The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-03-11
A BABY's DIARY.
Quad in New York World.

flT>t rs Hear dS i ain dOlc
To judge from appearances, my ar.
rivd! has kicked up quite an excite
meI.t in the household. | have
been weighed and the figures CIV.
IN at eight pounds. have also
been carefully inspected and have
been pronounced sound in wind
aud limb.
It's a 90 as far as | an concern.
ed. My Young dad seems to be
,ickled half TO death, and his breath
smells of beer. When he heard |
was a boy he wen, oul back of the
house and jumped on his hat for
joy.
1t | don't make him jump for
some other cause bekIre | gel over
This redness of complexion then
you may play marbles oh my bald
head!
Second week-Nurse is here yet
and | am on my good behavior.
She looks to me like a woman who
would not take much sass of a
yOungster, aud | don't want a row
until my muscle works up a little
more.
Several parties in 10 see me and
! had to listen TO the usual con-
gratulaiions. Some talk Of BRING
ing me up on a bottle, but III have
something to say about that later
on. ! am laying low and taking
things easy.
Dad is still walking around with
a grin OH his lace, and there wa; a
smell OF gin cocktail in the room
last night. When he remarked
that | was just The qultest and best
nat ured baby IN all New York, |
came near giving myself dead
away.
There's a surprise in store for
that hayseed, and III hit him like
a load OF brick.
Third week-Everything so so.
Nurse goes Saturday night. She
brags about what a little darling |
am !; but she's talking for wages.
I'm quite sure she m~islrusts me.
People keep coming in to paw
ne over and look at my leet. The
general verdict is (ahem , that l
am just the cutes,, handsome>t
young'un ever born.
That's all bosh, however, and Pm
not at all stuck on my shape.
They allowed dad to carry me
around a few minutes last evening,
and you'd although he owned the
earth. He said he could walk
with me for week, and | just
gurgled.
He'll drop 10 something before
he's a week older. | haven't ssil
much thus far. but I've done lois
OF thinking just the same. don't
propose to take advantage of The
baby aci much longer.
Had a row with The nurse and
had to give in. Beaten but not
conquered.
Fourth week. told you Id do
il and | did! The night after the
nurse left | took up that unfinished
business with dad and along about
2 o'clock in the morning he was
the sickest man you ever saw. |
didn't want TO kill him III one
night and SO saved some Of him
over for the next.
Collie, you know. All the babies
haYe it and | wasn't going to be
left out. Kicks, squirm:, wrigyle+,
yells, with dad lroiting up and
down until he finally shonk his
fist under my nose and hoped I'D
die.
Then | lei up a little, but I've
goi IA lot more collie saved up. The
happy grin has quite vanished
from his face, and they say he has
lost five pounds. That's all right.
| propose to take a hand in from
this lime on. If the old man gets
out to Il lodge or II checker party
again this winter you just ask me
how it happened. Pm keeping
the run of things under lie proper
dates and now and then Ill dish
you up half a column or so, and let
yoii know who's running the house.
Dad may 90 any day next week,
but as fer me ] have come IL stay.