Gunnison news-champion., 1911-05-19
Whose Babys

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t.srse ysars he sss sao~s bic sise
she a~e never soossd gsise 80 yossas
sad caiidlike as she dad this s.oEHsas
Hier aalicsts face. nsariy a. shIts
- the giliox on Which r. las appear
cd almosf inssnsiis Ia ~ sueef pars1y
sf oatllns The sofs hair parted and
fsiling over her shouiaers ~ t~o
eolaan braids iuokei Far from mafrou
v and the msa had fai-ly 10 pinch
ainlsen ~ order o. realize that the
iis1ie pima faced bundle in the curve OF
shs slender. slrlizh aEm sss Hos a
aresm
~Margaret darling he said. AZ he
sissad her. ven are 80 pale. Are yoa
treadf aliy tirea7 HaVe too MANY pee.
pis been IN 90 see yoa this morn
ins ?"
No. lin not really tired Frank
buf-" The voice faltered and
bruke wifh a tr.misloss little sob
" oy. Margaret What is wrong
Don Q yoH Ike The uarse2 Is-~
The ngrse is al kindness Tm
just silly hats an
'hui What are YOU silly abaaf7F
Tn not guirg TO tell yoa. dear
Voc woHld Trims we TOO fosiish u 1
did So aoat ash me
Ihe Hlan reached un his hand aud
tock bis Siie small. taperins hngers
o. a frw grasp. RE feds inexplioably
aVkvard and helpless For a few
moments there vas silence. broken
only By the amusirgly audible breath
ing OF the tiny sleeper Then the wife
with rev her hand from her husband
and rafher violently dabbed her eyes
"Margaret, What rs d that troubles
ys? Nou must tell me. dear"
'I'm such goose can't help
feeling badly
You're just nervogs them Shall
g. away and send nurse I'M But
she said ! could stay half-haur
There was a note OF disappointment in
his voice
''Of course you can stay. Frank .
wont be such baby Any one might
think you had two babies She smiled
nistily and tried 10 stop her tears
The husband took the fimsy little
Wet handkerchief from her hand and
then be tenderly dried her cheeks
with his own more practical one.
Il should like TO know what makes
you unhappy. Maybe n / knew | could
do something 10 stop it,"
"No. nobody can stop o.. That's the
trouble. II seems to me that I can't
stand IL any longer
Tho half -.
the bed. Il think ia better go" he
said I'm afraid you're getting ex.
cited and feverish. Your face is flush
ing"
No. | don't want you TO GO Re.
sides, N you move round the room
nov YOU might wake Francis"
Very well, dear | want to stav
here with you and Francis as long as
I'm permitted. Even n the nurse
won't let me hold him, that youngster
is my boy"
That's what everybody SAYS. That's
what makes me SO unhappy"
1. Makes you unhappy"
Yes, everybody who comes in here
to see Francis says he's your baby"
"WenP"
"Well-now, this morning your Aunt
Sarah came In and she exclaimed.
Just think of our Frank having a SOM
Then Yesterday your mother brought
IL the old doctor and he looked at
Francis and chuekled, Well. we'll. so
that lad Frank has boy of his ownr
When Miss Geraldine Harvey was
shown Francis she said, with a great
deal OF feeling. SO this rs really
tsanks baby And every friend and
neighbor and relative who has been in
here has mentioned ecstatically that
Francis Is your baby while not one
single person has said anything about
his being my baby. and he Just is
mine,
= Just Wish were home at
fathersi Then maybe people would
say So this is Margaret's baby"
Indeed they would" said the hus
band laughingly "And I should be
horribly jealous"
wow. Frank. you know | didn't
want 10 tell you all this-this non
sense. ] knew you'd think me silly"
NO, you're not sillv-not bit.
You're the dearest little girl-mother
In the wOrlT But, look | think that
Margarets baby is waking up"