The Ordway new era., 1909-07-30


lawn suit. with blue sash whit.
haif'hose that showed her dimn,sd
knees and fat little legs. white shoes.
ana white bonnet with a lace friIi
around the front. tied under her dim.
pied chin with big white ribbon
Gee but she was the prettiest littIe
thing that ever struck Arizona. bar
none. | took one look and said,
Angel. angel" You see, | went daffy
at once.
Hello" she repeated as she looked
round the room. 1T IL n game? Oh
! see. spy" Then she padded over
70 the end OF the bar. pointed one fat
niue hhger at Pap Johnson behind
the iee'boS. shouted gleefully: "I
spy and ran to Bill Jernigan. She
slapped old Bill on his chap.coyered
legs and said:
one, two. free for you! Now you
are IT. All the res is home free"
Then she threw both arms around
Bits left leg and waited for the boys
to come home" You ought TO have
seen Bill, He looked at me sort of
dazed like. then looked down at the
baby. then looked away far OF some.
where. and said In faint whisper;
We'll. I'm darned," And II he said II
once he said 1t 90 times. Just stood
there Ike human hitchinG post and
phonograph combined and said:
We'll. I'm darned,"
The boys all gathered round from
their safety corners. looking as sheen.
ish as II the teacher had caught them
chewing gum. but was too much In.
tcrested In Angel to pay any atten.
ton to them then. | always was fond
OF dogs and children and things like
that. knelt down. so as to get some.
where near on level with that little
white bonnet. and asked:
Whose little girl are you. honey?'
"Mamma's." was the prompt reply
I'D bet n stack OF blue on that
said I. But what's your name?"
Anna Louise. thank you"
You're welcome. All right II
believe that. even. Anna Louise goe,
with me. but Anna Louise WHAT"
Muffin. Jes' Anna Louise"
And where is mammal"
"Oh. she's right over there" ana
she waved her hand vaguely around
to embrace most three-quarters OF tha
compass. Then she proposed breath.
lessly: Les play 'Lunnon Bridge.
It's the mos'est fun"
We told her we would like to but
that we had forgotten how.
Bill then swung her up on the bar
a la. l..
have to drink She wanted soda-wa.
ter and we all took the same. although
some of the boys objected.
When the drinks were all In hand
got on a chair and made an eloquent.
ornate and highly popular speech. in
which | said that never before had
| seen the wisdom of naming our
thriving municipality Paradise" and
that at times II had seemed to me
the party or parties naming II must
have gotten mixed on their Scripture
or else have waxed sarcastic but that
now great light. the bright white
light of truth. had busted in on my
alleged intellect, and illuminated the
inmost recesses of an ever sluggish
mind CLEAR, hear" from the boys).
An Angel had come to Paradise. said
sweet little angel straight from
heaven, or st. Louis, or somewhere.
Her given name might be Anna Louise.
as she told us. but If so 1t was a mis-
take. Angel she was. and Angel she
must be. And inasmuch as she had
no other name. according to her own
statement, a statement | presumed no
gentleman present would doubt cloud
cries of No, no." from the boys), |
took the liberty of giving her the
name of the fair city she had honored
with her presence. and proposed a
toast to Angel Paradise"
Well, you never saw toast excite
such nthusiasm-certainly not one
drunk in sodawater.
AS we finished the drink, the door
opened with some violence, and chap
rushed in, clad in spats. white waist
coat, stiff collar. derby hat, and
some other useless outer habiliments.
His glance fell on Angel. and he
yelped: ME child me child!'
Angel stood there on the bar wav-
ing a chubby land, and said: Hello,
pop!"
After he had Gained down, he in.
troduced himself as Mr.. Hawthorne OF
Boston, who was touring Arizona for
his wife's health. He explained they
had stopped at the Cowboys Retreat
for few hours rest, and Angel had
wandered away.
So Bill turned TO Angel and said:
Come, sister, get on my shoulder, and
it's us for mamma" Then he swung
Angel up and strobe out of the saloon.
Papa introduced us to mamma and
explained we were friends of his that
had found Angel and looked after her
They were just starting for Tucson In
the hotel surry, and we were soon
forced to say good-by to our little
..u.l D,rodico The blessed little