The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-03-11
WON BY 4 NECK.
How the Literary Editor Beat the Trot
ting Horse Editor at the Finish.

I From "a. ci,eays Tr,t.me.
"Is Beatrice agood name for baby"
4 young woman OF fine appearance
stood in the door OF the editorial
room and addressed her inierrogatory
. in a seemingly general manner to the
gifted gentlemen who were occupying
the several corners Of the apartment.
For momcu; nobody seemed TO re-
gard the question as directed particular
y a; him. bI; finally the ;roiiing horse
reporter removed his generously proper
toned fee; from the dc,k on which they
bad beer resting and allowed 4 smile
,o play over his quar;cr-s;rcich features.
Have You q baby ," he asked.
why, certainly, " replied the young
woman. hef tone indicating surprise.
slightly ,.ngcd with anger.
well. said ;he personal friend Of
Rlru,. ''yoa mlsn't get angry. because
one soft -r0suol, day In summer. when
the bird were iH.;.cEins their sweetest
tH.t,. %uwlr calc up here on the
,Ame cTIlnd ;hI, hrng, YOU, and after
Sc had picked au; pretty smooth title
iof LcT uAlt-I forget whether !; vas
Miriam 90 Carta Nc settled on--she
wen; away happy. and along IN the fall
the goiden-tiu;cd iaii-lu,. - the leaves
were turning bfown and all nature Seem.
cd hn,hc! lo ,wcc; rep0se, waiting for
the base bal. champ plonshlp 20 lie deCId-
Cd. She cane back again with a wisiful,
aea1, ,oaL % b.. >lft brown eyes, aad
. sand She had beOn mlstakcn-i; WAS i
! boy. Momaa's nature. YOU know. Is
I SD bg1yln;iy hopeful. so sweeily prcvl-
oas. that She wIll frequently mistake 4
/ four flush for the real article Il Is the
/ pl.nf4l memory q blackcned past tina;
make, o, cla,iaus lb0g; furnishing
name tof b1h.c. ua;Il NC know tina; the
little cheruh, are here 10 yol catch
oa -
The '4i, nodded
"Wcil. resumed the admircr OF Maud
/ : There are io', 90 thing, 20 be con
( ,.a pei! 81 rlm.n- . baby Your hus-
/ band name !s
"fcsNu,." replied the lady.
THAT ISM; = bad name. although d
would hc d,f l,; 70 enshroud !; with
the mystic glamour OF romance But
{ hardly thank 'BcltTice' would look wei!
20 isoa; u i; Ire name O; Beatrice
you know, J, alwaS, associated with
,,alcliues, ard beauty. and your lii;le
too;,y- -w5o,>y m sni grow ~ bow legged
ana puc-no~ci And, besides, Beatrice
perkin, wouldr', sound Just right
You might call It.
''llcI, II y0a please, - said the lady,
severely
I'VE always call EN- ii, in the office;
j; saves time and prevent, our getting
ratified ~ WAS saying. YOU might
call j; Perkins Maid. OF Belle OF Perk-
IN, Maid. or Belle OF Perklns,ille. or
something ike that know man in
Kentucky who had I chestnut geld
Ing ''
~ can hardly see what that has TO do
with the matter under consideration, "
said the lady in 4 severe tone.
"Nou are right. madam ! did swerve
liiilc that time. Now. Sweetheart
Is a good name. Gu; in California they
think Sweetheart can take the pole
from anything that looks through 4
bride. Now. il YOU had twins, you
might call one Sweetheart and the
other one Darling put the iallesi one
on the OF side, and by checking the
near one up little higher nobody could
see the difference between them. OF
course, il they were no; gated alike, OF
you had to put kicking strap on one
OF en-. i, might be that"
''Lei me tell YOU again, sir" said she,
"ihat am not naming 4 horse. Per
haps this gentleman" turning TO the
literary editor, ''could give me the in.
formation desire"
Certainly, madam replied that
person. "You shorld name your little
treasure Cecil-the name has such :
sweet dreamy, aristocraiic sound"
"Of course" said the modified parent
"and am exceedingly obliged for YOU
suggestion and she departed.
, ''You seemed TO lose your SGToiI
sIvt," said the literary editor TO th'
horse reporter.
"Yes," replied the young man" sh'
: carried me to double break at the turn
, but should have settled pretty quicl
r and come down the homestretch verl
, fast. II she hadn't hurried me so mucl
in scoring. I'd have picked out dais.
name for tha, filly Of hers"