The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-03-09
STRONG HEREDITY.

- / nONN HEN ELL l L.
Baby was just born. Her first act was
to ring the bell. 1t was promptly an
swered by the parlor man.
my mother will need nourishment, -
she said. acknowledging the servant :
Introductory bow with pleasant smile.
"You had better warm some milk and
water and get her bottle ready.
While the parlor man went down to
give the necessary orders to the cook
Baby arranged her mothers pillows
more comfortably.
Goo, goop murmured Mrs. Cortield
inartieulately i'll appreciation of the III.
crease of comfort.
"Iiushi 1t shall have its bottle and
go to by by, whispered Baby. deftly
smoothing the coyerlet.
A restless movement i'll tho adjoining
room, followed by faint cry. distract
ed her attention. She slipped on lit
tie dressing gown that lay on chair
ready for her use and hurried III to see
what was tho matter
A man was tossing feverishly to and
fro in n large cot surmounted with high
rails. He had kicked Off the bedolothes,
and tho cold air had awakened him.
= suppose you re papa, she NUT
tered Juggling at tho blankets through
the bars. "llow tiresome you are.
naughty man -
She tapped him menacingly ON the
arm and shook a threatening finger. lie
commenced to whimper.
Now, it's no use beginning to cry,
she exclaimed. I've got quite enough
To see to without any nonsense of that
sort. BE quiet, sir, will you?n
Baby stamped her foot. 1t had the de.
sired effect, and Mr. Garfield quieted
down. Then she returned to tho other
room. In Il few minutes the bottle WAS
brought up. and, having given it tn her
mother and tucked her up comfortably,
Baby sat down ON the edge of the bed To
think
There was su much to be done. And
IN spite of her ready made stock of in.
tuitions and her rich inheritance of ex
perience it was so difficult to set about
it. III the first place, the parents must
be fed and looked after. Baby could not
leave them entirely to tho servants
she must exercise great deal of super
vision over them herself They were so
helpless. But they had given her their
all, mental and physical, III accordance
with the universal law of heredity, and
she must provo herself worthy of the
gift by trying to bring them up in the
right way. Then there We're domestic
matters 10 be attended to. And finally
Baby must think about starting her own
career. in which, of course, rho would
follow in her mother footsteps.
Feeling herself to be child Of ac-
tion, she did NOT sit musing for long.
Mrs. Corfield was asleep. The only sign
of life she gave WAS an occasional tug
ut tho bottle, followed by the gurgle of
deglutition. Baby crept softly out of
the room and went down stairs. Had
she been IA boy natural curiosity would
have prompted her to explore the house,
but being Of the sterner sex she walked
straight into the library and sat down
ut the writing desk.
Before doing anything else she must
put her birth III the papers. She wrote
out half dozen notices. choosing her
name from II book which she took down
from the shelves Tho announcement
read az follows;
Miss Philippa keginaldina Garfield
begs to announce her birth at 3 Will
loughby square on tho goth inst Both
parents are doing we'll. "
1t was nearly . o'clock. Having writ
ten personally to some of her relatives
and dispatched her letters to the post,
Baby rang for tea. But she was not al
lowed to enjoy that meal altogether un-
disturbed. First, papa cried. She had to
go up stairs and sootbe him off to sleep
again. Then the noise woke mother,
who became fretful and gave great
deal Of trouble. In fact, Baby was
kept 80 well employed between them
that she had no time to dress for dinner.
Two or three days passed in this man
ner. Then came IA letter, bearing tho
stamp Of government office, addressed
to Miss Garfield. There had been other
correspondence - congratulatory notes
AApiii ''Aa1i'Sa anu ~ lOttb ipub tIllb
was altogether different On the face Of
the envelope, i'll the left hand bottom
corner, were the letters ct NJ" writ
ten III u bold hand. They were the ini
tiala OF the prime minister.
With eager hands Baby tore open
the cover and drew out the contents.
The letter was couched in the following
terms:
DEAR Miss CoRFIELD-The magistracy Of
the Fourth area IL Just vacant. Knowing
your mothers excellent qualifications for tho
post and having seen the notice Of your birth
in the papers, | have much pleasure in offer
ing you the appointment. Come and see me
before taking up your official duties. Yours.
etc, THEoDOHA MuNRTERLEIOH
1t was the very thing Baby would
have chosen for herself. Her splendid
inheritance Of legal knowledge eminent
ly qualified her for the post. OF course
the work would fully occupy her time
but She must get competent nursery
tutor to look after Mrs. and MIR Cor
field. She wrote warm letter Of thanks
to the premier accepting the magistra-
cy, and ut the same time put All adver-
tisement III the paper for competent
man to take charge Of her parents dur.
ing their infancy.
Among other auulicantg for the latter