Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-28
ABILENE WEEKLY ABILENE KANSAS FEBRUARY 49, 1885,

purchase was the chief topic Of interest.
On our return we found our friend
had come, had been told that we were
not OF home and had concluded to wait
for us. Il saw some baby carriages In
the hail. she said, but thought moth
Ing Of them until went upstairs 10
take of my bonnet There found
them galore. was amazed and
couldn't account for so many In any
way. What is the mattcrs" she asked.
We showed her the telegram, told her
oil that we knew about Il, and asked
her what she could make out Of II, We
had given up wondering some time
ago. AT last | went to bed tired out
with the days excitement, but my
dreams were filed with endless rows
Of baby carriages.
found out afterward that, CHANGING
to meet o friend In Boston soon after
he sent the telegram, Lamb casually
mentioned that he intended having Q
baby show at Anaxat In week or So
This friend one Charles Caroline, as II
CHANGED, had . brother In Anaxat and
he happened to be at his house on the
very afternoon Of the ten party Ashe
said good-by TO his brother ut the Sta
ton, on his way into town, he re-
marked that he believed there was to
be q baby show there soon. Az his
brother was about to question him the
train came by, and, getting on, he left
for Boston. On his way home his
brother thought over his last remark,
and after much bordering the idea
came to him that that was the cause OF
my receiving one hundred perambula-
tors that very morning. lie was Inn
mensely pleased vt having found the
answer to the problem which no one
had been able TO explain, and informed
his assembled family ut supper that no
knew why Mr.. Woods had bought
those baby carriages-that he was 60
Ing to have q baby show within few
days. 1t never struck him as peculiar
that young lawyer recently married,
as / was OF that time, should have q
baby show in his private residence, OR,
II II did strike him, the thought was
vastly outweighed by the evidence
against II.
The news spread like wildhre, and
by the next night 1t was known oil
over town that l was TO have baby
show In dry or two. 1t naturally
followed then that every mother who
had q baby was anxious that 1t should
be entered in the show for others 10
admire and wonder at, and ] came
down TO breakfast on the following
morning In fear and trepidatlon lest
some eager mother should come to see
me before the day was out.
My fears were justified, for Just Us !
was finishing my breakfast the servant
told me there was lady on tho porch
who wished to see mo. With o pre-
monition us to the cause Of her visit !
! FASTENED to meet her. She was sitting
on the porch with her baby inherarms.
She immediately arose and informed
me that she had heard that ! was to
have baby show and desired to enter
hor little darling, when, to my dismay,
who should see approaching my cate
but two more mothers with their pre-
cocious infants. AT this sight hastily
informed her that it was all a mistake,
there was to be no show, and-but to
my Mortified gaze was presented an
other pair approaching.
II am very sorry to have cnuscd you
this annoyance" eaid, but there has
been false report" And leaving her
! advanced to meet the approaching
forces, intending to address them from
the porch, hoping that the first mother
would have sense enough to leave.
Alasl 1t was not 30. The sight Of the
others had enboldcncd her and she adj
vanced into the house and selected the
best carriage in the prrlor for her own
darling
With u groan saw another trio ap-
proaching from the other direction,
and hastencd to the gate to forcwarn
them, allowing the others to gain the
porch and thence to struggle into the
house In search Of resting places for
their burdens More and moro APP
preached. Seeing the parlor full Of
women, the newcomers thought they
had better hasten also, and were
spreading all over the house In order to
end perambulators for their children
before the supply give out. My words
had no effect; the sight Of others
spurrcd them on Hannibal, Mare An
tony, Ricnzi-thcir tasks were nothing
ns compared with mine Their audi
enccs listcned--1 spoke to deafened
ears.
My wife came out TO me ut last In
despair.
"The house Is full" she said. l
caught glimpse Of group just then
marching up to the porch and seating
themselves there, and still they came. |
shouted at them. Twas useless. The
sight Of other babies filed the ap-
preaching forces with desire that
theirs also should share the privileges
Of their rivals.
Suddenly Helen jcrked my sleeve.
Look" she said. turned and
saw my friend Quincy approaching
along the street, valise In hand and a
happy smile on his face. Just then Q
lively infant on the porch sent up a
piercing shrek, which was joined In
by several others, md n general hub
hub followed. Eut the reception he
received at our house | am sure he will
never forgot. -Arthur's Home Maya
zine
The great thing in observation Il
not to he Influenced by our precon
ccived notions, or what we want to %