The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30
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and v6uld tremhla ia.t The 1rstb ~ the
=svsr~;rr rods shorid fsiS noor him
xiermsS A. the c1oomv shadows
vh;oh .hosa J;st-assigr tharrhts COS.
ovor M ThumhIod;rL's focs fhn hahv
Jre,v ;tsalf M into q knot oni w.;IeJ
M ThumhIaa;rl holoncad r. carof,,Ilv
~ IL. harJ. .rd dsrdlo 4 for oil Az
world a. he would ..heftn a water.
nnolo. Jns+.ntly +ho hohv s+rs;ch+-
anaJ ;tsaif ont with sncI alarn;no
ceIar;tv that the tortured and inexner'.
onoad yr-so conch: r. hv tho hoo1s ms,
in time 70 save l. from falling to the
floor
uHe,u k;ll that child vet ;, said the
oloomv woman who tailed bass and
RI. TRumbled;rk felt the bloc cnrdle
IN oold waves in b;s veins Rv this
time The babv was SCREAMING };xe .
cajl;one and the noise added iner.
nressiblv tn M. Tbnmbledirk's con.
f@uss;on and distress He would have
trotted the hal v IN bis knee hut tbe
a~ttennt occas;oned zoo mncb comment
The fat womon with the market hasket
sa;d.
"Db.b. the little dearr,
And tho short prattv woman snannad
ber ewes and sa;d.
:. 6hNh-hi now or,olr,
And the womsn in tbe black bomba.
zine and the woman in the
said.
nOb-h-bi inst zooh at b;mu
And the woman whotaiked bass said.
in her most sannlcbraI and nenetrat;no
acconts.
"The mans q fool
And the hahv itself uttorlv ;onor;no
| the fact that NJ Thnmhlad;rk was 10,
boring in his own interests threw ali
tho obstruct;,n = could in tho WOW of
further n-roceedinys bv ~alternatelv
s~tra;ghten;ng itself ont into an abnor-
NAL cond;tion of sncb annali;no r;o;d.
| itv that M TbumhIedirt was ohl;1ed
tn hold its head tiyhtlv in one hand and
its heels in tbe other and then 4
" doubling itself nm into 3 small a
knot that the moor man had to hold his
two hands close tooether' like q howl
and hold the baby as he would a mint
of sand. and these transitions from the
one extreme to the other were made
with sucb startling raniditv and an
Mailing -suddenness that Mr. Thnmble-
dirk had to be constantly on the alert.
and his arms acbed 90 and he ex
tied such signs of fatione and distress
that the de6ot noliceman looked in tn
saw to him hat IF he was tired ont he
would send in a section hand or the
steam shovel tn olive him q smell
# seemed to Mr, Thnmbledirk that
he never heard 80 much noise como
from SO small a baby in his life. The
moro he turned + aro,nd and tosood IL
about. the more its cloak and dress and
skirts and THINGS became ~entanoled
around its neck- and now and then the
mass of drapery would oet oyer the ba.
by,s face and stiAe its cries for a sec
ond Int the noise wonld come ont
stronger thar aver when The tossing III.
tie hands would tear away The obsfruc.
ton. Ard the louder The babv screamed
The faster the vigorous fat leos tiew
kicking in every direction LIE crazv
lv-wheels with the rim off Sometimes
Mr.. Thumbledirk made as bioh az q
hundred and EIGHTY grabs q minnie at
those legs. and never touched one of
them. He was hot and blind. and wild
with terror and c~onfusion.. Once he
tried to sing to the baby. but when he
ouavered ont a "Hootcbv- nootcbv
puddin' and pie.n the women faughed'
all but the gloomy woman who talked
bass-she snif1ed.and he topned He
gave the baby his pearl-handled knife.
and the innocent threw it into the stove
He gave it his gold watch, and it dashed
it on the floor. He gave it his emerald
scarf-pin. and the babv mt n into ;ts
mouth.
The pretty woman screamed.
The sad woman in the bombazine
shrieked.
The angular woman in the sun-bon-