The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-01-31

Great, heavy fellow! how he pulls on
her arms and shoulders. But she is
used to it and only wonders what ails
her arms and back that they get 90
tired every day. She Is sure she doesn't
do much but take care of that baby.
Next, he i" flops'' over upon the oppo-
site seat, in few minutes hops'
back. slips down on his mothers lap.
wriggles and twists awhile. gets q
drink of water from the water.boy and
spills it on his mothers clean cuffs and
his own white dress, slips down again,
and again she lifts him back. All this
time, papa is calmly reading his paper.
Having finished it and become con-
WINGED that the country is going to hold
together a little longer, he hands the
paper to his wife. (Did you ever see
man offer the paper to his wife before
he had read it himself, especially if it
was near electionD Yes, she would
like to look at it, if he will see to the
baby.
Certainly" with the slightest shade
of injured innocence in his tone.
!" haven't done so all the morning?
Beside. the baby will take care of him.
self, he is big enough
Mamma is wisely silent, and begins
to look over the paper. The young
scamp. who never thought of touching
it so long as his father had it, now be-
gins series of indiscriminate dashes
at it, which, combined with the motion
of the cars, makes reading a matter of
difficulty
LET him have it, says the mother,
81 am too sleepy to read"
"Why don't you take napp 1t
would do you good,' exclaims the hus-
band. " Let me arrange a place for
you."
And in few minutes the shawls and
bags are arranged into very tempt
ing resting place for the tired mother.
She, who rose at five o'clock to get
ready, willingly lays her head back on
the shawl and closes her eyes. just as
the .chug-chug of the cars begins to
be a continuous hum-m-m," she is
startled by scream from the baby,
who has a suspicious-looking red spot
over his eye. Papa looks little con-
fused, and explains:
Why you see he sat so still, that l
thought l could read the Presidents
message, and the first thing l knew, he
had tumbled off the seat.
But from the big bag" mamma
produces arnica and an old handker-
chief, while papa wonders how she
could have known he was going to get
bumped. and thinks it is not such Il bad
thing to "get ready" after all.
Never mind, he is all right now.
You 60 to sleep again. and I'll devote
myself to him."
So, once more, the weary eyes close,
and this time everything fairly fades
out of sight. and she is in that delight
full state when one is asleep just enough
to be conscious of the comfort of it.
when her husband says:
MARIA, am sorry to disturb you,
but really think this child is hungry,
and can't find his bottle of milk
So she raises herself and feeds him.
Of course, she has slept only enough to
make it impossible for her to go asleep
again, but not enough to rest her very
much.
BY this time they have reached
Springfield. Papa gets out, buys a
cup of tea for mamma, walks up and
down the platform, exchanges hearty
word or two with some one, jumps on
again as the train moves of, and leis-
urely walks into the car just as she has
worked herself into frenzy of appre-
hension for fear he is left. The recol-
lection of the fact that he has the tick
cts and the checks in his pocket, and
that she has but fifty cents in hers,
does not tend to calm her nerves. The
possession of little extra money is a
wonderful sedative on such occasions,
but men do not always think of that.
"What rest it is to stop awhilew
says he. as he settles himself down into
the seat again. She, shut up in the
sitting car in the dingy and smoky de-
pot. with the restless baby crawling
into and out of her lap all the while,
wonders why it has not seemed pleas
ant to her, but only wonders. A
woman's mind is not generally given
to analyzing sensations. Neither of
them thought what relief it would
have been to both mother and child if
he had taken the baby up and down the
platform few times.
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continues ana the iuncn oag IS opened.
mamma eats hers IN tne intervals OF
ieeuing the oapy ana resculng her own
1000 IRON ms reckless grasp. AS 1t Is,
ne manages 10 UP over cup OF MIX
upon tne only .mng she really cares
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MA says.
Don you believe you could take
TINS child IN your arms and get him to
sieeps adding, with spice of world
" wisdom. g He will he so cross when
he gets there. if he loses his nap"
fapas fatherly pride is touched, he
does not want his baby to make poor
impression ON his new friends. Be-
slde' mamma looks tired, and isn't he
taking care OF that babyP So, with
great cheerIulness, he takes the rest
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