Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-07-25
eff you would hold the baby for

up his hands in whimsical dismay
never held baby in my life.'
"Neither did l, but have seen 9th.
ers do it,"
"You must show me just what to do,
then"
"There," said l, arranging the baby's
robes over his arm be sure aud keep
her head higher than her feet. Now
carry her about, and drum on the win.
dow, and if everything else fails, let
her look at your watch"
He performed all of my requests to
to the letter but the baby, as i: to
make up for its long silence, would not
be pacitied on any terms, batheh the
mothers face, and soon had the pleas
ure of seeing her color return and her
eyes open.
Don't thee be alarmed for me-"
she said, in sweet voice ~ often
faint"
She held out her arms to the baby.
who Immediately put on her Quaker
quietness again, AS if it were q mask /:
but when she tried to rise she sank
back with groan, and it became evil
dent that she had somehow injured her
foot. The least motion was agony to
her; SO there was nothing for it but to
take the ba' y again, while my listener
should go for doctor.
The clock only indicated half an
hour before he returned but l have
known whole weeks that seemed to me
shorter.
! The mother did not suffer much when
perfectly quiet, and l walked weary
round with that memorable baby. who
could not have cried more bitterly if l
had inflicted upon her all the perecu
tons which her ancestors suffered at
the hands Of the Puritans.
The doctor found no bones broken,
but the ankle was badly sprained. He
applied some soothing lotion, using all
oar handkerchiefs for the purpose and
| was not 80 busy with my little tyrant,
but that saw my listener furtively
looking It the corner of my handker
chief. He was none the wiser, how
ever, for the only mark was two letters,
in German text in such filigree en-
broidery as would have defied any lin
guist to name them.
The doctor could spare but few
minutes to his patient, and advised our
calling carriage for her. She was on
her way to visit her mother, who lived
in suburb three or four miles out.
1t appeared tina. my listener had en-
gagged u carriage when he went after
the water, showing thoughtfulne' in
his character which greatly incl eased
my respect.
He carried the little Quakeress to o
carriage. and arranged her in it /; then
he returned and manfully relieved me of
the baby-though could see she was
far heavier weight to him than her
mother had been-while 1 gathered up
the scattered travelling bags and shawl.
1t seems to me-" he said, hesitat-
ingly, "that one of us ought to see her
safe to her journeys end, but I have
spent so much time already"
"Oh, can go perfectly we'll shall
lose nothing butts painting lesson"
"Thank you you have saved me
great Inconvenience. l hope when /
meet with an accident on the cars, it
may happen on one of your days for
going into town"
The words were not much, but he
held out his hand and shook mine so
warmly that he brought the baby into
imminent peril of falling. and l used
her to hide my face, which would red
den without any reason.
When he had placed us all in the car
riage, the Quaker said to him: "Friend,
I should be glad to know thy name and
the place where thou doest business,
if, peradventure, may ever repay thy
kindness"
1T is nothing. I only did as r was
told. Your thanks are due the lady"
NAY, but tell me thine address,"
she gently persisted.
He looked at me, and not at the
Quakeress, as lie said: "My name is
John Gordon, and my place is 2l0
F street."
With many injunctions to the coach
man to drive carefully, he left us.
When we reached the little cottage
where the mother of the Quakeress
lived l was so warmly welcomed, and
SO Hospitality entreated, that went in
and spent most of the day.
Even the baby relented toward me,
under the sunny influence of her grand
| u'tAor, uuu VIC pSCauo MOucTute
friends.
actually grew to love these people
on anacquaintance OF only few hours.
Have l said before that my listener
already was not precisely as other men
in my eyes? He was very tall, fully
six feet, If not fraction over, with
shoulders broad enough for any bur-
den.
He was little clumsy withal, as if
his body had somewhat outgrown his
consciousness of it; and, like all giants,
he was very good-natured every line
in his face showed that the world had
wagged to his liking through life.
1t is your little, why men who have
always chronic discontents and griev-
ances to redress, never the big, burly
ONES.
suppose had already given vast
deal more thought to him and his ways
than he had to mine. 1t is always so
with women, the balance in such mat
tiers leans to them.
rebut with scorn the assertion that
girls think of nothing but men and