The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-06-12
BABIES nor ALLOWED

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nee after securing her seat for the
matinee on the following Saturday. i
She would have left the foyer and
gone ont for the pleasant jaunt
through the shops but for the fact that
her attention was Attracted TO-; the
poor little woman who stood foriornly |
holding = tiny infant in her arms.
The woman had been arguing quietly
with the boxoface man. but to NO
avail.
II am sorry, madam. but infants IN
arms are not allowed In the theater.
It 10 against the laws Of the house"
There was f,nality in the young
mans voice.
With her usual impulsiveness Mary
Anne approached the woman and
made inquiry.
II can't 60 in With i'm and I've
paid my way in from Bexhill. My
friends are up there now. They'll be
wondering what's 'appened to me-"
Couldn't l take care of the baby
while you go up and see the panto-
mime? I have the whole afternoon
free. Do let me-"
Mary Anne saw the woman through
the doorway, then turned with her
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
fre without mishap. She had not been
comfortably ensconced there for q 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 sec
Jack and the Beanstalk." She pined
for knowledge Of the care Of infants
q and determined to study up Doctor
Holt without loss of time. The fact
the baby let slip the bottle his moth
or had given Mary Anne brought .
deep fush 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 It to her.
'Is there anything I can do for
your" he asked, and he seemed 80
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 sigh of relief. The young
man certainly knew how to handle q
baby.
mo doubt you have several Of your
own?" she vouched only half aloud.
'sNo--not guilty. am q doctor.
That IL why / had the temerity to
offer my assistance. There seems moth
ing wrong with the kiddie. Wouldn't
he take his mflkf"
| NO." Mary Anne said with . wist.
ful smile that sent Q wave OF peculiar
emotion over the young man. He
didn't seem to want t."
Maybe you gave It to him too hot,
suggested the doctor.
Hot! II was stone cold" She
gazed fearfully at the baby.
Gold milk for an infant! You are
Q fne mother" the doctor com
mented.
But / am not his mother" protest
ed Mary Anne with rush Of color tc
her cheeks. II don't know q thine
about babies."
quite unnecessary information
laughed the doctor. somehow very
much relieved that Mary Anne wai
not the infants mother He had been
wondering how SO neat and dainty q
girl could take such wretched care Of
baby.
/ Mary Anne told him OF her adven'
ture with q shy smile. She marveled
how the baby had become wonderfully
contented In the Doctors armA
Il suppose you wouldn't mind show.
ing me the number OF your seat for
Saturday r Doctor Cosgrove asked
| tentatively a. they went toward the
theater with the sleeping baby. II have
been intending to see Jack and the
! Beanstalk.'"
His guilty expression told Mary
! Anne that the psntomime had never
| entered his head Before.
my seat = No. 14-D," she said
| quickly.
Mary Anne blushed hotly and Doc
| tor Cosgrove hurst into hearty laugh
tor when the little mother Of the In
FAINT came beamins from the Thea
ter. s
~Your misses has been m angsll I
wish I could give her a. muoh hap
pins6s 'as she has given me today"
= think you' kave done more for
%, : the man said quickly. and east .
glance q Mary Anne. ~6he u not my,
1misses'-At present." he addsd. ana