
and who, i'm the hope of providing some
hing for the support Of her crippled hus-
band and her children, ard brought her
twins 10 the show throughout the week that
hey might win one of Mepges' cr md pre-
miums, finally settled the matter She said
she was going down To see Menges' wife and
% tell her Of her husbands cruelty. Ii she
,ad a woman's hearl in her breast she could
iot refuse To pay poor creature who had
, family dependant ON her the amount that
had cost Ia travel between SontL ST Louis
md the hall every day, part of which .
amount she had been compelled to borrow
She did not ask any premium now she on
Y asked that the fare, which was a great
um to her, he made good by this woman. L
Two or three others declared that whether ,
he showman's wife had woman's heart in
Ter bosom or not, they would make her paw
hem their expenses. so, leaving the twins |
md two ar three babies in charge of a |
ouple OF their number, the process sion
FILED DOWN STAIRS
md hedged in the carriage. The negro bows 7
yer" threatening 10 murder a small chap ,
inside ii he didn't tell them where the show
nan was, but he protested that the last he l
aw OF Menges was at the east end of the I
ridge. The women ranged in front
4 the entrance and awaited the advent Of
he women. while the boys waited for the
A crowd of ganins collected bat
)thcer Broderick charged on them and put
hem TO rOut. A window on an upper floor \
aised, and a red head and white face pro-
ected over the sill. Then il was Withdrawn.
{ was the Mehges woman. Presently the
'ead was poked out again, and again with 5
rawn. She evidently saw that the av.nue 9
i escape was we'll guarded. The women
hivered and snuggled their babies. and
owed that they would STAY there till il a
vas too late Tor that woman to catch the a
rain, anyhow. The reporter stood around |,
landy, to hold the babies in case Of an en- :
.agement. And SO they remained, in the
harp, cold wind, and the dust, for an hour
md quarter, the only breaks in the mo I
'otonous proceedings being tccasioned nv I
he periodical appearance Of the red head .
II the upper window. Finally the two
aides on whom the party placed its main :
ellance when the time should come, d
GOT so COLD
That they made a trip within to warm up
md see how the twins and the single babies e
we're progressing. They had hardly gone. a
shen good-looking woman, of less than
Medium height. plump figure, elegant cos
nme and red HAIR, emerged from the ladies'
tairway, darted across the sidewalk.
nmped into the carriage. and smiled as the d,
loor banged and the vehicle whirled of. II
vas coup detof. The besieging party was
AIKEN completely off lis guard. The colored 8
Boys caught hold of the carriage straps and I
lung on As it moved off up street. deter
mined TO find where the ilan was who was
o pay for distributing those circulars. The !
epOrter lost faith in women as campaign 8
rs. and moved of down street. The women :