The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-26
His Majesty, Bob, Of Yale.
THE YALE BABY.

it could do the youdgstef!''
well, if you wouMstop to consider the
fact that the thermoneteEtwil in all proba-
bility stand at 80 degrees in the shade all
week, that an hotel is not the best place
in the world for baby. that there are
about 40 summer diseases especially de-
signed for infants, and that your son is
only six months old 7que might see.'
1.-The evidence +. certainly crushing, but
if we took Maggie and half dozen trunks
full of representatives. confess 1 don't see
why it would hurt him a bit-and just think
how it would please the, fellows"
II don't think you have any right to run
risks with your own child even to please
the fellows"
my love, you seem to forget that your
son is the class baby-Yale, '97!'
"Well, he's my baby, first, last, and all
together, and I'm not going to have whole
lot of fellows handling him and bouncing
him around"
Zone might suppose from your tone, Mrs.
Westenmark, that they intended to play
football with him. I've been counting on
showing him to the fellows for weeks-but
of course if you feel this way about it we
won't go; I'll telegraph the boys this morn
ing that we won't come"
chilly kiss and departed for the Office, leav-
ing Mrs. Westenmark lost in thought-un-
til his Highness came in and demanded
audience.
Later in the day, when his Highness, to-
gether with his suite, went out to take the
air, a short halt was made at his Highness'
maternal gfandmother's, where Mrs Wes-
tenmark, with tears in her eyes, explained
the unreasonable desire of Robert Western
mark, Sr., to expose his Highness to the
dangers of New Haven during commence
ment week "just because he happens to be
the class baby" she concluded.
well, and why not take him? 1t would
be fun for yoH, and think how it would
please Robert
"But, mamma, he might catch COLOR
something and then I'd never forgive my
self"
Catch nonsense! He won't catch any
thing there that he couldn't catch here.
Take Maggie along; she knows what 70 do
for him, and CO.
81 think it would be foolish thing to
do myself. -.
"Dear child, don't make Robert feel that
the baby is always first
sHBut this is question of exposing him."
with the faithful Maggie along thers's
isn't a question of sel1shness on your
part ''''''"'
Mrs. Westenmark decided that the cold
hearted world was against her. and went
home aggrieved. She found four kilograms
there directed to Robert, and within the
next hour six others arrived. Mrs. Weston
mark became alarmed and called her hus-
band up on the telephone to inquire
anxiously what it all meant. He laughed
and told her she had better open them and
see. The 10 kilograms all read the same,
only the. signatures were different: -isr-
Oh it, we must have the boy. Bring
him on the 1920, or a delegation of so will
call for him." w '-t '"'t $50
At first Mrs, Westenmark was indignant,
then she laughed, and that night when Mr..
Westenmark came home and said he had
received 40 kilograms during the day she
gave in, and that was how it happened that
his Highness and this suite started to New
Haven on the 4:2O train.i.
Such a racket "as never was on land or
sea- greeted the APO train as it rolled
into New Haven OF" Friday afternoon. His
Highness and his suite descended from
the train to the accompaniment of '<Rah!
rah! rah! 1911" which made his Highness'
eyes almost pop out of his head with as
LOu1SuueuC. MIS- WeSteu1udrk WAS sur
rounded for a moment, and when she turned
to Maggie she saw-this is what she saw,
and shuddered-Hayworth, 81, the famous
center rush, making his way through the
crowd with his Highness held high above
his head. Before him went a man with
horn. and behind him came 81, hundred
strong, lock-step, yelling:
"Brickety kax, coax, coax; brickety kax,
co-ay cO-ax. hoO-rah hOO-rah hu1Ia ha 1OO-
Yale!"
Maggie, breathless and irate, with pillow
and blanket, brought up the rear. His
Iiighness' mother, with fear on every feat
ure, dragged her grinning husband after
them, only to see Hayworth climb to the
top seat of tally-ho, the baby still in his
arms. The trumpeter blew a blast, 81
took hold of. the shafts, and the triumphal
procession began. His Highness had evil
IDENTIFY forgotten his suite, and there he
sat, holding on to Hayworth's big fore
finger, and smiled his appreciation of the
whole affair. The yelling was fast and
furious-everywhere they met other crowds,
which We'd with them in lung power and
enthusiasm-and still his Highness smiled.
He was finally handed over to his
mother who had never expected to see him
alive again, and who, by the way, had al
ready registered a vow to take him home
the first thing in the morning. She was
wise little woman, however, and said
nothing, but just put him to bed early
and followed soon herself while his High
ness father went to the class supper.
About II o'clock a man tip-toed into the
Westenmark's room, pinned piece OF
paper on the crib bearing these words:
will bring him back IN a minute.-Bob."
Noiselessly he wrapped Robert Jr. in a
cab, and then this man burst into brill
liantly lighted dining room with the bundle
in his arms. He was greeted with cheer,
and then father, his Highness and all, were
lifted on to the shoulders Of the crowd and
borne to the place Of honor at the head
of the table. On raised platform was
high chair, and before it was huge gold
loving cup with yale, 81 inscribed on
it, His Highness who, by this time was
thoroughly aroused to the jollity Of the oc-
casion, was gravely seated on the throne
Somebody offered a toast-his Highness
grinned. Somebody else filled up the loving
cup-his Highness gurgled and plunged in
his fist.
"a toast, old man, a toast!" said his
proud father to him. Then his Highness
wrinkled up his faca and sneezed-"co- AK,
COAX" And with Dne accord 81 finished
it up
"Hoorah, hoorah! Hullabaloo- Yale" -
Ohio State Journal.
Merely Practicing.