Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-08

That night at q o'clock that baby COM
mpucrd tn fret then tu cry. then To
scream. and, as III TINT was not alarming
enough thnt dreadful baby proceeded
10 double mp like % jack knife ana turn
FROM piuk 10 red from red tD green and
| from green 10 blue IN the most terrifying
manner imaginable
Whit shall we doY said John.
Build hre,' paid Jenny.
So John built roaring tire ON that
hot July night and with the pcrspiru-
ton rolling nn bis face. sat modify
Witchlng Jenny while She toasted the
| hibyH ioct aud strauglcd him with hot
water aud peppermint and trottcd him
and putted him, and rolled him. and
| tossed him. aud jumped him. aud finally,
/ ih desperation Walked the floor with him,
| nll ~ mo- purpose.
Iohu,' suid Jenny, In faint voice
| nc o'clock in the morning, 'you'll
| have Co take him.
John took him as he might have tnkon
| dynamite bomb ana held him ont nc
| arms length, ilat ON mis- back, INA the
most uncomfortable way imaginable
w -n-a-uh! prutc'aed tue baby
| "Wa-a-n-u-nhW beloved John.
ON, John, protested Jenny from the
| couch where she Ind thrown herself in
utter exhaustion; how can you he SO
/ cruel, lohnF
'llow can YOU be- so cruel. JohnY'
! mimicked John, i've rot 20 be- ON my
! feet nc the store tomorrow from scvcn
unul .seven When am ! going TO get
| any sleep, ia like TO buowg'
Give him 10 me. Johu." said Jenny.
getting up, aud 30 upstairs aud try TO
| get some rest"
NO said John, looking at her pale
lhce ana speaking moro gently; "you
arc tired, too
But from that night John from most
| hluu, DEVOTED husband, changed TO u
boaNsh, faultlndug one.
There were great many things To
hnd fault about, TO he sure.
The household machinery was sadly
| out OF order, In the Kitchen aloyenly
Bridget relgnpd supreme, aud Jenny was
| 20 continually tagged Oui hy that tcrii-
| hlo baby that she had neither strnglh
| nor ume to Interfere with anything She
do
Every night, regularly at o'clock.
thut BABY commenced 90 scream. John
soon i9o6 20 spending his evenings Vt
ms cluh, ana the time no was az homo
ne found fault with everything so per.
sntently that lt wns u relief 20 denny
WHOM ne lctt the house uguin.
just when things were at ihoir very
worst Johns sister came TO mako them
visit Now e II had been Jenny's sis.
Ter, on ANYBODY clse's sister 4 know
John would have acted diHerently. hut
fortunately. q was lohu's sister, and
| moreover Johns youngest sister. and M
nld not fool calrd upon TO change hi,
Inc Of conduct for hol
lhn hrst morning after her arrival ht
eNmN down stuirs and seated himself a,
the hrcnklast liable in Ma shirt sleeyos
Hardly acknowledging hiR Wifo's and M.
ters good morning, he pi ,kcd M thC fnar
| Mug paper mud, between montbfula
klnhre0 hoodily over its contents. Hi,
WIFE, from behind the conts, urn. casl
umld glanceS az his lowering face.
Dld you Gel good nights Meep
iohnT she yenturod
sleep, How could I sloep with thai
Kid bowling an nightfH
~ Kept the door shut aud honeI Il,
would not disturb you," said INA MI,
apologeically,
As u n door could keep out that infer
nal din,n said John
NOW John had unly henrd Tho bab,
when DC onme in FROM lodge n,af ni',ht
Jenny long before, had insisted anon M.
taking q room Mp stnirs md thro1rl, M,
long NIGHTS She walked the n,or W
rocked the baby, only gettine N mia res
wilton she could
Ring the bell: watt por, e.,
water demanded his lotdship
lenAy comnlled hnmpdiafal, h,t d,
hfidgel appeared, n think sho's No
John" CIV "p''r
"Ma.a-a-ahg protested the baby from
the sitting room.
Never mind; I'm got Il myselfp sai,
"V"ui Ee1Ilng pp lmpauently.