Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-18
VILLAGE BELLIES BABY
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Part II Played In Giving Bachelor a
r Complete Change.
His chums asked him how, he enjoy
ed his two weeks vaction, says the
New York Sun.
"The village belle who was married
a year ago in the little church Of her
father and mother and grandfather
and grandmother" he said, return
ed home while was occupying room
In her fathers house. She was accom-
panied on her return by her first baby.
"The house where had room was
not In any sense a summer boarding
house. 1t was the home Of people who
would scorn to take boarder. was
taken In because my doctor knew the
people and asked them to take care Of
me for couple Of weeks as a person.
al favor. / was told that what /
needed was complete change. and /
got 1t.
.FThe young mother arrived several
days after me. The only time that I
was entirely at home, by which !
mean all alone In the house, was the
half day before the young mother got
"The household went to the train to
meet her about seven hours before
she was due. They acted as II they
believed that the train would get into
town by some short cut across coun-
try. Most Of the young people Of the
village and q number Of fathers and
mothers and q few old maids also
closed their homes early In the day
and went to the little station to help
shoe the train when 1t pulled In.
when I heard the whistle OF the
locomotive went to my room. Motor
cars, buggies Of the old type, and peo-
pie who preferred to walk soon arriy-
ed. The express wagon brought up
the rear. It was piled high with great
trunks and on top was the baby wa
gon.
81 am no authority on the baby
question but question If any kid ever
had such a reception as that one had.
The grandfather had the baby, the
grandmother had the daughter, assist
ed by several of her kin, and most OF
the boys had charge Of the baby cart.
There were some people In the village
who failed to be at the station when
the train arrived, but they reached the
house nearly as soon as the others. .,
THE reception was on for several
hours. The next morning I asked
about the baby The young mother
rowed the baby for little while.
81 said I didn't know that mothers
lent their babies. reckon I made q
break in saying that for they all
laughed. Just then the telephone turn
ed In an alarm. The young mother
answered. Then she appealed to her
mother. The minister's wife wanted
to know II she could borrow baby
when auntie was through with him.
or course It was all right for, as they
informed me, the lady was the wife OF
the minister who had married the 1T
tie mother q year ago.
Then there were calls by young
women, who were awfully disappoint-
ed when told that baby had been lent.
l got away from the house and took a
long walk. met strange people, who
seemed to know that didn't belong IN
the town, and when they learned
where ! was stopping they asked me
II had seen the baby. They told me
about the wedding; what pretty
wedding It was q year ago. won.
dered II she was the only girl who had
ever been married In the village. Or
was she the first who, having married.
returned a year later with baby?
81 think that kid was loaned to ev-
cry woman in the town, and especial
ly to the girls. The little mother would
go out to make a call. leaving the
baby with its grandma or the nurse,
and return to be told that one OF the
girls who was at the wedding had
called and borrowed the urchin.
81 was finally called home suddenly.
had been so nice to the baby that
was taken to the train IN the family
auto: and the little mother and her
mother and the baby went down to
see me off.
You fellows asked me how enjoy
ed nv two weeks vacation and / have
told you, but-well, yes, / had com
plete change My doctor said that
was what | needed"