La Junta tribune., 1911-08-19

hat ! must tell mother al about my
sdv snture In the morning. For years
tfter mothsss death thought At
lines I must tell her things.
Il didn't worry about the family
besakfsss Till the sun came in through
/ crack and woke ME up. heard \
.ooing beside me sud remembered my
lnd. Raising J,s,if on my elbow.
ih~re vas the baby trying 10 get her
biz toe In her mouth She had kick
ii her legs loo-e aud wasn't very much
:ov-reti. bent over her. and she
smiled ~ me.
but Il wasn't long before she began
hat rooster Growing. and nh,ut the
zane time I heard ny freud the
.oachman below doinS his morning
stable chores tried To quiet the
.hild. but. ih"nEh didn't know IT,
sotbing would do II but some break
ne In II, Tn. baby slualied louder
md louder. and !. fearing the coach
nan would get IN to my harboring
.amily besides myself In the loft and
svIct Us. tried 10 stop the crying by
sking the baby up and wslkipg II a.
I had seen fathers do before While
ras thus engaged the trap at the top
81 the stair leading from below open
NJ. and there were the bead and -hcul-
9ers OF Patsy. the conchman. He wa.
ooking straight at me with wonder on
ais face. whih changed to an eIplo
ZION OF Laughter.
"'B. dad" b. exclaimed I've done
4 mescif many night when TIA. dsy
was breskin' Wher. In the world
I'D re git the child anyway
Il explained msti-r- 10 Patsy and
begged him no, ,u turn IN. out He
mad. no promise. bur. taking my bot
he. went away and presently returned
With II full Of warm milk This quiet
ID tn. baby. and Patsy went down.
stntr~.
Half Hn hour PASSED. and I was
thinking. ~ many = father has done
who's. domestic affairs are keeping
him from business. that some other
,swsboy would get my regular custom.
srs away from me. when hesrd steps
and voices bri1v. and In another mo
n.nt rstsy lifted the trap. But In
stead OF coming toward me he held
Ia open for some on. else That som"
,n~ vas a benevolent looking gentle
man
Il was playing with the baby's pink
toes n the tim. and. seeing the comers
turned To- look at them. The express
o..
composition ~ wonder. amusement.
pity and general sympathy. Coming
up To our family. he bent over the
baby and put his for-fncer into i'-
.iitti- hand for II To clasp. Then. turn
Ing to me he sskei m. to tell him all
about myself sud INV fnd.
When I had finished he told me
that h- would send nv baby where II
would receive proper attention and
when he ssv tear in my eye added
lihs, n k~rf her In the loft sh.
would die lie further promised that
I should slwsy. b. Informed whore
sh. was. and I might visit b"r from
time to tim. II. told IN. TO carry her
Into the house he being the owner
5f the premises aud when we arrived
he gave m. the nr~' real breakfast I
hs4 had In years When I hsd finish.
~ he developed y plan by which !
might spend part o' NV tin" ~
school aud have something better than
q hayloft Tor u home
'rhi, was only the beginning of his
Interest 10 m. and my daughter n
time wore on b. iii more and more
for me When was eighteen years
old he took me into his couniin.
room had natural adaptation fnr
work in flct. wa never happy eN
'rept when ! vas doing something
The consequence was that when hnd
finished my oun work for the dnv I
took hold ~ that ~ "a. lazy fellow.
"a the orirr. with the result ,hsi SITTER
awhile they were sent away ani I
given their work and pay besides nv
.oNn. In this way Jumped up pretty
fast ana Ia two years was getting
good salary
4 gradually lo-t interest IN the
daughter ! had had with mo for 60
l'hort n time bui ! continued orca
sionally in ast NY l"n~faeior. Mf
Mrrrymsn. abpui her lie always as
surci mo that she was b.Ins taken
care ~ nul some day | mi ght ucc'
her again Through biz Kindness 20
me | inferred that be WAS do.ns q rood
deal for her
when I wis twenty ave years old
Mr. Mcrryman took me into his bust.
mesa NJ a junior partner, aud when
was thirty be retired aud lcf, me H.
manager Then one day he told mo
sr wished tp sse me nt his hcus. ou