The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-04
HALF HOUR WITH AN AUTHOR.
Domestic Occupations TINT Give
Change from Brain Work.

S. r. Kiser. in Chicago Record-Herald
'Horatius." she said. as she hurried into
the stuffy little room where he was holding
his brow with one hand and trying TO write
with the other, Il want you 10 run out 10
the grocery and get a loaf of bread and a
pound OF granulated sugar.
He looked at her sadly for a moment,
noticed that she had a black streak across
her nose, and then went away on his er-
rand.
Fifteen minutes later he sat down at his
desk, and began 10 collect his scattered
thoughts. He had written ten or fifteen
lines more when the baby commenced to
'aOlivia." he yelled; "Olivia!"
What is it," his wife answered from the
Don't you hear the baby?"
Yes. near him she she. said hid but you
mixing biscuits for dinner.
He went into the hot little parlor where
the child had been left asleep IN rs car
rage. Flies were buZZinS around the rest
ing place of Gerald Stanley GarWood. and
he had worked his blankets and quilts UP
over his face SO that he was nearly smoth-
cred when his father went TO his rescue.
Horatius Garwood lifted his son. out of
the carriage and tried TO quiet him, but
this was not easy. With TIE hid held over
his boulder the father danced TO and fro
and sang:
ooh. my baby, baby,
Hear the brides sing;
Go to sleep for papa,
Precious little thing
This appeal. while given in good part,
was not received with appreciation. The
child Yelled and clawed and bobbed his
head and kicked until most Of his clothes
We're M around his neck. Then the father,
who was really anxious to please, persplr-
ing with all his might, shifted the child TO
The other shoulder ard bobbed up and down.,
warbling:
ooh my precious. precious pet,
Angels fit around you,
N0Wny, nOwny, nowny, now,
co TO sleep, confounG yOU.'
~. N .Hs- rva- q mara NvaSfo of ona~Cx-
Gerald :. GaTV0Od knew what he wanted,
and he wasn't going to let anybody lure
his thoughts from the subject with glad
some song or otherwise.
After he had held the child out at arms
length and swung him around until he was
dizzy himself and his muscles were sore,
MIR. Garwood got a newspaper and began
rafting it TO keep his son from yelling.
This ruse was not successful, and in the
mans, opinion it had come 10 be a matter
something must give wa within the warm
precincts of his only child.
child to break a blood vessel? Let those
: - biscuits go and come and take the
baby" ,u
in a minute now. oh Horatius, | forgot to
tell YOU when YOU went out to me grocery
that we must have a dozen eggs"
'.Of course YOU did, he said. aking care
not 10 let her hear him. IF you hadn't
forgotten the egg IL would have been
something else. BY heaven. ] believe YOU
L1LI III wi ~ IN "
ways of keeping me on the run when I
/ ought TO be getting alons with my work.
say h yelled. addressing the partner of
his joys and sorrows again, If you don't
come right in here and take this baby
IN nut him in his buggy and let him yell
it out. My clothes are all wringins wet
with perspiration. I'm in a fine state 10
do any writing. 1 am, Why don't you
hunt up some cheap place wnere we can
bosrd2 I'm sick of this whole accused
| business. and I'm going 10 put a stop 10 il,
If the worm can turn, by George. | think
have a right 10 do the same thing, and
here and now is where I'm gong to CON-
mence.
Baby, baby,
Oopsy. doopsy. daisy.
Darn il. stop your bowling now,
Or you viii set me crazy,"
eve tried 10 find a boarding place." his
wife called back. but there doesn't seen
10 be any. They are all either too expen-
sive for us. or else they won't have chill
dren around. II YOU want 10 board, you
m1.st be able TO keep a nurse
..Oh. YOU must, must yoci' he said, and
his tones were full OF bitter irony. .WeIl
! let them go 10 pot with their blamed ole