New-York tribune., 1905-02-16
VI-BAB.


Who's goin' to amoose IY'
. 4 can hear the words again plainly heard
ba s9aa eigaieen @ years ago. when my
biue eyes scanning each of faces in turn, the
aeSE9 WhG5 Ggestj2P sdn' fo 69 dmodse hsE 5igsf p?
Shutting my eyes can see her standing t4ere.
yellow curls brushed into the fluffy halo nurse
aowerlike face and clasped to her bosom her very
dearest treasure, hdeOus and much manned
Bah was the idol Of the house she was the
may be forgiven for making a Benjamin Of her;
her small fingers could twist her father whittier
hey would and as for her elder sisters they were
the baoy.s devoted slaves, and very well the baby
Not that she traded unduly on their alteration
IN eIe was soInethlng slngularly unspoiable about
as she was Sunday baby. and whether or not she
aid really see angels and fairies she certainly had
the most serene and happy disposition
AS = tny infant she would lie for hours in her
had brought with her from Babyand iSe or grab she
Sin l6 1 WITH dlIPled fingers at the sunbeams that
Of infancy into childhood. her tempera@ent Pee re
When to her question Who's H go to- aoose 1
bidSIn eaegT sisters spTang up to do her majestys
sI3rles $40 to her and. sitting cuddled up my eld-
mite the dear Old nGrsery tales lH an her eSes
stars the cleaning whiteness Of her sisters pretty
Never was there a more loving little soul than
Bah: The close clasp of her soft arms, the kisses
she Hgr rosspnd @ mouth were joy TO all and
t5roSed thmoqgn m 4ba always think her father
heart.
her loving kindness extended toward every living
creature great and small and Just as her raggedy
] 90 tne Wounqed, the halt and the manned animals
- Bah loves the poor hurts best" she had a way
OF saying when any suffering creature was brought
Bah at times carried tendery into the drawinS
FoSn We're quaint and various
NOW II would be a poor darling dosgie what
found IN the road with his leg hurted'f: and again
oGcg fks it a PussS 6r0sn %hSt gd Gwsd
eioeny eint1eTny' and yet again toad with nameiess
OF + Bao's most faithful adherents and came daily
The, child was perfectly fearless and was on
equally familiar terms with an enormous and most
yciops horse belonging to one Of our negRbors
Straight up to am anms way way Of going
/ IT, wnlch has more than once sent my heart Into
harm ever came Of her bodness Ali aaroaIs ne
exscH ed 9renf IN her and she talked to them
, She e 9aa @ me dearest guaintest way, too of talk
The world to watch the white robed baby pa9sine m
along the rows Of tall lilies in garden whisper.
ing secrets to their stately white flowers and re-
sewing @ IN return shower Of golden pollen upon
She could not bear any one to suffer, and IL one
OF the otner children were undergoing punishment
her intense sympathy for the miscreant It vea n
~ pressing her sma ha8ds %4Gf Say PfhstG S
chest .Bab don't like nobody to be hurted'
and suffered extended also to the Biblical and his
torical sinners and the end OF the story Of Daniel
sorry for the poor wicked men doomed 10 bs
She puzaed out the eToble in way entirely
her own; when. after prolonged contemplation OF
the highly Colored Illustration representing
release from the den. she looked with trium-
"Ah! but If gay had put in Daniel wiz ze wicked
men gen Ze mons wouldn't have known which was
Her small soul was now and then troubled with
weghty theological speculations. and she said to
On drefrul sorry about ze poor devil: isn't he
hopefully and after pauseE"praps some day
GSFFnFeF fSFF of Heaven where they can squeeze him
Ny Sunday baby's soul simply Overfiowed with
house. Somehow; in writing OF her, cannot recall
uP6rngng Pe-haDs had eXpeRded ali my 70 carer Rer
perhaps had worn out my elaborate methods Of
training. Certainly there particular system
and surrounded in an atmosphere of love. and
91o tenK mat because OF that she grew into
the children who have had loved and happy child
! ready to spread their own happiness everywhere
carried her own happy atmosphere wherever she
and were in much more comfortable circum-
stances than during the earlier years of our mar
r1ed life, and there was no question Of choosing
profession for our baby. Of having her edi-
the home bird and from the very first She = TOOK 9
kindly to her position Dick would not even hear
other daughters had received sound and excellent
No." he said 'let the child stay at home
cant ever let my Benjamin go to a day school.
! tried 10 point out to him that this a dread
fully retrograde proceeding and that nowadays.
when fortunes were easily lost as won every
woman ought to be so educated a be able to
earning it ever arose or not But my dear hus
band could be very obstinate occasion, and this
was one of the times when words of mine
'T have more leisure now" he answered 'and
l will teach the child mathematics and history;
her sisters can 90 the rest. and you can make her
When Dlek once deanitsly put his foot down it
heterOQOX
NV own mind that her musical ab,iities at Ieasf t
should be thoroughly cultivated. But it was not
necessary to enter into that with Dick After long
over much discussion is a mistake. that should
be wisest in quietly going my way In this
Bah, could sing just like a bird. and I intended
that heF voice should De trained to the highest
pitch OF perfection, and that no stone should be
left unturned to imbue her with musical knowI-
a profession ready to hand The necessity never
did arise. but Bah enjoyed her musical training,
education. She did not seem to suffer from the
ceptive lures who irnbibed Knowledge at every
pore. and IL in teaching her there were recog-
nized methods pursued. her love of books and her
passionate love OF nature gave her cultivation
far better suited TO her ultimate position in life
than any more orthodox cut and dry methods could
have done
IN her appearance most OF my theories about the
upbringing of daughters had died a natural death.
upon our baby. She was taught to be obedient and
truthIui; she vas snfTquneed oy an atmosphere OF
that heart could desire. Bah grew up into a slim,
graceful girl with a face whose coloring rivaIled
the brier roses in our hedges and with eyes blue as
the summer skies. She had not the great beauty OF
remarkable than those of Hetty and Edith.
about our darling. II was not so much her delicate
coIoring her daintily cut features that caught
in the sweetness OF her smile and in the assurance
that lovely soul lay behind those soft blue eyes
head when Fate sent my haby's feet through paths
which had never dreamed that any of my daugh-
ter would tread