Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-02
IN THE 2
NIGHT

'Di.'r NttNeu distant ana buOlntitW
ana unreal but the words we're plain
enough.
"Charies! Charlesl" she said.
your nave 70 get up and wheel tho
babyi"
Tho baby belonging 20 the Shawbork
family had cold and for three days
and nights had been, 70 put It mildly.
restless. Shawberk and his wife had
been 20 long without sleep that the lit4
tie respite they had Just been enjoying
seemed heavenly. At the fatal sunni
mons Shawberk. like a craven feigned
that he had not comprehended.
What did you say, Manner" he
asked, drowsily.
The baby" repeated his wife. Hes
awake-vheel him!"
The Shawberks kept the baby carl
riagc in their large bedroom and IL
was commonly utilized as q crib by
their son and heir, who was extremely
young. Since his cold the baby bad
slept whenever he condescended "a
close his eyes. which was rarely,
There was no help for IL, Strawberry
prisd his eyes open by main force, put
out one foot into tho night chill, shivt
cred, shook himself and arose.
He stumbled against. the carriage
and little feeling OF Irritation 1T his
wife Immediately surged throngh himt
She had been very careful TO put the
carriage whore n SHOULDN'T escape
him. Then she crept under the warm
covers and left him TO fade the musicH
Wasn't he every bit as tired and sleepy
as sh9 was7 ~
Then sbawbcrk had tic. 6raca to bd
a little ashamed Of himgeE as I've bet
gan his tramp back and forth across
tho floor Long practise tad made him
perfect in the dark and he avoided the
furniture sllilfuIly. H9 was wide
awake now and enduring Ills martyr
dom like a man. His wife already was
wrapped in heavy slumbersq
OF course there was no reason Why
she should keep awake. but shawbork
somehow felt bitterly that he had
been abandoned to hard fate,
There was some satisfaction. In seet
ing That HIS minisratlons had had
an immediate otsot, ioc DUET was
reignihg Inside the baby. carriage Il
Poor little dufer, The ba6y Ger:
tainlg had bad a hard ;ime ofIs Shaw.
beEk pushed the carriage rif6fs vigor-
ousIy as he recalled the baby's general
unh5bpllSsssS q tie past week. If he
was getting any comfort out q being
pulled sscs s91 ,i !2Ets sGE9Ss . F-s floor
sRaWb5rk WSS very glad q Ii
His heArt bWaIfed TT 9Th tba
p pSit an y E%sa: that th ne was
There usually Was SO lttti5S father
could do and sometimes b had event
been a ,ttle Jealous Of the 6sSy'f
Preference FOR his mother. -
sha%bsrk suddenly realized that fe
was cold and miserable He stoTp.ed
wheeling tie carriage long Enough to
search for his heavy Bathrobe. Hear,
Ing a slight rustic, however, hsi hasl
tened back to tho carriageSs Nov tba8
tho baby WAS asleep he felt that ii
would be a shame TO let all his work
go to waste by permitting him to wake
up. .y- Co.. "a =. II "a, gcr,ztt; 5,
. whenever Shawberk tentatively
slowed down his ears would catch q
suggestive stir and rustic. Than heI
fore the protesting cry which hd axi
pected had a chance to ring out. be
hastily began Wheeling again. Still
his wife slept quietly.
IN spite Of himself Shawbork field
cross AID Indignant. II seemed "a
him as he stumbled on that she at
least ought to want TO share his weary
yigll. Some women. he thought. vould
even get out Of bad and let their bus.
bands rest. !
shawberk yawned till his ,ew
cracked and then In a moment OF ais.
traction he struck HIS toe against q
chair.
"o-OO-ooch!" he moansd, DANCING
about
When the pain was somewhat all
layed he realized that the baby car,
rage had stood still three or toup
minutes with no protests from thu
baby. NV
Shawberk wondered n he dared atom
ana get some sleep himself The tor
OF Ills head seemed cavinE in. his
veins ran Ice water and he aohed All
over. ~"
MAmie!" he whispered hoar.eIv.
Can | stop now2 Isn't he all rishtI
I've been wheeling him for hour.i"
Whatr asked HIS wife, startled
Th"n she awoke. Why Charles
shawberkl What on earth do Won
moanf What have you been doing al,
tnis timef The baby's sound asleep IN
bed here by me--yOu did not put him
In HIS carriage at anil"
Me put him In the carrlAs.,- or.
claimed shswberf. Why, I housht
you had done that when YOU caIlsd
mel"
Wei ! didn't" said his wifs. He
must have snna IN 49,, o...s.