The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-04-09
BABIES NOT ALLOWED
BY CATHERINE cooPE.


paper Syndicate.)
Mary Anne turned from the box Of
fee after securing her seat for the
matinee on the following Saturday.
She would have left the foyer and
gone out for the pleasant jaunt
through the shops but for the fact that
her attention was attracted to the
poor little woman who stood forlornly
holding tiny infant in her arms.
The woman had been arguing quietly
with the boxoffice man, but to no
avail.
81 am sorry, madam, but infants in
arms are not allowed in the theater.
i is against the laws of the house"
There was finality in the young
mans voice.
With her usual impulsiveness Mary
Anne approached the woman and
made inquiry.
81 can't go in with i'm and Two
paid my way in from Bexhill. My
friends are up there now They'll be
wondering what's 'appened to me-"
Couldn't | take care of the baby
while you go up and see the panto-
mime? | have the whole afternoon
free. Do let me-
Mary Anne saw the woman through
the doorway. then turned with her
I charge, wondering what her impulsive
nature had got her into this time.
Mary Anne lived in the suburbs,
herself She remembered the huge
open fires that she had seen in the
Liverpool station when she had come
in the morning to business.
She soon arrived beside the warm
fire without mishap. She had not been
comfortably ensconced there for pal
try five minutes before the infant
showed most positive signs of dissatis.
faction with Mary Anne's treatment
OF him. He walled softly at first but
persons in the waiting room stared
or, more truthfully, glared at Mary
Anne, while one or two men walked
disgustedly out Of the station.
The girl was distracted. She
wished she had never wanted to see
Jack and the Beanstalk." She pined
for knowledge of the care OF infants
and determined to study up Doctor
Holt without loss OF time. The fact
the baby let slip the bottle his moth
er had given Mary A. brought a
| deep flush to the girls cheeks.
A young man, who had been surrep-
titiously watching Mary Anne's fran
tic efforts to pacify the baby came
over and picked up the fallen bottle
and presented 1t to her.
'Is there anything ! can do for
you?" he asked, and he seemed so
likely to know more than she did
about infants that Mary Anne smiled
gratefully. There may be pin stick
ing him-have you looked?"
moo" said Mary Anne. Il didn't
know just where to look"
Great Scott Who dressed your
baby? Let me have a look?" He took
the baby from Miss Anne's arms very
firmly but gently and Mary Anne
heaved a sigh of relief. The young
man certainly knew how to handle
baby.
NO doubt you have several of your
own?" she vouched only half aloud.
"No-oot guilty. ! am doctor
That is why | had the temerity &c
offer my assistance. There seems moth
ing wrong with the kiddie. Wouldn
he take his MILK"
mo" Mary Anne said with a wist
full smile that sent wave of peculiar
emotion over the young man. "Ht
didn't seem to want il"
Maybe you gave it to him too hot
suggested the doctor
Hot It was stone cold" Sh'
gazed fearfully at the baby.
cold milk for an infantl You ar'
a fine mother" the doctor com
mented.
"But l am not his mother" protest
cd Mary Anne with rush Of color t
her cheeks. "I don't know a thin
about babies"
Quite unnecessary information,
laughed the doctor, somehow yer.
much relieved that Mary Anne wa
not the infants mother He had beel
wondering how SO neat and dainty
girl could take such wretched care Q
a baby.
Mary Anne told him of her adver
ture with shy smile. She marvele
how the baby had become wonderfuil
contented in the doctors arms.
81 suppose you wouldn't mind SHOW
ing me the number Of your seat fo
saturday, Doctor Cosgrove aske
tentatively as they went toward tn
theater with the sleeping baby. Il hay
been intending to see Jack and tn
Beanstalk.
His guilty expression told Maj
Anne that the pantomime had ney'
entered his head before.
my seat is No. 14-D," she sa
\ quickly.
4 Mary Anne blushed hotly and Do
4 tor Cosgrove burst into hearty laug
ter when the little mother of the !
n fant came beaming from the the
II ter.
Your misses has been an angel!
wish l could give her as much ha