The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-04


conrived to take the babs cloak and hood and veil
though usually he could as easily embroider thing
Peeas on the sofa, with the baby in arm. and he
gravely holding lighted match foot from her
face.
AS looked, he threw the burned match in the grate
soberly lighted another and repeated the performance
face be answering smile; all events, Peeas
face took most tender and inane expression and he
"WelI-tol, tol, tolly tol. Yes!" And then added
in tone to convince all the jurors Of the world: OF
hurried forward laughing at him, for all the sudden
lump in my throat is sad for Peeas to be nobodys
grandfather when he looks so precisely like grand
What are the matches for, Peleas?".1 cried
that ' iose to b Bring in his ''' eyes '~
They keep its attention he nurmured apoloseteally
s??F :!ss rfss ss1rn9sv if;ak II ssGs:, : s
~. Ye s5sSsd ;sd III; girl
The baby's disturbed babblng smrnered to steady
fretting which increased IN volume and violence Hun
& remembered that Mliieentes black bag lay on the
bsbys bote-empty When came S back though fs Peleas
lighting matches at furious rate, the baby
a ths teB si her sa ''sSGs added
as one suggesting revolutions we must take her down
All, you to whom, such sweet Offices the beauty
or heaven help u.s. the burden OF every day. what can
whose arms have been empty for so long-so long?
protest that holding the keys to The Hague and to all
Holland, and to whole continents be compared
the radiant responsibility of that moment.
Psleas promptly stood up and extended his arms.
Peeas will e y p
roses and down stairs but merely because this
baby he resigned his rights Really had we'll nigh
forgotten how extraordinarily humble in such
presence
contented little eurgle which always attends babys
changing hands, most subtly aattering the
snd at
wildly. For whatever was to be done. must do
the lip of the Rubcon-"a and open the kitchen door
We went down the stairs, foot at time and when
Pelsas opened the door the sight warmed my heart The
blazing IN the range and the teakette singing away
to make the most miserable at peace. Sometime shall
snd the w be- o and Ine e
sat by the fire while Peleas, by devious of pam
very merry warming it, was very wonderful
occasion Peleas spilled great deal on Nicholas per
if his hands had been firm and Indifferent in such
pleasant excitement Then he and sat beside me-
and the baby drank with little soft shudderng beashs at
bent above her. and did Peeas, heads quite close
noises and sighs and met her eyes grave. wondering
criticism. So long-so long it had been since had seen
that one serious eye lifted to me little face lay
against my breast!
Peleas put out one finger and the little funny hand
how he used to do that and then wait for me to sco!d
him and d to et tell him that at that that rate I could &c.
now, silent. For very little babies are never TN
like and had really let myself might have imagined
and so l think might Peleas have imagined that
which, for more than forty years. have only dreamed
At last the baby moved her head .gurgled a brief
wked her most pea ts os
wildly and looked about franticaly for the matches
crouched behind open panel and that our safety de-
pended upon keeping that baby quiet during the passing
but when is seventy baby affects one quite like
this and to keep it from crying seems all the law and
came with box Of parafhn matches and lighted whole
handfus before Mlcentes babys eyes could say very
& s She dd s 0n ossd sad " %
knew far more about them than she cared to give out
in the kitchen before we heard her She INDUCED in one
comprehensive glance, which did even omit the
matches, and she passed on the other side of the
Its mother wants it right straight off," she re-
marked, with her back toward us.
Old ao to on m s
tiers tiers in how whh a as think we .d are really far wiser than
may be supposed to know nothing? Though l am
bound to confess that felt myself wise little Mil
brings something about which have often Won
dered; namely, when the actual noon of motherhood
mohers of babies Of my ACQUAINTANCE &c are either 1.-THE he
selves babies or else catch myself thinking Of them
tons to be able perfectly bring up the child And
yet cannot very well be that the only mother
yGs s n1 % yd .nd e:.e
iled-that tender, pful, young mother smile that
somehow breaks ones heart matter how happy the
young mother be- And hour later, while the doctor
with Millicente, idea that in
delicious futter. had forgotten that there such
sweet excitements in the world. l hugged the hope in
silence for moment and then shared it with Peeas
Suppose" said, that Millicente should need her
rest tonight"
looked at him tentatively expecting him under
stand at once as he almost fails to do did
remember that IS far easier understand in
of books philosophy the like which have occupied
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