Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-11-04
Saint Maru's Beacon


day, Mrs. Jones brought the baby
into the parlor with them.
Presently Mr. Southwick began
to explain his views Of the financial
situation 20 Mr.. Jones.
Il tell you, sir, what this cOun-
try wants more than anything else,
10 TO reduce the volume of curren-
cy. We have now, in round nun.
bers, $3.50. 900, 900 Of national bank
notes afioat. Now, my policy would
be to contract gradually, as the
country ia able to bear il, until
Here Mrs. Jones broke in upon
the conversation 10 remark that the
baby wanted to 60 its papa. Mr..
Jones took ii, and Mr. Southwick
resumed /:
Il say. would contract the vol
ume Of that currency as the coun-
try 10 able to bear it, until it 10 80
reduced as to be at par with
Mrs. Jones here disturbed Mr..
Southwick's argument to ask Mr..
Jones il he didn't see that the baby
wanted to go Its aunt. So Jones
passed the infant over to its aunt,
and Southwick remarked
Il was about to sag, that il we
continue to reduce these $3.50, 000.-
900, and persist in that policy, in
very few months the notes will be
upon a par with gold. Then, when
we have reached specie basis, we
shall be able
Here the baby began to cry in
terrific manner, and Mrs. Jones
says she felt certain that il was anx-
ious to go to its mamma, and she
took it. When it became quiet,
Southwick continued /:
a specie basis being secured, we
shall be able to deal with foreign
nations in the currency of the world,
gold will flow into the country
again, the balance of trade will re-
main with US, and once more we
shall
Just at this point Jones began to
make mysterious signs to Mrs.
Jones with his hand, and to nod
and frown at her. AS soon as be
attracted her attention, she glanced
at the baby, and suddenly bundled
il up and flew out of the room.
Southwick gave sigh of relief,
and, taking up the thread of his ar
gument, said
Don't you see that once more we
shall be able to do business upon a
sound basis, to know exactly where
we are? Now. il you initiate the
currency we have instead such con-
tinued and violent fuctuation OF
values that there Mrs. Jones re-
turned with the baby mo man will
conduct his business operations with
any certainty Of the future, there
Mrs. Southwick took the baby on
her lap), 'and we shall have not
only constant speculations in gold,
but such an expansion of business
on all sides that the country
Just then the baby threw up over
Mrs. Southwick's new dress. and
she suddenly handed it to Mrs.
Jones, and looked as il she had q
profound conviction that the ulti.
mate destination Of that particular
sucking was certainly the gallows.
Mrs. Jones remarked that its stom
ach must be sour, and the aunt
went for the lime-water bottle.
When the excitement was over,
Southwick, with something like
wrath in his tone, said
i say, such unnatural expansion
of business that the country will
move straight forward TO panic,
very much more terrible in its con.
sequences than any that
Mrs. Jones here burst into the
argument to ask Dir. Sonthwick to
listen to the baby say papa She
coaxed il, but it wouldn't. Then
Jones tried to persuade it to say
papa for the company, but it sucked
it's thumb in silence. AT last Jones,
afraid Southwick would think there
was something the matter With the
child smmd. exclaimed: Say papa,
or III spank you = 1t began to
cry, and Sones saying, Gimme that
confounded brat, seized it, and
left the room in passion. Then
Mr.. aud Mrs. Southwick withdrew
and as they went out through the
front gate, Southwick said to his
wife:
If ever owned pig headed
idiot of baby like that, I'd tie a
brick around its neck aud chuck il