The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-15
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Somebody's Baby
lBy Lawrence AIfred cIay

Mrs, George Congdon had run in
AsS Philalelphia for the day tss visit
feES IpeI #gsg She. bad broughH with
hea a'her llqby gil1, "A months olA and
had bceiiS accomplished by her has-.
band as nurse girl His business wds
IN the city and at o'clock he would
call for and take her home. Mr. Cong
don was \ young man, but he under
stood babies. He knew that they
should be held head downward
tsat they should be given a father
~ finger to bite when they cried and
that tickling the bottoms Of their
fret when they had the collie was a
certain cure.
That was the finest baby in the
state of PENNSYLVANIA The father,
Stbe mother, the grandmother. Aunt
Ethel and all the neighbors at the
Ctngdon suburban home said so.
Realizing, young as she was. that
she would be kept awake at night
hen her sparkling days came, she
ect as much infant sleep as possl-
bic. she could be laid away on toe
bed, tfhe window sill, the clock shcli
or any other place, and she would
continue to sleep.
Mrs Huntington, the grandmothef,
had very little to do with the baby
Il was her duty to recommend sage
lea and catnip mixture and mild
mustard plasters and to declare that
the baby looked just like It father
Having done this, her duties were
ended.
Ethel Huntington. Mrs. Congdon's
only sister, was 10 years old She
was not to blame for being an aunt AZ
that age. Some Of the girls pokeo
tfuu All her, but she was LOYAL to the
thiId. She characterized II as the
ricest. sweetest, brightest, handsom-
est, darling thing ever born, and u
she could have kissed II oitener she
ould certainly have flattened lts
nose.
Mrs. Congdon and baby were duly
left at grandma's and duly welcomed
The infant was kissed toasted, hugg'
ed. flaHered and talked to, and the
bcay passed without calamity Along TO-
ward ( o'clock in ne afternoon MI
Congdon telephored that his FIRM
/ had given him al, errand TO do, anu
that the wife must make her way
home alone. This brought Ethel 10
the front She would not ONLY ac-
companv her sister to the depot IN
I tie taxi. but take the train home
! with her and hold that "darlngest
lcn her lap all the way 1t was set
lied. at once that this should be the
programme and al certain hour II
was carried out That Is, the TWO
i ladies' and the young prodigy we're
1 landed al The Chestnut street depot
/ twsnty minutes too late for one tram
end thirty minutes too early Tor an
ether
4 The ladies' waiting room, of con'se,
4 was the only place left TO thcni. AZ
ter ten minutes Mrs. Congdon went
out TO buy ticket for Ethel, hay
ing her own return in her purse. she
met friends and stopped to chat-the
History of the baby had TO he told
She was proud of the opportunity
! to" tell II.
Time was passing and Aunt EtheI
became inpatient More time passed.
ENtlU she UftdlilF ditl u'Rhs N''N l'''f
ed up the sleeping baby aud walked
ont into the general room TO find her
sister Just then young man wait
ing for train tainted away. some
said 1t was case of love, and some
that he had q weak heart A crowd
gathered Just then somebody SAID
G depot way on fire. He lied about
IT, but his object was praiseworthy'
!. He wanted TO add to the excitement
and he certainly did.
Young Aunt Ethel was impetuoua
and excitable. Down went baby on
IN vacant scat. aud away rushed the
caretakcr. She spent ten minutes
looking at the young man and rush
iiag around to find where the fire
WIS, and was then taken by the ann
: l.y her sister and rushed for the train,
and they were hardly aboard wheG
the wheels began to move They had
found seat when they suddenly
missed something and cried out in
chorus.
"My stars. but where Is baby?'
If Miss Ethel Huntington hadn't
Feen so excited when she laid baby
! Gown Snc might nave hOtltHu Tdu'
Ashley sitting close by. She would
have pronounced him young man
of about %, very good looking, well
dressed and a gentleman. She could
have figured that he was there to
take train. but would have had 10
guess that he was civil engineer.
Yes, he sat there. and he saw baby
dumped down and knew that. the ex-
ctement had called its attendant
away. He moved one seat nearer
he infant, instead of three seats
further away. as many young man
would have done. and he said to him
self referring to Miss Ethel:
she isn't the mother or she'd new
or have done that, and she's too
lood looking and well dressed for a
rursc girl. Couldn't have brought
the kid here to abandon II. Not old
enough to be so hardened. Prob
ably come back In five minutes, Ha!
| ri ere she goes for the train with
another lady. Clear case, and the
Kid goes TO founding home!'
But It didn't IT awdkc and smil
ed at the man bending over 1t. He
SMILED back. Then woman came