New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07
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Creeped cautious to opening in the bushes ana
peered through moment of such intense silence
followed that / could hear his wonder grow while
his optics protruded like a dOuble-barreled gun
Directly he signaled me to advance did So and
when | squnted at the object of our hearts emo
tons | perceived something | wouldn't have be-
heved if so | hadn't seen it with these same eyes:
Setting on grassy mound, rocking back and
forth and singing, was Nose, and in his arms was a
yearling baby.
The kid grabbed my hand for comfort, and tor
about two minutes lay there staring at the
phenomenon like a guilty conscience men
turned beseeching to the kid
What SAYS l, do you observer
81 sees Noses says he 'stePtather1n an or
phan asylum.
Pardner says I, articulatng through the
1nazes of delicious bew1ldermentS' please repeat
that welcome intelligence.
He did So
Then gurg1es 1 in bold relief it isn't me to
an oculist eh, kid?'
:" No. says he; but where IN thunder ulu Niooe
get that
ITO Noses whispers I, it isn't what you
might. with reason and sober judgment, expect
it's what you couldn't possibly imagine under any
circumstances whatsomever that happens ~
first thought not stopping to study the situation
careful you'd look on Nose the most unreason-
able cuss unhung; but after the matter has had
time to filter through the cracks IN your dome OF
intellect YOU wonder why it IS that Moses never
meets up with anything really worth while. If he
sensation since the flood
'-Well pardner, it was sure curious to see Nose
fonde that there juvenile, handing 1t as keerful
as though it was a stick OF dynamite Me and the
kid we was so Internally enraptured with the spec
tacle that we kept pushing harder and harder ag IN
the bushes until finally, Snapl' says something
right in front of US and the next second we
we're end -over-ending in chorus down the bank.
'.When we finally untanged ourselves
from the div whr1 and got upon our
I "a yE.4S SP()Vr n
at us ike a Chinese JOSS, his hands clasp
ing something behind his back, which
the same was creatin more confusion IN
the same period Of time than thought
possible IN 50 young and 1neXpeH-
enced
G ego wavl' sp1utters Nose, his
countenance assuming the visible aspects
Of prairie fire ii action and the en-
barrassments dripping from his pores IN
4 continuous stream. Go way, you
cussed pirates Don't you know no EVY
better than to intrude upon the pr -
Vacv- -
lust then here came woman who r. -
looked about thirty years older than she b EaS
had been at the beginning OF her modest
Career-here came woman tear1n
through the brush like wild animal q,
Moses turned and faced her in despair, 49,
and we saw the poor unfortunate infant
dangling head downward in Moses grasp ~
its mouth so wide ajar that its expression
of innocence was janmed into its eyes
and its ewes and its face black
Fiji instruction.
s Noses cries | in horror, reverse -T5
the nfant Notifications settin' in.
But Moses had other thoughts to
occupy his mind just then, for the mater
nal parent of that there violent paroxysm
grabbed our friend and brother by the
arm vanked him about forty-tive degrees
to the windward, Pucked the rosebud C~
from his clammv embrace, restored 1t to t1''
the vertical position IN which fond nature u