, 1880-10-28
THE NEW BABY,
Prosrernus Citizen of -. I4otilx WHO
Attracted tho Attention Of Ctlnrlc
Dickens ut n Tender Age.

A Prosrcrnus Citizen of 81. Louis WHO
Attracted tho Attention Of Ctlnrlch
Dickens ut n Tender Age.
St.'fsHs IL Htpubi,tnk7
\ gentleman win, willie baby, was TIL
consciously hu,nortaIlkctl III CI,arlrs Dickens
"Nhtcs =" Of his trip to ST. Louis wns mel
Yesterday BY "a RcpuI,ticn,t re1prsur. IL was
tlIu genttcMan's birthday. atul that cIrcun-
stance led 10 tho disclosure OF facts COM
lmrativcly lls,lc known regarding the IJeht-
ity Of characters described In the American
"N0tes" VI tho great novelist.
The pretty llttln scG,ie oil hoard the
foat between Louisville and St I.o,lls, A.
printed In thu 'Shtes,n WIS me Of the ,nDst
charming mil so,t-fc1t pictures OF character
a'll e,flotln tl!at ever warmed tic heart IN
fact or !ictlo,,. ,,t,d Fosster sai, tint NJ Nh
tllc WRITINGS Of Dickens, wits Lofd JelErcy's
IL IL lrt!rr 10 Forster. dated oil board the
bnat,, April, ist22. Dickens Riyrs thu slDry.
which for freshness rXcels tic printed III.
% 10 nsw to M nsi's. l i rais @ rs rs l"ii"%s: li:'" WIZ
"IlWre WIS II little wouat, III lr,nrd with
little bAl1y; aml both l[ttlu woman and
tlttia ctliltl wrrn cheerful, goodI;looking,
Wo!nan ia! 1ss JET yass1ng @ & s ns tue ne VIII Wit',
IIer l!o,ne i'll st. Louis i, tllat conditlo,i in
which la.1es w!'9 truly love. their lor'ls de-
notsr's o,iss aial sic @ had not ,t' sre - ii her
husband tto whoht SHE was how rclurn1nx)
for twelve months. We'll, to be SURE there
never was little wonlan 50 full nf lloHs,
nG s fferI"ss; ,,, a, loyr & n't 1ar nxist rs
ali tue livalD,!E uny, wandering whether III.
would be ut tho wharf, md whether hu had
sot her letter, and whether II she xci,t the
Sw SSn1y IL T. s"rs iHy BY fS19S r. ,S sis, Ill., e sh TSs
seeing that lie llld never SIT eyes upon 1t III
his life, was not very likely Iii Tho abstract,
hut WIS probable enough to tue young
lnother. Size was sllcli MI artless llttle cre,l-
hopeful stntp. and Let nut nll this ,nnlttr
clnElnE close about her lIenrt so freely tat
MI tho other lady passengers entered lntU
tl,s sp!r't of u r as it''e ~ slls;; and tlIe
wife) WIS wontlruus sly | pfu,nlsG yn,l--iil-
,utrlng every time We met 1T ,able Whether
she expected anybody tn meet !lcr ut st.
Louis, alst SURPRISING SHE wouldn't Wunt to
ling lslal, other !lry jokes .whicl, eol,yulse,l
Al tlle hearefs. l,Mt especially tho lattles.
There was ono little, weazeli, t!rcd-nppls
old wotnaii, among them WHO took occusfn,
VIA nnolhcr lady with u lap.dng) old
enough to nornlize Ill the i1El'tness Of |,u
ln, affections, md yet not 50 old tint size
EtHlHl HUI LC1p lH1blill. LIN DNuj IknW AlIu
then, ur langhfng with The rust wien tliU
little wo!nnn calied 1t by lis fathers ,iu,nt,
a'Nl askr.t 1t nll nnnncr "f fantastic .aues-
t[ons CONCERNING him In tho Joy Of her heart.
won!an tlMs WHEN VIC wcrr; within twenty
,nllefs Ut our destination 1t l,ecal1to clearly
necessary to put tlle baby to be.t. but SHE
!; Ent over @ t!lat VII! tho IL same good llumnr.
hva.t, at!d ca'lc out Into tie gallery With tllc
rest. Tllen such MI Drlclc as she became
tn reference To the. localitlGs, and sllclI fice-
tIoisslicss us WIS displayed by tile married
!a.sles, a;ul sacl! sympathy as was shown hy
Ms tue little woniam herself tw,o would Just
ns sool llayc crIctl) grrele,. avery irst With
~ lust there we're tho lights Of St. Louis,
nnu tliere WIS tlie w.nrt. n'ltt those were tho
iace wtl, l,er lla,lds, and laughing or stcn
Ing Ia lnugli more ti!an ever. rain inlo h,,r
own cabitl md shut netse!f up t'4ln.
have no doubt thut IN the charming inccn
snrs lest she should hear him asking tor her:
but Didn't see her do It.. Then Il great
crowd Of reoplc rushed on board, though,
thc boNt WIS mt vt naac fnst, and WINS
q lainlns-placc;. and eyeryoully louketl for
tic husband mil .,obouy saw tim, when ul
Of sudden, right, III The midst Of them-
God Knows low size ever got there,-tllen.
aruAs nr0,lnl the neck Of II tinu, gtto,l.l0nk-
inE fellow. Aud ii = lnMnent Afterwnr.l
tll.re slie was nEall trngglng hin, through
the small tln0r Ut her slI,ali cnbtl 10 lu0E
ut tlle haby rs l.c lay asleep. Whit II good
thing II IL tu know thut no lnnry nf ,ls
wautti lmye been quite tlOWii-hearteA and
sorry II tint husband Ind fnied to come"
1t, will bo II surprise tu lna,ly IN st. l.unls
to know wIio wcr. the partips 50 feellMgly
touched up by tue pun Of Dickens. The
baby alluded to. which lsas stnre s,rtlwll ur
to tl.n,h0ua, Ii Alr. CtM,lrs II. (;nrrIsu,i,
the eldest sol, Of .well-known citizen. il.
Il. Garrlson,, Es.I. The little wul,.ll. tic
,notler Of Charles II. Garrison. died nhuut
six years aKt,.. Her nnllu was Annie Naye
GarrfsOIt. nl,l f.rr inthrr. Richard NUye,
wAs u ,.nttyn of plymouth, Eng. IIe was il
tocal Methodist PREACHER. nlld resided for
many. year* III. liltfai,, II. H., where hl4
sou, John r. NOye, still rrs!ltps tic pro-
prictur Ut tho lnrgext b,rr-,nllllng establts H.
iIic,,t In tlle UHitett StNtes. Mr.. Charles l..
tinrrlsnls, tho aforesaid "b;lby," was 40 years
old yesterday. llayinl, been )Drslf IN l}r0nkjyn.
Ny. Oct. IL, lsal. Ills mother broitGlt
him by WY Of FIttshurg. mud, taEIng un Ohio
River staA1llcr for ST. Louis, they lind eun-
nwarps fell IN with md had their little
history e!tIbaMct by tho I'cn Ut Dickens.
Mr.. Garrison llas n0 l,lenlUry ut tie event
described by Dickens. but M llu rtcw III,
Its nlotler frequently rallied him Oil thv tiE.
ur9 Ilc cut III the "Sutes."