St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-29
breathed into her friends sympathetic
ear by the woman in the fur-trimIncd

ear by the woman in the fur-trimmcd
ulster.
Everybody tells you: wait till she
walks and talks, and then she'll be a
comfort to you.' she was saying. but
for my part I'd almost rather she'd re-
main baby. l never have any COM
fort any more. Sund Us, when Ed is
straight breath, but all the rest OF the
week she drives me nearly distracted.
He finds that about the second hour Of
her company OH Sunday lacks the
charm that the first had. and then say:
We'll, what do you think OF ME? l
have 1t this way all week.
''She gets on his knee aud wants to
ride cock horse to Banbury Cross,
and he keeps that up until both legs
are so tired that he cannot ride her any
more. Then she says: Papa, git
down. She wants him to lie ON the
carpet. If he says NO, papa busy
she coues to me, takes me by the hand
and leads me to him to intercede with
him. He gets down on the floor and
she sits down on his chest and bounceS
up and down there till mis- ribs crack.
''Then she wants to see the pick
shers.' You never know how many
pictures there are in a magazine I'LL
you have young one about two years
old. 1t is 'Wass sa,?' all the time.
''Then she is always into something.
You find the poker in bed and your
spool of thread under the dressing case.
She gets the scissors, and when you no
tice THAT she is very quiet, you find heI
in the parlor shipping the lace curtains.
'She has TO have her walk out every
day when it is at all pleasant, and just
as she gets to the front door she says:
Mamma, cay
''5fft's so heavy l can't carry her, aud
she won't ride i'll her carriage. Ii
make her walk. she throws herself
down on tue ground and screams, and l
simply can't make up my mind to take
her across my lap and spank her in
public. So | bought her a little red
wagon to push SO that she could walk
along by herself. And that's as much
bother as whole circus caravan. She
runs it off into the gutter or down some
bodv's area way and falls down after it
herself, and how she has missed crack
ing her skull l don't know.
"When she isn't falling down with 1t,
or upsetting it and calling, Mamma.
fick waggie.' she is mixing it up with
the feet of somebody, getting 1t tangled
up in some WOman's skirts and shout
ing, Go way, lady, or nearly upsetting
some man in hurry to catch car.
ED never gets chance to read the
Sunday papers, and my only opportunity
to read is after she goes to bed at night.
try to teach her to say her prayers.
NOW l lay me-
"'Now way me-
"'Down to sleep
"'Down shreep. Wass Margle
doin'|
"'Margie's saying her prayers, like a
good little girl. ] pray the Lord
'Margle got her 'tockie off.
"'Yes, Margie's got her stockings
off. pray the Lord.
"'DollIe got her 'tockie off, too"
"'Yes. yes. pray tile Lord
"'P'ay Lor'. Dolly goin' shreep.
oo?'
Eyes. dear. Now if Margie isn't
good girl mamma'll have to spank
"'Pank Margie good? 'Pank dolly
good%
~ pray the Lord my soul to keep
"'Soul keep
"'lf should die
"'FI-she-di. Mamma, dollie got
'tockie'-
"'Before l wake'-
"'Fo' wake. Mamma, dolly got
'tock'-
81 pray the Lord
"'P'ay Lord, soul take. Mamma,
dollie got 'tockie otf?'
"'Yes, dear. Now kiss mamma
mighty night and go TO sleep like good
little GIRL
"Then Ive got to tell her story and
sing The Bowery' and oh Where, Oh
Where Is My Little Dog Gone?' and
must hold her hand. Pretty soon she
drops asleep, and the long day is over
and have a chance to see if l nave
forgotten what printed page looks
like. Mind you. Pm not through with
her yet, for I've got to keep watch over
her all night, for no human being can
PIN the covers ON so securely about her
that she won't kit k them Off"
And the other woman sighed sympa-
thetically.