Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-06
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HOW MI. FAST NAMED HIS barry DAUGHTER
Princev!lle, H.. special to the Chicago Nelcs
says:
Charley Fast has named his baby When Charley
married Ida Seby, the affair created much talk tn
the village. Not but that ii was an excellent
match, for everybody voted Charley In luck All
admired his wise choice OF life partner. Ida was
pretty, modest. very fond OF Charley, and, what
considered to be better still by all the old ladies
n the village. she possessed experience in all the
arts OF housewlfery. But the question arose would
her influence Charley be sufficient to take the
"kinks' out OF him? In his youth Charley was as
rapid as his name indicates, and now that he had
taken TO n1mSelr wife, everyb body wondered II he
would "settle down. He surprised them by doing
so: He built pretty little cottage out on the
farm, near to his brother Aliens house He painted
the cottage yellow and pink, and farther back in
the lot he erected brAllant red TN. He laid out
trees and flowers, and down near the barn he
picketed OF a garden patch. Everything was in
| apple-pie order, and Charley and Ida commenced
housekeeping as happy as could be.
Early one morning, not many months ago, DR..
Marcy stood on the porch in front OF his office and
any apparent reason Tor his merriment but still he
smiled and looked up and down The deserted street.
Presently he saw Harlow Beach, and called to
| him. When Harlow had joined him, the doctor
| said: Say, what do you think? Charley Fast has
| got ababy." Now. this piece of intelligence, i'm
| parted to almost any one else might have had n
| remarkable effect, but Harlow was the father of
| eleven children, he simply looked at the doctor
took a chew OF tobacco, and said "Humph. that's
| nawthin," and walked away. But the doctor was
| not discouraged. AMI delivered his news to more
appreciatiVe ears when the post Office was opened
ats a girl, gentlemen said Charley himself.
little rather she had been boy, but then. IL you
could only see her She's worth one round, any
TO convenient spot, We v Ill indulge In little OF
the first principles Of the democratic party"
Weeks went by and the baby prospered, but 1t
was without a name. Ida'S school girl friends
walked out to the farm On pleasant days. and made
/ the baby numerous presents or shoes, caps and
| rubber rattes Each visitor suggested a name
which was referred to Charley. only 10 be refused
mo common name goes for this baby" he would
| say. " She's got to have name that no other Kid
/ In Peoria county has II | can find nice smooth
| name we will christen her, and If can't why nv,
goShl we viii never call her anything but baby
! A travelling man from Chicago sat on the hotel
porch. afternoon, when Charley was relat no to
he boys his troubles IN searching for a name for
! he baby.
"My ftend,' said the tourist ssf you will let me
! name your baby will give her name that YOU
| never heard Of and when get back to Chicago
Will send her q bonnet az lace and f1lagree Work.
lined with blue silk and red bows on it. What do
you saw" I'm go you," said Charley, and he
drew up his chair. 'Flre away with your name y
wrote upon it Gladys" He passed the card to
Charley, who studied the name for some time
SHOW do you pronounce it ?" he said.
"As If written 'Glad-eeS, with the accent on the
| last syllable said the travelling man.
After repeating the word several times, as II
weighing It's worth, Charley put the card in his
pocket. .Tnat's the name l have be- looking
| for.' said he. "The ,baby'S name Is GLADYS from
this time on. And now. stranger, let's have some
thing, and my vile Will be looking the bonner
Charley broke bottle OF black berry brandy that
night, and chriStened the baby without any more
! ceremony. 1t may he we'll to remark that the bot
tie was broken on the rim OF milk crock and none
| OF the brandy was lost.
| Little Gladys bears her name so peculiar To her
friends. with the most serene indifference and her
mother has repeated 1t to herself until she has
learned to love ii. -->~'
On sunny afternoons Ida sits on the back porcb
OF the little cottage, and while ''taiLng" a pan of
gooSeberrteS in her lap she rocks the cradle with
her foot and listens to Charley 'whoa-haWtnpn af
his horses in the cornfeld beyond the garden nd
little Gladys sucks her rosy fist and turns her pink
toes up to the SUM- She clutches In the air for the
layblrd that pays hide-and-seek with her in the
boughs OF the apple tree over the pump and the
orone OF the oum6lebee lulls her to sleep.
WICKED MOTHER PUNIsHKD.-At Danylle. Va.
yesterday Sallie Medley {coiored) found guilty
OF the muIoer OF her own child. an infant OF five
weeks, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for
eighteen years After the murder was Committed
the Dody was thrown away and left as prey for The
DuZZardS They had commenced the destruction Of
| 1t when found and identified -
AT Dawson, Pa, Samuel Short and w 7 Mull,n
heretofore fast friends, engaged In heated nOlfi
cal discussion Thursday night and MuIlin STABBED
| Short In the side, inf1cting mortal wound Mini,
1 lin has been arrested ~
II Is reported In Paris that Minister Morton hoe
with the knowledge OF the prime minister infi
mated TO the government at Washington that the
time Is 0pEo tune for American mediation beruean