The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-14

bered perhaps several minutes after its
mamma disappeared. Then it awoke,
opened its bright blue eyes and finding it.
self all alone began TO cry. 1t had a very
good pair of lungs. too. and made a sue
cess of that cry all right. 1t walled like
the banshee which rcams over Ireland 5
hills after night and yelled like lusty
Turk on the trail o ia fleeing Grecian. 1t
| combined these different sounds happily.
too, and attracted considerable attention.
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First the old man who works on the
basement floor in the capacity of janitor.
CINE out and attempted to play the
grandpa act with the infant but all to
no purpose. The sight of his ancient face
caused it to redouble its efforts at noise,
and the only relief the old man could get
was where is the pesky woman who
lef this baby here: she ought TO have bet
ter sense Then Clark. the man who
collects your poll tax, appeared on the
scene. Clark is used to babies, but he
wasn't in it with that one. ''Acouchee-
couchee,' said Clark. breaking his face
into a smile and his tongue into baby
sponded baby. .Ootsey-tootsey-wo otsey,
tootsey.' he tried, and ''w-a-a-a-a-a, re-
joined the dimpled darling.
Hang such baby" calculated Clark.
Wonder where its mother is?" Archie
Mckay came out of the waterworks office
What's the matter with you fellows?'
he asked. Don't you know how to take
Gimme a show there, will your" Then
Archie picked the child up, tossed her in
the air and as the tot quit crying for an
instant, he turned to the admiring crowd
with a that's all she wanted. poor lit
tie thing. just to be tossed around a bit
Didn't you, baby? Oh your uncle Archie
IS all right when it comes to managing
babies.
But Archie hadn't noticed baby's facial
performance during all this conversation
She was just saving a little breath. When
she let go of it it sounded '-w-a-a-a-w-a-
Mr. Mckay said something which sounded
ike 'Jee Cir and deposited the infant
in the carriage again
Then George Olsen came out and at
sight of him baby had spasIn. The au-
ditor's face scared it into a bowling par
oXysm. 1t would have died from rupture
of blood vessel, but for one thing. Jack
May came out.
Hello. baby" said Jack. and baby
f2ce relaxed into q smile in an instant.
Hello, baby, where's mamma?" and baby
kid and she pulled his whiskers and
crooned and crooned and crcwed and had
a good time Go get her mother" said
the treasurer. and while Clark went fer
the woman Jack held that baby and it
never enjoyed itself better in the world.
When its mama came out Jack was the
center of an admiring group of his fell
low citizens who one and all awarded
him the bun for being the best baby
manager in the outfit. It's all in know
ing how. this managing babies.
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Eugene Debs is a sensible man on sew
eral points. Il never had my confidence
betrayed by a reporter but once said
he yesterday, I'm all my varied experience
and he WAS forced into II that time by
his employers. Although newspapers gen.
orally fight me. the reporters and I have
always been the best of friends and
find | can trust them. Several times
| have had them come TO me and ask
Questions. | wcIld reply that to answer
them truthfully would mean to tell them
something ] did not want published at
guest them to hold back what / didn
care TO give to the public. and in every
instance. save the one mentioned, they
kent the faith"
ITS a great deal better to trust to a
mans honor in such cases than to rebuff
him and turn him down. He will get the
information any way. and he might as
well be right in the first instance as to
,-ee-, him waiting. The modern news
paper man will get information whether
You. want him TO or not. They are Won
ders IL their business: more successful
ing of results. They see plenty of life
and have better lights than most people
do on current events. and are by no
means a bad class of people. Trust them
and they will do what is right: repulSe
them and look out for consequences. for
the fraternity is stronger than any other
in the world,