Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-12

vas nowhere to be seen.
"Come, JIM" cried his compan-
ons. "Timc we were dressing to go
Jack TO town"
Certainly, but what am | to do
With this - this - thing - while |
lrcss?"
Il know" cried one Kind friend.
Wen leave it at the dressing room
'fter you have dressed
Jim cage, " agreed to this, but the
nan in charge blocked that little
game.
"say, sir" said Jim, 'I'll just leave
his little oae out here while l 20 in
md dress"
No, you won't, either" said the
nan. "You take it in with you"
jim set the screaming child down on
he floor while he made his toilet.
lie tore his wet hair with rage.
"llush, you brat!" but it yelled the
ouder. "Oh, my goodness This is
lrcadfulw
"JimW cried his friends from the
,cxt room. Cant you make it hush ?
Muflie it in n wet towel"
II wish to goodness did know how
they do stop the n up; Deuce take that
woman! Where are my shoesl Get
of my shoes! !"--to the helpless baby.
He pulled ont the shoes and rolled it
on its side. "There now! It's fallen
IN my coat"
lie continued to hunt up the differ
ent articles of attire OH which the baby
seemed to have special faculty of
falling, while it screamed so that ii
made his ears ring and his head ache.
al declare this thing is enough to
make one madw
At last he was dressed and saun-
cred out.
Go back and get that child" said
'he dressing-room keeper.
81 WON'T" said jim. "I'm not going
10 lug it to town"
"You shan't leave 1t here. I'll call
policeman and have you arrested if
YOU don't take it right up and get
away from here
Remembering his lac encounter
with that official, Jim angrily obeycd.
When they learned that he had to
ako it with him to town his COM
panions all forsook him and fed.
In its dripping state the little
creature was most detrimental to his
good clothes. The angry Jim tried to
hold it At arms length, and so nearly
let it fall. And thus lie elected rum
ming fire of comment from the by
standers.
"You'll kill that child fooling with
that way" said one.
Ugh! The brutc!" cried another.
The poor Innocent" as the baby be-
gan to cry atrcsh.
dts all very well for you to talk
that way," rctortcd the angry jim,
''but none of you would do any better
in my place"
"Sure, doubt eff they would do as
well, the spalpeens," cried an old Irish
woman. "Sure, the crayther is cowl
Here, I'll give you me ould shawl
and removing a faded article of ap.
parel from her ample person, she pro
ceeded to wrap the waif in it.
Couldn't you just take it to town
with you,' suggested Jim. "You have
so much more experience in the hand
ling of this sort of article than
have"
mo, indade! Niyer a bit will
fetch it! Git away from here, you
young spalpeenw
She shook her fist at him, and Jim
retreated.
No sooner was he on the boat than
Jim deposited his charge on sofa in
the cabin, and hid himself in remote
part of the steamer. But one of the
boat officials soon hunted him up.
GLOW dare you des your baby?''
"Its not my baby" cried the bad
gered Jim.
allow not yours, when you brought
it on the boat?"
Its
don't its me. Go this instant and
get it, or I'll haze you arrested when
we reach town"
Tie wretched Jim was forced 10
obey, and resume his hated load amid
the jeers and jokes of the passengers
who had been his fellow bathers on
the beach.
By this time the enraged baby had
become unmanageable. 1t screamed
with rage and refusing to sit down
itstiffened itself so that it slid off his
knee. The wretched young man was
ready by this time to throw it over
board.
"'Ladics," said he, turning to a
gronp Of feminines near',Aim, "for
Gods sake take this child and make it
hush, for | can't"
"Sir!" cried one, haughtily; the
others answered with a stony stare.
Turning from this stiff upper crust,
lie appealed to a motherly-looking
Irish woman.
"Failh an be jabbers, no." she an
swered promptly. "Don't play off
your thricks OH me, young manm