Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-13
THE NEW BABY.

IN my mp anu WHs NfiON hff etpIN
had jest got TO the thrillin' part of II
when the good little boy. who Away
minded his ma, had hull pail OF re-
apples gin 10 him. And Babe was a
loolin' up into my fac, wlh her big
blue grry eyes a-shinin' and her colder
yellow hair a-fallin back from her littl'
enger, happy. upturncd face.
When all of a sudden the. kitchen dool
opened aud Miss Pixley came In. and
before she hnl been there some time she
says 10 Babe, a.winkln' 10 mo nj III,
kaine times
"Yonr nose Is broke now. young lAdyr
Babe put her little fingers up TO her
nose and felt Of IT, and winkcd 10 Mis-
Pixlcy 10 not say no more. for know
what abe meant. know she meant that
Thomas Jcifcrson's little new baby
would crowd Babc, our rirsoh AIMS
little daughter. out Of onr hearts.
But Miss PiHiey went right on. She IN
All old maiden. aud h had Ave disap.
pointmenp, and some say seven. aud
they have cmbit,errd her. and says she
10 Babci
Little Snow. the new baby will take
your place now IN Grandmh's heart"
BABE looked troubled: on her smooth
little hrow could see fall the first faint
shallow ~ that great black snaps that
We call Jealousy Her big. sweet eyes
looked ~ II They was oloudin' up nicely
for tears.
And wunk seyerer and more vigelent
winks than ! had wunk before at Miss
PiSley 10 stop n ever wink spoke
them did. 10 stop immegidlyi
But she kept night on. Poor crceter
] spoke them disappoiniinents was the
cause ont She KEEP right on. and -.
che.
lyon won't 10 grandmh's baby any
more now abe has got somebody else TO
love now
And then the cloud did break into a
rainfall of tears. Babc Jest bust out
a-cryin'. aud snuggled down into my
arms, aud laid hcr wet checks on my
bosom through the force Of old custom,
aud, anon! Chow much like older human
crecicrS accorlin' TO her siscj she drow
her head away rs II sayin'i
III can't lay my had there any more;
u the love has gone out Of tho heart II
won't rect ino nor comfort me no morv
10 lay there"
Aud pride woke mp In her; she was too
proud TO make fuss. or beg for love.
How much, how much like big chlilroni
10 shc sot mp kinder straight In my lap.
with her pretty lips qui,crin'. and tho
tears a-funnin' down her cheeks.
And ria right up with Dabe In my
arms aud went out Of tn. room pretty
quick, but not vigelcnt.
Josiah ws there. l wouldn't misuse
Mis- Pixley OWN TO the sir or seven
things mentioned by mo prior and be.
Tore this. But felt tina, mus, make 1,
night with Babe that very minute.
know how shc felt-wounied love
and PRIDE and Jealousy, etc. etc, etc.
! knew that n Few syllables Of about |
the hardest lessons u life had come TO |
Babe, and ! must help her spell en-; |
must help hcr with her lesson.
10 | took her right into the parlor and
sct down with her In the big chair, and
mover said word FOR minute or two.
only held her clost 10 me aud kissed
the shinin' hair that lay up against my
cheek.
She a-strugglin' at hrst; Jealousy and
pride e'naggin' herr and she ut iirst a.uot
bein' able tn hear any voices. only Jest
them OF jealousy and pride-jcst like
older children exactly.
But after awhile. | held hcr 30 warm
aud stiddy. with my cheek a.layin' ON
the pretty head, tho stiddy. firm clasp
and contact sort o. Gained her, aud thon,
anon, she drew one little arm up round
my neck, aud anon the other one, and |
looked down deep into her eyes, right
into tho little truo soul, aud that little
true soul saw the truth In mine.
Words couldn't have convinced Babe
20 well rs that look that sho had learn.
10 depend on.
Love has language that though
maybe u can't b. exactly parsed and
aualyxed, yet II can b. Understood OK.
Aetly, entirely understood. and Babe SEQ
that loved her
And then was tho timo that that
'weet little crccter put up her arms aud
Kissed me. and | says sort O. low like,
but very tender
Sweetheart, you know jest how much
love you, don't your
And then ! kissed her several times In
'arious places on her face, every one on
em sweet places. And then went on
nd talked dretinl good TO Babe about
no now baby. ! coniided In hor, told
Ter all about how the little new soul
'ad come, unknown TO itself. here into
great, strange world. how helpless II
sAz, how weak, and how we must all
'elp 1t, and try to make it feel itself at
i home amongst rs.
And ! tried 10 explain Il 10 her-how
hat as she had come iirst she owed a
onrtosy 10 the newcomer, and that she
must DO ready and willn' To neighbor
nth her. didn't use jest those words,
nut them was my idees
! told her how blind the little creotor
vas. and Babe, II only out of politcneSs,
aust try TO see for her. lead her straight
ver ways she knew nothin about aud
eep her from harmin' herself.
How Baby Snow couldn't talk for her.
W at all now, and Babe must talk for
er-good talk that little Snow could
barn OF her bimeby, how she couldn't
wax, ana baue mas 40 aAcal. o her
'nd make u good path for her TO follow
when she got big enough.
told her iest how hard II was for thu
little creoter to be put hero in the mldsl
u sorrow and troubles and dangers, an
how we must all OF US be leaf a. good