The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-01
NEWTON BOOTH HAMILTON
THIS Is THE NAME OF THE son OF
PEGASUS HAMILToNIUs.
Chnrioteer Of the Levee Secures the
Consent of Author of "Beaucaire'
and Is Drunk with JOY.

Pegasus Hamiltonius. charioteer. who
may be found when wanted on the Indian
apons Appian Way. vulgarly known as the
.Levee, har attained the height of his am
bition. and Peg is happy man this first
day OF July. Yesterday the pearl of hack
drivers secured the consent Of Booth Tark-
ington that the son and heir OF all the
Hamiltons. now at the tender age OF four
weeks. may hereafter bear the name of
Newton Booth Hamilton.
Peg and the author of 'Beaucaire" have
been fast friends for several semesters.
Pegasus is a philosopher OF parts. II may
be observed in passing, whose views Of life
are not laid down in textbooks and treatises
on the subject. but which are none the less
pungent and compelling. With Harrington
he made a hit. One night Harrington told
Peg that henceforth he CTarkington)
might be Newton, or Booth, or Mr.. Tark-
ington to other people, but that to Peg
ne should be nothing less than "Boothie."
That was the spark that kindled a mighty
fame OF affection in the heart of Peg"
Since that time he has sworn by Tark-
ington, quoted Harrington, related numer-
Gus anecdotes 20 his fares OF Harrington,
and even laboriously waded through THE
Gentleman from Indiana"
Wnen harrington was burning with feVer
Peg lost several pounds of flesh in his
anxiety for his welfare. He telephoned
daily to the Harrington residence and the
replies he received to his anxious questions
determined his attitude toward his fellow
men that day. If the news was good he
was sprightly. cheerful. prone to conversa-
ticn, even inclined TO buy a drink: II bad
Fig slid into the depths of gloom. would
grJwl like his dog, Jack, when spoken to,
and. in general. was in a bad way. One
day ne sent a beautiful bouquet of Ameri-
can Beauty roses to Harrington. The next
day ne received charming letter from
the authors wife thanking him for the
courtesy. Diamonds and rubies could not
buy this letter from "Peg." He is going
to have 1t framed. he says. and transmit it
as glorious heritage to all the Hamiltons
the future may bring forth
Yesterday Mr.. Harrington felt well
enough after his long illness to take a
drive down town. Peg saw him and a
heart-to-heart talk ensued between the au-
thor OF 'Beaucaire'' and the author of
Personal "reminiscences Of Harrington"
Peg" tells the story in this way:
You see, the kid was born bout four
weeks back. and my wife and everybody
was plugging me along to give 1T name; /;
but not for me- i says TO myself that that
baby don't get no name but one, and
that's the name OF the whitest man on
earth You see had IL all framed up to
call the kid Newton Booth Hamilton, but
didn't want to do 1t without letting Booth
next 10 the game. Oh, / knew he would
stand for 1t all right cause It's a kid for
that matter that any man ought to like to
have named for him: but figured out that
Boothie ought TO be let in on the deal. So
yesterday I seen him and talked 1T over
Tark TO me, when told him all about it.
More an that he was JUS tickled TO death
about II. Let me tell you that feller IS the
best ever. I'm fer him. Now listen to me.
and old Peg is goin' to help put him there.
j guess that viii be about all to-day"