The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-07-04

LAS it happens" agnes replied
somewhat coldly, hes a little girl. u
Stupid of me-" 1 murmured, will
you let me see her? She must be
nearly year old now"
Twenty-Five months old" said Ag-
mes reproachfully. Here's the darl-
ing"
So little Dora entered Tripping
over the mat, she staggered with a
rolling gait toward her mother, lurch-
ing dangerously toward the sharp cor
ners Of tables and the fireplace Then
she steadied herself at her mothers
knee, and regarded me with a doubt
full smile.
Speak to your Uncle Jim, darling, -
said Agnes.
"Hug-goong-goong," said Dora. At
least that is the closest l can come
to the sound she made. Agnes was
in raptures
why don't you answer herr" she
asked.
What exactly is she saying?" I
meant to imply that 1 had a fairly
good idea of her meaning-which
had not-but didn't want to risk the
wrong answer.
How do you do?' of course" Ag-
mes explained. Didn't you, darling?
You ask Unka Jim how he was, all
by your own self"
Thus encouraged, Dora remarked,
in an imperative tone:
doe waa udabaga."
so you shall, ducky," said Agnes,
ringing the bell. To the nurse, who
came so quickly that she must have
been waiting in the lobby, Agnes
said: Bring the big picture book,
please" Then to me: isn't she clev-
er to ask for what she wants?"
Takes after her mother" l an
swered. Its equally marvellous to
me how you know what she wants.
How on earth does udaba-Whatever
it is-mean picture book?"
Quite simple" Agnes explained.
'Udabaga means boys and girls, and
there is a picture of boys and girls
playing, that the little pet is so fond
of"
Doe waa ga a gow-wow, said the
prodigy firmly.
mo, darling, it's far to cold for Doe
in the gov wow" Agnes protested,
beseechingly.
What on earth is the gow-wow?"
Drawing room," said Agnes. How
stupid men arel You really ought to
get married jim" Marriage is with
Agnes the remedy for every human
weakness or vice or misfortune-even
for dire poverty.
Doe no ky-ky," Agnes responded,
very earnestly. eff Doe ky-ky Unka
Jim be so sorry" 1t is highly probable
l should have been.
Man pee a ha-an-boo," said the in
FAINT regarding me with an expectant
air
"The darling" said Agnes. "She
wants you to put on your hat and
boots. She brings Tom his hat every
morning after breakfast"
Sounds rather rude, doesn't it,
when I've just come in?"
Man pee ha-an-boo, way ka-ka,"
repeated Dora.
Then, as a piano organ struck up
in the street, her tone of command |
to a cry Of ecstacy.
"Man-moo, man-moo!"
Il suppose you can understand |
that. at least?" Agnes added with |
thinly yelled contempt.
yes, she is a clever kiddy. I'll give
that grinder sixpence for her as l
go out"
Come back soon" said Agnes, hos
pitably. "The little pet is picking up
new words every day"
1t seems probable that the new
words picked up daily by the little
pet must have been dropped from a
/ considerable height, with nothing to
break their fall. But 1 should be the
asst man to impugn the unanimous
verdict of two grandmothers, two par
ents and a serried cohort of devoted
lunts, to the effect that no child was
ever known to speak so plainly at
he age of twenty-five months.-R.
<. R., in the Outlook.