The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-20
The journal q .
Neglected Baby
By Barbara Blair

do like bsshful young men. They
are no end of fun. Sometimes l help
my mother receive, and to-day when
I went in the drawing room l saw
one of them standing in the middle
of the room. Any intelligent infant
can pick out 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 q
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 a mouth just like mine, and
the same guileless expression.
It was really very amusing when he
frowned, which he did as soon as he
saw me. When he frowned he looked
Just as look when frown and the
women say:
20, see the cunning little frown?
Does it think It's cross? 2"
He was the first person I noticed
when went in, and as seen as I saw
that frown I chuckled to myself
Then l coccd softly and held out
my arms to him pleasantly. So nurse
took me over to him at once.
Confound it," / heard him mt ter
"Wl 1t DO they want to bring nat
Wn,.-- y nm ,,, boro
Nrrse stopped in front of him.
"ghe 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, Mr.. Jones.
Do take her"
Mr.. 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. 81 am
sure, sir, never saw her take so to no
gentleman before"
I smiled at him sweetly. I could
see now that his knees were tremb.
ling, and funny little bits of perspira.
ton were standing out all over his
face.
20, do take her, Mr.. JONES'" cried
a very pretty girl. watch her hold
out her cunning little hands to you.
Don't you just love herr"
Eyes, yes" he murmured, weakly
Every nice child. Remarkable infant
neutrality-suspicious.. Just-just take
it 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 l suspect that nurse has
q sense of humor.
Mr.. Jones did mind. could see
that he minded very much.
gave a pathetic little wall. just G
foretaste of what l could do in that
line, and held out my arms to hin
appealingly.
20, isn't It too SWEET" cried an
other girl. Nov, Mr. Jones, you sim
ply must take the little dear"
Here regret to say Mr.. Jones los
his temper.
~ do do hf
cried furiously.
No self-respecting infant could ig
more such treatment.
promptly doubled up both fists ant
let out the full volume of my voice
This attracted general attention t.
Mr.. Jones. Everybody in the room
turned and stared at us.
"If / might be so bold" sir" sale
nurse, Il think you had better take
her, sir, for minute"
Mr.. Jones grew very pale. Their
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 il ask
ing her to tell him what to do next.
He amused me so that ! doubled
right up. I simply roared. Every
body thought I was crying, but l wa
really convulsed with laughter.
Then, recovering myself, I plunge'
one hand deep in his hair, pulling viii
all my strength, while l kicked hin
violently under my long clothes; a
the same time turning to my mother
guests and smiling upon Their
seraphically.
aUbat a heavenly smile!" cried on
woman. THAT child is too good t
tive"
By-by.
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