Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-07-26
That Baby.

the other day. 1t was not an unusua
child, but il had a decidedly bright fact
and pretty ways. For the first few
miles she was very quiet, and her blue
ewes looked around in wonderment
for evidently it was the little ones
first ride on the cars. Then as she be-
came used to the roar and rumble, the
baby proclivities asserted themselve:
and she began TO play with her fathers
mustache. AT first the father and
mother were the only parties interested
bnt soon a young lady in an adjacent
seat nudged her escort and directed
his attention to the laughing child.
He looked up, remarked that it was a
pretty baby and tried to look uncon-
cerned: but it was noticed that his
eyes wandered back to the spot occu-
pied by the happy family, and he COM
menced to sLiilc. The baby pulled
the hair Of an old lady in front, who
turned around savagcly and glared at
the father with u look that plainly
said ''Nuisances should be left at
home" But she caught sight OF the
laughing eyes of the baby, and when
she turned back she seemed pleased
about something. Several others had
r--=:...- become interested in the
WAFER child by this time,-busi-
QUEEN ness men and Young clerks,
SOAR: old ladies and girls,-and
when the baby hands grasped the
large silk hat of her father and placed
it on her own head, it made such
comical picture that an old gentleman
across the way, unable TO restrain him
self. burst out into loud guffaw, and
then looked sheepishly out of the
window, as if ashamed TO be caught
doing such all unmanly thing. BE-
fore another five minutes he was play
ing peek-a-boo across the aisle with
the baby, and every one was envying
him.
The ubiquitous young man, ever on
the move, passed through, and was al.
a loss to account for the frowns Of
everybody. He had failed to notice
the baby. The brakeman looked III
from his post on The platform and
smiled. The paper boy found no Gus.
tom till he had spoken to the baby and
jingled his pocket of change for her
edification. The conductor caught
the fever and chucked the little one
under the chin, while the old gentle
man across the aisle forgot TO pass up
his ticket, so interested was he playing
peek-a-boo. The old lady in front re-
Taxed, and diving into her reticule un-
earthcd brilliant red pippin and pre-
scnted it bashfully to the little one,
who, in response, put her chubby arms
around the donors neck and pressed
her rosy mouth to the old lady's cheek.
1t brought back a food of remem.
ORANGES TO that withered heart, and a
handkerchief was seen to brush first
this way and then that, as if to catch
falling tear.
The train sped on and pulled into
the station where the baby, with her
parents, was to leave the car. A look
of regret came over every face. The
old gentleman asked if he couldn't
kiss it Just once: the old lady returned
the caress she had received, and the
baby moved toward the door, shaking
a by-Ly over the shoulder of her papa,
to which every one responded, includ-
ing the newsboy, who emphasized his
farewell with a wave of his hat.
The passengers rushed to the side
where the baby got off and watched
till she turned out of sight at the other
end of the station, shaking by-bys all
the time. Then they lapsed. into Sc
lence. They missed that baby, and
not one of them would be unwilling
to acknowledge it. The little ones
presence had let rift of runshine in-
to every heart, warm or cold, in that
car.-Orphan's Friend, House of An
gel Guardian.
Pasteur might have been the richest
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