The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

| beds in the corners by some strong force, were making predatory dashes at each other with laughter and ex- | ulting cries. Another small Tetterby
 was totterins to and fro under the | weight of a very large baby, which he ! was supposed to be hushing- to sleep, | but whose eyes were composed into l inexhaustibIe contemplation and wakctfulness It was a very Moloch of q baby that roamed from doorstep to doorstep in the arms of little John ny Tetterby and Jagged heavily at the | rear of troops of juveniles and came | up little too late for everything that 1 was attractive from Monday morning
 until Saturday night.
 Whenever Johnny wanted to go out, Moloch was asleep and must be watch
 cd. Whenever Johnny wanted to stay
 at home, MOloch was awake and must | De taken out. Yet Johnny was per- suaded that 1t was a faultless baby, without it's peer in the realm of Eng | land, and he waa quite content to catch meek glitnpses of things from behind
 It's skirts ana to go staggering about
 with t ike A very little porter with
 very large parcel which was not di-
 rected to anybody and could not be l delivered anywhere.
 It Is an undoubted fact" read Mir.
 Tetterby from the screen, that all | remarkable men have had remarkable mothers.' Think of your remarkable I mother, my boys" said he, "and know
 her value while she is stiil among youy' .
 Heres mother, and 'Dolphus, too. | father." exclaimed Johnny behind the ! baby.
 "You're right" returned his father. l listening. "Yes, that's the footstep of
 my little woman." The process of inductioa by which
 Mir. Tetterby had reached the conclu-
 sion that his wife was a little woman
 was his own secret. She could have
 made two editions of him very easily. Mrs. Tetterby. however. looked ton her diminutive husband with every re- epect and admiration---that is, ordinar- | fly. But tonight her usually bright and cheerful face was vaguely dark ened as by something in which she was hardly conscious herself. She opened the basket in which she
 had brought home the supper from the
 cooks shop. and began to lay the ta-
 bie. She slapped the knives and forks
 on 1t, hit 1t with the plates, thumped
 1t with the salt, cellar and came down
 heavily with the loaf.
 Mir. Tetterby aghast at this extra
 ordinary and unparalleled behavior of his little woman. took a slow walk
 through the room with his hands be- hind him. Your supper will be ready
 In a minute, 'Dolphus and Johnny"
 said he. addressing his two eldest off,
 springs. Your mother has been out
 in the wet to buy 1t. It was very good
 of your mother so to do."
 Mrs. Tetterby.. without any remark,
 but with a clouded subsistence of ani-
 mostly toward the table, finish ed laying
 the repast. Mir. Tetterby repeated
 slowly: "It was very good of your mother so to do," until suddenly Mrs.
 Tetterby caught him around the neck
 from behind and wept.
 "Oh, 'Dolphus," sobbed she, "how
 could I 20 and behave sop
 My little woman!" said MT. Tetter-
 by.
 Mrs. Tetterby could not have felt
 his consideration more if he had been
 ten feet high. You see, 'Dolphus, this
 being Christmus time, when all people
 who have some like to spend little
 moneq, I got out of sorts while was
 in the streets just now There were SO many fine things to look at, such
 delightful things to have, and there
 was so much calculating to do before durss lay out a sixpence for the commonest thing! And the basket was
 so large and wanted so much in 1t; And our stock of money was so small and then all at once, as came near the house, I don't know what came over me! But I began to think that maybe I would have been happier if I hadn't married you couldn't think of anything except the number of mouths at home and how poor we wsreF'
 "Wen, we'll, my little woman" said
 Mir. Tetterby, giving her kiss, that's | truth. after all. We are poor and there are a number of mouths here. "Ah. yes! But 'Dolph," cried Mrs. Tetterby, my good, kind, patient dear. when I had been home again little while, how different! All our strug- | wies all our cares since we have been | married. all the troubles seemed to speak to me and make me happy that | we were together!
 | She interrupted herself with a little | scream of fright. Look at that man!. exclaimed she. "IIe stood near me in | the street awhile ago! 'Dolph. am afraid Of him"
 She pressed a hand to her fore head and looked up with a wavering | glance as if she had lost something | The man who had frightened her turned l pale and turned his eyes away. ! < Excuse me for entering" said he. | s'aEy name is Redlaw and I have called | to visit a student who lodges here. 1 Can you show mo the way to his | room?"
 Mr. Tetterby arose with light. | As he approached the chemist the lat ' ter stepped back with a sudden glance