Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-01

out with four days o constant mournin
come about an changed his course, so
to speak, an said that he thought that
Henery ought to let him have the moo
sic box for nothin', considerin' all he'd
a-done for him. But Henery couldn't
see it that way. He said that no one
had ought to mix business an pleas
ure, so TO speak. He said he knowed
Bob had been most kin an he stood
ready to return him his kindness any
time as he could by cheerfully workin'
arter the Derryin' o. Bobs wife-which
didn't mean nothin', Bob not havn'
one, but, he said, in jestice to his
baby, who We're now halfway orphan,
so to speak, he couldn't take no less
than four dollars, one O 'em in actoo-
al money, no way.
Bob Felt II Much.
Well Bob were plumb discouraged
at Henery's ingratitood. He talked
like the whole thing had been enter
tainin' for Bob, while Bob contended
that all the pleasure like was on
Henereys side. He were so upset by
the way that Henery was a-actin' that
he lost his head and offered three dol
lars an a half for the moosic box,
agreein' to pay it all in two years.
This offer was more than Henery, cam
and cool as he We're, could stand, an
he were just about to accept it Dob
told me that ne seen it in his face)
when all o a sudden the baby, wot
both men had clean forgot, it havin'
| been looked arter by the neighborly
wimmen durin' the sittin' up with the
corpse, berryin' an other exercises
like. sets up awful yellin'-sounded
| like a pirate wot were havin' his
throat cut. Bob told me.
The yellin drove the bargain clean
out o Henery's mind. Bob said he
cud Gee 1t fadin' away.
"Jehosophat," says Henery. its
Geranium" witch were the baby's
name. given to her by her pore ma,
who were that fond o. flowers.
"Wot Is the matter with herr" says
Bob
Il dunno" says Henery, 'less'n
she's hungry" he says.
Bob ailus were willy man, an right
there. very quick like. too, he seed his
chanst to git the moosic box. but he
did not let on to Henery. Let's feed
it." says he. How" says Henery,
who. bein' married man. had more
information about such details than an
old bachelor like Bob. But Bob were
not to be beat, nohow. Well" says
he. 81 should think a spoon'd be the
easiest" says he
ALI this time the baby was squalling
nightly. making considerable more
noise than eight fog horns, so Henery
was morn glad to try any method that
seemed like 1t would ease her up, so
TO speak.
Aye, aye, sir" he says. IN hold
her" he says, while you hist it in,
he says. So Bob gets a pan o. milk
an Henery holds Geranium. Now
Gerauium had ideas of her own about
eatin. an those two men had quite a
busy time. Henery was forced to
pry the baby's mouth open, but then
she wiggled so that Bob had to hit il
ON the fly. so to speak, an reckon he
missed four TO one he made. How
somever. arter they had spilled about
a pan an half on the floor an some
of il into her mouth an arter consid'
erbul cussin'. both bein' mighty good
at that. the baby stopped cryin.' II
might been cause she was plum
tuckered out or it might been she
warn't hungry no more; she stopped
eryin' and Henery put her back into
her crib. Then he sits down very dis
couraged like. Bob sees his opportu
nifty an starts in.
Blessed With Children.
1 IT'S goin' to be hard job, Henery.