The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-12-24

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rushed back to look up a messenger
to send to the party suggested. AS
| got to my gate buggy drove up
aud stoned. In it ruddy, round
faced, blne-eyei mani about thirty
five years cid. and a rlddy, blue
eyed. round.faced woman, appar-
entity OF the ga ne age. The woman
called out to me, III a tone OF
breathless anxiety:
ais that Mrs. Nortoni Nobody's
got that baby, have they r.
eyes! Mol" ] cried, with equal
excitement iu my voice. II am
Mrs. Norton, and the baby's wait.
ing for YOU" Then, to prepare her,
| added, depreciatingly, as she de-
scended from the buggy
ats y very delicate little Great
ure, Mrs. jones'"
am just have to be all the ten
derer with it,0 she replied in a
CHEEKY tone. / Iushered her into my
back sitting room. The baby
seemed to me most pitiabIe object,
and a fresh torebodiug arose, that
these honest people would decline
such a charge. Not so. Mrs. Jones
" as delighted, No child was ever
so happy over a big wax doll at
Christmas, as tue good woman was
over that miserable baby.
"What's its name !" she asked.
"Augustus," replied the woman
in charge of the child. "Leastwise
| it's mother called it so," she added.
ola, Jo!n said Mrs. Jones, ecsta
tically, to her husband, ''it's "a boy.
Amt you proudf You've been
a-plnin' tor boy.'
"Thats pnmeW replied Mr..
Jones, heartily.
IL think, Mrs. JONES'" said l,
"you have right to call the baby
what you choose"
"Oh, that's a very good name.
We can call him Gussie, you know"
Bless the woman's big, tender
heart; already she had CoIned the
net dimiuutive for the baby. 1t
was poor touudling no longer.
Surely, | felt, the little fellow had
fallen into pleasant places. The
woman who bad been in charge OF
the child now lose, and said she
would go. | was glad to see her
depart, for to my mind it was clear
she was the bireling of unnatural
parents. / heartily pressed Mrs.
Jones to stay to dinner, for | wish
ed right then to do something for
such good people.
"Thank'ee, no." Mrs. Jones did
the talking of the firm. "The chill
lun's at home. A neighbor is thar
| till | gifts back, but they are just
crazy to see the baby. was pes
tered about starting this morning.
| was skeared for fear somebody'd
get the baby before L got here"
"Yes," said 10, "she wanted to
push the creetur up bill and down
hill"
SNOW, 10, you needn't talk, you
was jlst as bad as me-" she said
with goOd-natured nudge.
"How old are the other children
which you have taken ~ l asked.
"AltOoua aud Adella's seven,
Monte, four. All gals this is our
FIRST boy. Come 10, the chillun's
watching the road for US, this
blessed minit.'
l believe Sister Garry kissed the
baby. | held it whilst Mrs. Jones
and her spouse got into the buggy,
and banded it TO her with sigh OF
relief. "The world would be bet.
ter" said to Sister Garry, elf
there were a few more pairs of such
amicable lunaticS." She looked
shocked. so / i0rbOre to tell her
that, in my opinion, she was about
their equal in the benevolent craze.
PART ii.
"Mrs. Norton" said Mrs. Grow
der, seven mouths late, "l'm going
to bring an action against you for
damages"
"For why ~ qnoth 1.
81 used to get all my butter from
Jones, and it was as sweet and
clean as a nat. He has not brought
any for months. l met him yester.
day. tMr. JONES' said, why don't
Won bring me butter now ~
"tBless your heart, Mrs. Grow
der, We dOn't make mono to sell.
That baby drinks all the milk.
DIR. Norton told us that the way to
raise 1t was Just to feed 1t on cows
milk. He swigs a power Of it ]
Hes a hearty child. Thar's no
butter to sell from our house now.
No. ma'am; not whar sich a baby
as be is.'
asWhat do you call him, Mr..
JonesF
( WtBy far rights, bis names Gus
tus: bat the chillun they wanted
70 call it 10, arter me, and We let
lIem. We mostly humOrs them in
ANYTHING that ain't wrong. No,
ma'am, We can't sell no butter till
the boy gifts the rest of bis teeth,
nohOw.'
sits touching Mrs. Norton, to
see such generositS," continued
Mrs. Crowder. asNot a letent
thought of the sordid value ofmilk,
heretofore Of no small account TO
them as an income
From time TO time We got reports
OF 10, Mrs. Jones aud the ''chillun.7
1 We would freshly admire aud dis
cusr tbe remarkable pair. Ii was