West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-02-25
A BABY'S DIARY.

First weck-As near as | am
able to judge from appearance my
arrival hns kicked up quite an eX-
citemcnt in the household. | have
been weighed and the figures were
gwen at eight pounds. have also
been carefully inspected and have
been pronounced sound in wind and
limb. It's go rs far as ain con =
cerned. My young dad seems to be
ticklcd half to death and his breath
smells of beer. When he heard
was boy he went ont b,ck OF the
house aud jumped on his hat for
! JOY. If | don't make him jump
for some other cause before | get
over this rcdncss OF complexion
then YOU may play marbles on my
bald head
Second week Nurse is here yet
and I'm on my good behavior. She
looks to me like woman who
wouldn't take much sass off Il
youngstcr, and | don't want u row
until my muscle works up little
more. Several pIrtlcs in to- see me
and mad ID listen to the usual
congratulations. Some talk about
bringing me up on bottle, but I'll
have something to say about that
later on. I'm laying low and tax
ing things easy. Dad is still walk
ing around with a grin on his face.
and there was smell of gin cock
tail in the room last night. When
ne remarked that ! was just the
quietcst and most good
baby in all New York | clme near
giving myself dead away. There &
a surprise in store for that haysccd
and it'll Int him like load of
brick.
Third ck.-Rvcrything 1880.
Nurse goes Saturday night. She
brags about what little dirIing ]
am, but she's talking for wages.
I'm quite sure she mistrusts me.
People keep coming in to paw me
over and look at my feet. The
g2,crAl verdict is (ahcm y that I'm
the cutcst, handsomcst young un
ever born. That's all b5sh, how
ever, and I'm not at all stuck on
my shape.
They allowed dad to carry me
around few minutes last evening
and you'd thought he owned the
earth. lie said he could walk with
me for a week and ! just gurglcd.
He'll drop TO something before he
IS u week older. / haven't said
much thus far, but I've done n heap
o thinking just the same. / don't
propose to take advantage OF the
baby act much longer. Had a row
with the nurse and had to give IN.
Beaten, but not conquered.
| Fourth week.
told You I'd do il and ! did /?
The night after the nurse left took
up that unfinished business with
dad, and along about four o'clock
in the morning he was the sickcst
man you ever saw. | didn't want
20 kill him in one night and so
saved some OF him over for the
next. COlic, you know. All
babies have it, and / wasn't going
to be left out. Kicks, squrms,
wriggles, yeIls, with dad trotting
up and down, until ho finally
shook his fist urdcr my nose and
hoped that I'd die.
Then I let upl little but I've got
lot more collie saved up. The
happy grin was quite vanished from
hls face and they say Inc has lost five
| pounds. Thats all right. | pro-
| pose to take hand in it from this
time on. II the old man gets ont
20 lodge or a checker party again
this winter just ask me how it hap
| pened. I'm keeping the run Of
things under the proper dates and
now and then I'll dish You up half
a column or so, and let you know
who's running the house. Dad
may go any day next week, but as
for me I've come to stay. Vcw
| York W0rM.
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