The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-04-01
Ter baby who had been ailing for several


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3With all tbc nleosure in tho world mn.
dam renlicd the docter who was Gentle
man of the old school .. and when tho mint
was BROUGHT forward wifi hlnn shawl cost
| oround II bo oskod n proot rnonv ouaetions
felt its mise and Looked nj ito ton9ne with
rreot interest and GRAVITY
~ am cIod r. s,y madam remarlo oil the
doctor chat find the little one nv no means
seriouslv sicl; will give Won some eimnIe
nrenorotion from nv Saddle hogs and 7 nm
snrr thn chilj win bo vol in a a.. mr. two ),
The lady was made so honnv at hearing
this GOOD news that ebo smilnd yyorv hroadly
in fact loucbed md that londlv The doc.
Tor could Near her laugbing very loudlv after
he left her and if did him rood to think he
could afford neonle that much pleasure
Well the doctor discovered his family Mt
last and in due course of limo the dinner
was served hnt many of tbeir friends offer
the old fashion Of the country shaved the
meal with them and contributed their own
Ito the common stock Everybody wos
cheerful and the doctor was telling his hest
anecdotes-the ones that he Frequently mt
| to the test and knew TO be good ones-and
the dinner WAC GOOD and tbe dov wos fine
and everything above and below was delight
| ful. Buf the doctor had hardly. finished bis
| fifth anecdote when bis oldest daughter drew
him lightly aside and whisnered
"Father, Mrs Simmons soys she wants tn
see Won little while nhout her bnbv If
hasn't been well for several doven
There was Mrs Simmons sure cno,1gb with
the sick baby wrapped IN in Green cloak
The baby looked unusually well for n sick
baby But what has medical science to do
with such things as theseP The doctor look.
ed very grave. SUGGESTED Deyt0n;tis even
cVnaacIe t,ardeoHs But after n while hn
cheered the afflicted mother with the ossur.
ance that he could discover M serious svmn.
tions, and that dose Of cotnin ten would
probably set the infant RIGHT Then tba doc
ter kissed the baby and cbnckled if nnder
the chin, and called it "a pretty little thing
lust like its mother" which made Mrs Sim,
mons so proud that she burst into n roar If
laughter that shook the leaves for A ward
around her.
The doctor did not like heinz treotcd with
SO much leyity. even nv his hest friends bnt
he took off his hat to the ladv with the hest
grace, and said he was happy to be ofservice
10 her Then he re Turned to lis family and
friends and their dinner which was stilI nro.
crossing.
Twice more during the meal tho Doctor
was interrupted during his onccdoto hv m
exactly similar professional summons One
of the times the sick child was borne in the
arms of colored nurse. and was clad in n
scarlet sacque the other time it was brought
TO him by Mrs. Pentecost n neiphbor Who
had protected her off spring from the wca-
Their bv casting over him mn orange hood -
Both times the babies were loss sicly Than
sick babies generally are and the colored
nurse seemed more hilarious and showed
more of her teeth than is allowed TO the hon.
piest negro in the height of the corn sbucl-
ing; and Mrs. Pentccost appeared TO enjoy
her baby's illness as if it We're one of lie
choicest Jokes ofthe season.
In fact, everybody seemed to the doctor to
be in a splendid humor. When he went
back to his friends, all of them had their
handkerchicfs stuffed into their mouths. and
his wife in particular appeared to he on the
eve of having MYSTERIES Tho doctor absent.