The Arizona champion., 1891-01-10
BABY OWNED THE CAR.
A Blue Eyed Tot Charms a
 Crowd of Passengers.
THE GEETLEMEE WANTED TO KISS HER.
How the old Lady's Heart was softened
 Baby PrOclivities.

There was a baby in the railway car the other day. It was not an unusual child, but it had a decidedly bright face and pretty ways. For the first few miles she was very quiet, and her blue eyes looked around in wonderment, for evi- dently it was the little ones first ride on the cars.
 Then as she became used to the roar and rumble the baby proclivities asserted themselves, and she began to play with her fathers mustache. At first the father and mother were the only parties inter ested, but soon young lady in an adja- cent 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 occupied by the happy family, and he commenced to smile.
 The baby pulled the hair of an old lady in front, who turned around savagely and glared at the father with look that plainly said, "Nuisances should be left St home"
 But she caught sight of the laughing eyes of the baby, and when she turned back she seemed pleased about some thing Several others had become inter ested in the child by this time-business men and young clerks, 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 comi cal picture that the old gentleman across the way, unable torestrain himself, burst out into loud guffaw, and then looked sheepishly out of the window, as if ashamed to be caught doing such an un- manly thing.
 Before another five minutes he was playing peek-a-boo across the aisle with the baby, and everyone was envying him.
 The ubiquitous young man, ever on the move, passed through, and was at a loss to account for the frowns of every body. He had failed to notice the baby.
 The brakeman looked in from his post on the platform and smiled. The paper boy found no custom till he had spoken to the baby and jingled his pocket of change for her edifcation.
 The conductor caught the fever and chucked the little one under the chin, while the old gentleman across the aisle forgot to pass up his ticket, so interested was he playing peek-a-boo.
 The old lady in front relaxed, and div ing into her reticule unearthed brilliant red pippin and presented it bashfully to the little one, who, in response, put her chubby arms around the donors neck and pressed her rosy little mouth to the old lady's cheek.
 It brought back flood of remem- brances to that withered heart, and a handkerchief was seen to brush first this way and then that, as if to catch fall ing tear.
 The train sped on and pulled into the station where the baby, with her parents, were to leave the car. A look of regret came over every face. The old gentle man 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-by over the shoulder of her papa, to which every one responded, including the newsboy, who emphasized his farewell with 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-byes all the time. Then they lapsed into silence. They missed that baby and not one of them would be unwilling to acknowledge it. The little ones presence had let a rift of sunshine into every heart, warm or cold, in thatcar.-Orphans Friend.