Arizona republican., 1910-06-04


 the hall quietly and opened the door. Peeas had aged to turn the lights, and furthermore he had conrved take off the babys cloak and hood and veil though usually he could easily embroider a thing to unite it, after long time. And there sat Peleas on the sofa, with the baby in arm. and he was 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 Evidently he construed some movement of the babys face to be answering smile; at all events Peleas face took on most tender and nane expresson and he said clearly:
 "Well-to to toy toll Yes!" And then added in tone to convince all the jurors of the world: Of course!
 I hurried forward laughing at him. for all the sudden lump in my throat It is sad for Peleas be nobodys grandfather when he looks precisely like grand father the stage
 What are the matches for, Peleas?" cried
 He looked up with the adorably abashed expression that love to bring in his eyes,
 They keep its attention, he murmured apologecally Nothing else would think it's hungry"
 Ill" cried I scornfully. "Why it's girl"
 "Well' pacidly argued Peleas, you said Its girl and said It's hungry Whats the diference?"
 And to this there really response.
 The baby's disturbed babbling simmered to a steady fretting which increased in volume and violence. Hun gry 1t undoubtedly was.
 i remembered that Miicente's black bag lay on the bench in the hall. hurried to it, and there the baby'ss bote-empty When came back, though Peleas lighting matches at furious rate the baby was crying at the top of her small strength
 She'll disturb Alillicente" said; Peleas," I added, suggesting revolutions, I've must take her down
 
 An, you to whom such sweet offices are the beauty or heaven help us the burden -of every day what can you possibly know of the thrill of that to one whose arms have been empty for so long-so long? l protest that holding the keys to The Hague, and to all Holland and to whole continents IS to be compared to the radiant responsibility of that moment.
 Peleas promptly stood up and extended his arms.
 ake her. said he, with enchanting masculine help lessness. Peeas will not let carry my prim- up and down stairs, but merely because this was baby he resigned his rights! Really 1 had well nigh forgotten how extraordinarily humble in such presence.
 tool, her in my arms and she settled down with that contentcd little gurge which always attends babys changing hands, most subty hattering the new nurse until the storm breaks afresh harder than before This the storm did now, and looked Peleas little wildly. For whatever to be done must do.
 Go first" said Like Caesar to his torch-bearer the lip of the Rubcon- and open the kitchen door.
 We went down the stairs, foot time and when Peleas opened the door the sight warmed heart The kitchen was cheery and brightly lighted hot fire was blazing in the range and the teaketle singing away to make the most miserable at peace Sometime shall write an containing advice to those who bues and the of it will be: go and put the tea-kettle
 sat by the fire while Peeas by devious ways of pan try and refrigerator sought out the milk, and very merry warming it. for 1t a very wonderful occasion Peleas spilled great deal Nicholas per ecty polished griddes-Oh could not have loved him if his hands had been firm and indifferent in such pleasant excitement Then he came ard beside me and the baby drank with little soft shudderng breahs the painful memory of how hungry she really had been bent above her. and did Peeas heads quite close together watched her. and heard the little soft nO1SeS and SlghS, and met her grave wondering criticism So ong-so long it had been since had seen that one serious eye lifted to little face lay against my breast
 Peleas put out finger. and the little funny hand caught it and cung to it. Peleas wrinked his eyes at tine and smiled up mel had almost forgotten how he used to do that and then wait for scod hl and to tell him that at that rate could get Cedric to sleep Someway, when Peleas had done that now. sat silent For very little babies are never un- like. and if 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 brief grace, and stared up at unwinkingly and then wrnkled her face most astoundingly Peeas wildly and looked about franticay for the matches one would have said that fugves from justice, crouched behind open panel and that safety de pended upon keeping that baby quiet during the passing ot the men-atarms cannot tell how IS with others but when one is seventy baby affects quite like ths and to keep 1t from crying seems all the law and fair proportion of the prophets So that when Peeas came with box of parahn matches and lighted whole handfuls before Mlcentes babys eyes could say very little She did stop crying, though she looked at these humble pyrotechnics somewhat haughtiy and If she knew far about them than she cared to give out in the kitchen before heard her She nduged in comprehensive glance, which did not omit the matches, and she passed on the other side of the room
 "I It's mother wants it right straight off," she re- marked with her back toward
 Peleas and rose promptly and meekly made way upstairs. Old Nichoa dictates all day long ters in which, think, really far wiser than she; how then should not yield in crises of which may be supposed to know nothing: Though l am bound 10 confess that felt myself wise little Mil hcente, who as have said is baby herself And this brings to something about which have often won dered namely, when the actual noon of motherhood may be? For, 1 live, it to that all the mothers of babies of my acquaintance either them selves babies or else catch myself thinking of them that they too old and spinstersh in their ons to be able perfectly to bring up the child And yet it cannot very well be that l the only mother neither too young too old to train youth properly
 laid the little thing in Allicentes bed and Micente smiled-that tender pitifu, young mother smile that somehow breaks ones heart matter how happy the young mother be- And an hour later while the doctor was with Millicerte idea came to that set me in delicious futter. had forgotten that there are such sweet excenents in the world 1 hugged the hope in silence for moment and then shared it with Peleas.
 Suppose, 1 said, that Milicente should need her rest tonight"
 looked at hun tentatively expecting him to under stand at once. as he almost fails to do did remember that IS far easier to understand in matter of books philosophy the like which have occupied