West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-11-11
AN ACcEssIo no rnE rAnILH.
A Daughter Comes Into the spoop-
cndyke Family.

head, apd an ,fIT, Il. the ,p-,oy tread
that shook the whole hou,e. "And sci
a girl, my deot"
Mrs. Spoopepdy ke sutlej fsilt.y, AID
Mr.. s~poopondl kc picked up bis Uur,sA.
IT'S the mug # you, she said, rcgsra-
ing with some trepidstion Nj Spoopci-
dy<e's method Of bsuClug the infant.
81 ion't see how you m4l.c that out,
said Mr.. SpoopendYkc, grnycly, 'Idout
know when my nose looked like he
thumb part 81 a boiled lobster claw. Dc
| understand > ou 'Lat my eyes b,ur any
resemblance to The head Of a screw,'
81 mean the general features, nurmur-
ed Mrs. SpoOpendyse. .
The general features seem to be ell
mouth" setorted Mr.. Spoopeudykt, ,x-
amlning his acquisition. III our general
features are at all alike, my V.ssgc must
remind you Of aD earthquake. H.. kitch
e,i kitche,. What makes ner iolI up her
legs like thal?'
She can't help H." responded Mrs.
Spoopendyke. TLcyH straighten cut IN
time"
mo time Ike The present. quoted Mr..
spoopendyke, and 10 took his daughters
feet and commenced pulling her limbs.
II don't want any handy legged first in
this family while ] am at the head Of it,
Naturally the baby began to cry, and
Dir. S~loopendyke essayed to ,oothc it.
Hi! kitchee! k,tch Gel" he chitrur-
cd. You'll have 10 get that mouth roof
ed in before cold we4tLer. What's the
matter with her, anyway
perhaps you hurt her. Let me take
her, please" pleaded helpless Mrs. Spoop-
endyke.
shes doing well enough. HI Topsy,
Geniy,ve Cleopatra, dry up! I'm going
to have trouble breaking this young ones
temper, | can sec that. Herr. bend the
other way once" and Mr.. Spooperdyke
tried to sirsighten up his offspring With
out avail.
"Let her come to me, do, please
moancd Mrs. Spoopendykc, and Mr
Spoopendyk Ike was forced to hand her
over.
"Wcll, thata quite a baby" said he,
nursing his knee and cycling the infant.
WHATS these bumps over The eye fol?
What prePonderance Of INTEL gence do
they representa-
"You mustn't talk So" demonstrated
Mrs. Spooperdyke. "She'e the lands1r-
est baby you ever saw"
"Well, she's got to stop biting her fla
ger nails before she goes any further with
tits procession. Here, take YOU hands
cut of your mouth, can't you? Why don't
you put her hands DOWN.
why, all babies do that" explained
Mrs. SPoopendyke. "You cant help
that"
Pm going to try" said Mr.. sroop-
erdYke, land | don't want to be intcrfsred
with in bringing the Child up. H,rc, you,
Maud =, Bonesetter, put your hands in
your p'cKets. Don't let me see any more
Deil-chewlng; or you and I'll get mixed
up n an argument. She gets that from
your family, Mrs. Spoopcndyke."
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