Daily Republican., 1883-08-23

Wnll0 tne L8fOy 6CnOeS Whk6 LOO lht0,
To babble back the sOund
And the old Pikeroad is ieft alone,
And the stagers sought the pl0w;
We have circled the earth with iron rail,
And the steam king rules us now
The Bsd Boy and the Baby.
Grandpa loved the baby. The hab.
IL three years old, with the prerties
big blue eyes, the plumpest, reddest
cheeks, the dearest, dimpled mouth, an,
the cunningest ways in the world. Baby
has sturdy little legs, and restless
strong little arms, and il an example O1
perpetual motion. Baby's grandpa ac
colnpanied him on various walks, but
grandpa's ambition was to take baby
down TO the store, where the boys cOult
see what a phenomenal child he Is, anC
what cunning ways he has.
One morning grandpa dressed bah,
up, and whel he started away with
grandpa he looked, with his wavy
golden hair, bright eyes, and little
brown cloak, like one Of Kate Green
way : creations i'm bued with life. Wher
the passengers in the car smiled at baby
and remarked how sweet he was, grand
pa was happy, and chuckled AZ he
thought of the enjoyment Of having
baby with him NJ the store Once at
the store, baby was the centre OF an ad
miring crowd Of grandpa's business
companions. Baby was shy at first,
and one fat fist was pushed into the
little mouth, while baby's eyes were
cast upon the floor.
Pretty soon, though, baby regained
his usual spirits and started on u tOur
of investi CATION. His first venture was
to pull over lot OF ledgers and ac.
count-bo ks that lad been undergoing
an inves s'igaiion, and on top of this
pile he poured the ontents Of a big bot.
tie of vi 'let ink. Pursing his investi.
cations further, baby found himself in
the office where the brightly vanished
safe, with its impossible LANDSCAPES, at
once attracted his attention. The heavy
iron door was closed, and baby, by
standing on q chair, could just reach
the com bination knob, the brightness of
which had caught his eye.
He played with the knob, turning it
round and round ever so many times,
and laughing to himself. But the man
who came to open the safe, and who was
in dreadful hurry, didn't laugh, for
the lock had been worked for years on
a part of the combination and baby had
it completed ,and three hours
were required to find it again. Olt in a
back room baby fonnd hammer and
some tacks, and filled some new desks
full of pretty tin tacks. Then following
the promptings of his busy little mind
he pulled a piece of string to see what
was Oh the other end of it. There was
a mantel ornament belonging to one OF
The boys on the other end and when the
baby pulled the ornament tipped over
and was shattered.
Baby was frightened at the muss he
had made, and hid himself in Il box
that stood on end near the door, and
that had been used TO h I'D soft coal
during the winter. Grandpa found him
there, but in what plight His little
face and hands and his beautiful white
dress were begrimed with the nasty
coal.dust. Grandpa brushed him of
and washed his face and hands, and
made him somewhat presentable, after
" hich he set him down in Il big chair,
and told him to sit still Baby sat still
about IA minute and then slid down ont
of the chair, and wandered away into
the back room, where he suddenly
spied a little dog curled up asleep on
the top of a box.
Baby stood on his toes, got a good
grip On doggy's tail, and pulled. The
dog woke up And the next minute
baby's little legs were working for dear
life as he fled towards grandpa's quar-
terS. Grandpa met him, kicked the
dog, and quieted baby, tried to patch
up the places in baby's dress, where the
dog teeth had made ragged rents, and
began to club himself for bringing baby
down town. Finally baby clapped the
climax by upsetting on himsel + a can OF
lard oil, and grandpa quit work for the
rest of the day wrapped the baby in
thick brown paper, tied string around
him and took him home. 1t will be
some time before grandpa will take mis-
pet down town with him again. Baby
had a good time though