The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-10-10
Mn DING
THE BABY

WELL" said Potter, I've moved.
Ever since I've been in New York I've
lived in . boarding house in Gramercy
place. It was good enough place and
I'd probably stay there for the rest
of my life II 1t had not been for q
young man named Smith and his wife,
who took the room next to mine
and"
"Ah! I see," said Roysten. Tried
to fiirt with the pretty Mrs. Smith and
the Jealous husband naturally went
for you"
"Worse'n that a blamed sight," said
Potter. dolefully. "She went for me
herself, then the landlady sailed in
and finally the whole house. and II
ever rock baby for anybody again
may I be struck OF life-size as a sam
Pile Of = real idiot. Now. anybody to
look at me could. suppose, take me
for an obliging man." he added, paus-
ing to wait for some expression Of
opinion to come out Of the dense cloud
of smoke opposite.
"Er-yes. Pray go on"
well, those Smiths began to sus-
pect 1t the minute they saw me
hadn't been there q week before my
room looked as II I boarded some
where else-actually that fellow had
borrowed everything that could be
moved, invited me to smoke my own
cigars and said he felt more &C
quainted with me than he did with his
twin brother-found out since he
never had u twin brother. Got 80
confounded chummy and 30 all over
that 1 only had room enough to be
chummy back again, by George. and
demme II didn't feel grateful for
even that. Went home one evening
dead sleepy and beat out-had set up
all night before with sick chap-and
the minute I struck my room there
was Smith waiting for me. Said he
and his wife wanted to go round the
corner on an errand. and asked me II
I wouldn't Just listen, and II heard
their baby cry go in and jog the
cradle. I said would, like an ass.
and after they'd gone. and long before
I'd begun to listen, that cry broke out
in the next room like bagpipe. Cad.
how sleepy I was! But went In and
logged that cradle. logged 1t like the
deuce. and the more logged the more
the little whelp yelled. Thought, per-
haps, 1t had the nightmare or some
thing, and hauled 1t out of its bunk
and kind of threw 1t round to wake 1t
up, but when I tried to see II 1t had its
eyes open, I'll be blamed II / could find
any eyes. 1t went right on getting
redder and redder, bowling like forty
demons, and finally wriggled 80 way
inside Of itself that couldn't see any
thing but clothes. and didn't know
where to take hold Of the little imp.
by jove. but was sleepy. though.
and mad enough to wiring Smiths
neck! didn't know what on earth to
do-never'd been 80 near cub in my
life. I whistled to 1t, swore at 1t.
shouted Ben Bolt over 1t. tried to look
like its mother, told 1t twas 'muvver's
ownzey's title lizzie, wizzie. dizzie.' but
It didn't believe word Of it-just
hooted two octaves higher up and for
five minutes almost wished / wss
dead. Then thought I'd lay 1t down
asain-never forget how awful sleepy
l was-guess my foot slipped or some
thing; anyway, we both fell in the
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