Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-10-26

"Yes. This is the fourth one tonight, too. Listen" he added, as he pinned his merciless gaze on the blushing night message for Kalamazoo:
 "'The little stranger arrived safely to- day. Twelve pounds. Julia doing fine ly. It's boy. Kindly name your bev- craze and send damages to CHARLEY "Yes," went on the clerk, speaking as though he were equal to the occasion, "this is plainly Charley's first son and heir. He is in ecstasies and hastens down here to notify the old folks at home. Did you notice how many times he tore up the blanks before he seemed satisfied with what he had written? All the young fellows act that way. It's very ticlllish place to put young man in, and being his first offense, he doesn't know exactly how to word the news so that he will make a neat and ornamental message, as it were. Charley seems to be quite an artist though, and think you'll agree with me that he led up to the climax very well indeed. He almost forgot-well something decidedly inn portant; and rather than have the old
 
 sixtieth cousins left in a state of bewil derment, notice how gracefully he rings in the crisis:
 "'It's boy
 "Now, then, here's another handed to me just a little while ago. This is en- i tirely in different vein. It is addressed to gentleman in Toledo, perhaps an old chum:
 "'Well! well! well! told you sol shall name him after you. He will run for president in 1924, or my name is not
 "'ToM JACK "Now, that's what call neat," said ! the clerk, as he laid aside the tender message destined soon to gladden. some heart in far off Toledo. "One cannot help but admire Tom Jacks delicate sense of humor. He spares himself the embarrassment of saying anything about the little angels sex. He doesn't say whether Sally is doing well or not; Tom Jack is too much elated to think of these things now. A year or So hence he may come in again, but his dispatch won't be so intrepid. Later still, when the family circle is extended so that the hired girl puts a couple of extra boards in the table for dinner every day-well, Tom Jack, the prosaic family man, with expenses running higher and higher year by year, won't be in such tremendous hurry to turn loose the electricity for arrival No. 2. We can all wager the nimble dollar on that.
 Shall 1 read the other two? Well they're not quite so demonstrative. One reads:
 "'Baby came to us this morning. Blue eyes like its mother Mother mending rapidly. JIM
 And the other reads:
 "'Our daughter joined us this morn ing at l0:20. Will you come to christen- ing? Irene sends love to father.
 FREDDY J.
 You can see by these that there i! quite literature in the birth message The main points that seem to agitate the fond young papa's breast are to tell the little story fully. yet suppress any direct statements. They are really more abash ed at the clerks behind the counter thar you would readily imagine. It's alway. great ulGllGslI IOIlUIO IO eul W1leu slowly count over the words one at { time. It makes them squirm to thinl that their handwriting might not b plain, and that l might roar out the dis patch and ask them if it's all right as read it. But I've too much considera tion for human nature to do that; ant whenever see young fellow sidle int the office, cautiously graspa a pen and ex pertinent on half dozen blanks, my ex perience tells me at once what's in tn wind, and I am careful to let him depar in peace through the side door in tn shortest possible time"
 And as the reporter was moving of tho clerk picked up another blank am read it over softly to himself. Ther was no smile on his lips this time as h turned to the scribe and said slowly:
 Heres another message, side by sid with the little hamburger of gladness read you moment before. It's only line, but there is nothing so eloquent a death. Listen:
 "'John died when the tide went ou tonight. '"-Dctroit Free Press.