El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-11

q INCE the babys birth. nothing had
been said about its name. For
- weeks before, Helen nad thought Of
countless names. She had spent many
happy hours dreaming of what she
would call her baby-her beautiful,
golden haired, blue-eyed baby.
She had made a list of names and
talked them over with Warren. If II
were 20 be a boy, she wanted most OF
all to Call it after it's father. But War
rem had vigorously protested. One
Warren" in the family, he said, was
quite enough; and he believed in Civ
ing children individual names of their
own. and not those of their parents.
This had killed a secret hope which
Helen had long cherished-that if il
should be a little girl, he would insist
on calling it after her.
Elimination.
But, with their own names eliminated,
Helen's fancy had lowered uncertainty
around many others. Warren was in
clined toward the strong, old-fasnioned
names like John, William, Mary and
Elizabeth.
But Helen wanted something more
modern, and, as Warren sair, more "ro-
mantle and novelish" Richard and Win
fired headed her list. Warren laughed
and said as long as she didn't insist on
Reginald of Geraldine, he wouldn't of
fer serious objections to anything else
But now that the baby had come and
it was neither blue-eyed nor golden
haired, but was instead, very homely.
red-faced, bald-headed little girl, Helen
had not the heart to talk of names. And
she was grateful to Warren for his
silence on that subject.
They just called it "baby''-that
seemed quite sufficient for the time
They didn't even use the feminine pro-
noun. It's crying" or Its asleep" was
what they usually said.
Grandfather Insists.
1t was Warren's father who first
brought up the question of the name.
For days Helen had been dreading the
time when ne would come to see the
baby. She begged Warren not to let
him come just yet. to put him off on
some pretext until she was stronger
and the baby a little older.
But, one afternoon. wholly unexpect-
eddy, he stopped at Warren's office and
insisted on going home with him-said
it was quite time he saw that baby"
Warren was helpless. He did not even
aave a chance to telephone to Heieh.
When they reached the apartment,
tha found her in an old wrapper. her
hair In disorder. She had just got the
flannels which had come from the laun-
dry.
Her confusion and embarrassment
were painful She had always disliked
and feared her fatherinlaw-and for
him to find her like this.
Grandfather's Advent.
And where is that baby?" he asked
in his curt, brusQue way.
Its in the nursery. I've just got it
to sleep"
We'll. 1 must see the baby That's
what 1 came for Is this the nursery
in here?" starting toward the door.
~Oh, I'm afraid if you wake it up
now. it will cry" Helen objected, nerv-
ously.
':Oh, all babies must cry some; it's
good for them. Oh, here's the little
shaver" He was bending over the crib
now
Only the top of the baby's head and
It's little red, clenched fists were VISIBLE.
Helen stood on the other side or the
crib, praying that it wouldn't awake
And then. to her amazement, he DELHI
erately drew the covers from its face.
The Baby Awakens.
"Oh. father-you mustn't awaken it,
protested Warren, VINO was standing
behind Helen. It's so hard for Helen
to get it to Sleep"
I'm not gazing to awaken it, but ]
.an't see il all covered up like that"
But already the baby was awake. II
yave one beWildered look up at rne un.
familiar face bending over 1t, and then
began to cry-nOt an ordinary baby
whimper, but an angry, protesting
scream. 1t had never been abruptly
awakened before, and it was loudly pro-
its wrath.
With an indignant glance at her