The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-07
The Journal of. a Neglected Baby
 By Barbara Blair
By Barbara Blair

my mother receive, ana tO-Qay when went in the drawing room saw one of them standing in the middle of the room. Any intelligent infant can pick out a bashful man from a roomful of people without the slight est hesitation, though no one else may have discovered that he is.
 There is something in his eye as soon as he sees us that gives him away at once. This one was such a funny man. just howled.
 He had nice, fat pink cheeks and baby blue eyes and pretty yellow hair plastered down smooth over his head He had mouth just like mine, and the same guileless expression.
 It was really very amusing when he drowned. which he did as soon as he saw me. When he drowned he looked just as I look when I frown and the women say:
 70, see the cunning little frown? Does it think it's cross?"
 He was the first person I noticed when I went in, and as soon as saw that frown I chuckled to myself.
 Then I cooed softly and held out my arms to him pleasantly. So nurse took me over to him at once.
 "Confound it!" heard him mutter. What do they want to bring that young one in here for?"
 Nurse stopped in front of him.
 She noticed you as soon as we came in, sir"
 Nurse said this as if she expected him to be proud of it, but he only backed still further away.
 Goo, goo, goo,' cried genially.
 A few women turned and stared at us.
 Why, the little darling!" cried one. "She wants to come to you, MT. Jones. Do take her"
 MT. Jones' face grew very red He backed into a tea table and eyed me anxiously.
 Nurse held me out to him.
 "She wants you to take her, sir" said nurse, beaming upon him. q am sure, sir, never saw her take so to no gentleman before
 I smiled at him sweetly. could see now that his knees were tremb- ling, and funny little bits of perspira- ton were standing out all over his face.
 70, do take her, MT. Jones'" cried a very pretty girl. Watch her hold out her cunning little hands to you! Don't you just love herr"
 "Yes, yes," he murmured, weakly. Very nice child Remarkable infant. Most-er-precious. Just-just take 1t away, my good woman"
 screwed my face up at once. Nurse looked doubtful.
 "She is going to cry, sir. Would you mind just taking her for minute, sir?"
 Sometimes I suspect that nurse has a sense of humor
 Mir. Jones did mind I could see that he minded very much.
 I gave a pathetic little vail, just a foretaste of what I could do in that line, and held out my arms to him appealingly.
 70, isn't it too sweet?" cried an OtH6T SlIl. NOW MI. JOuCS, yOu oiAi- ply must take the little dear
 Here regret to say Mir Jones lost his temper
 "Ill be-dablessed-if I do," he cried furiously
 No self-respecting infant could ig. nore such treatment.
 I promptly doubled up both fists and let out the full volume of my voice. This attracted general attention to Mir Jones. Everybody in the room turned and stared at us.
 If I might be so bold" sir said nurse, q think you had better take her. sir, for a minute"
 MT. Jones grew very pale Then he took me from nurse and, grabbing me wildly about the middle, held me gingerly at arms length, while he looked helplessly at nurse, as if ask ing her to tell him what to do next.
 He amused me so that I doubled right up. I simply roared. Every body thought I was crying, but I was really convulsed with laughter
 Then, recovering myself, 1 plunged one hand deep in his hair. pulling with all my strength, while l kicked him violently under my long clothes; at the same time turning to my mothers guests and smiling upon them seraphically.
 What a heavenly smile!" cried one woman. That child is too good to live"
 By-by.