| Show I 0 TItLES OF THE DAY Two Soon to Bring Out Old Jeff VicePresident Stevenson tells a story about the convention of 1S72 Mr Stevenson Steven-son was then active in politics and a feHow townsman of the late David Davis who had been nominated by the Labor Reform party at Columbus Ohio for president as early as February 21 of that year Mr Stevenson thought he would be a good man to respond to the cry of anybody to beat Grant So at the state convention he made an elaborate speech telling why in his opinion Judge Davis was the best man who could be taken up and urged his indorsement by the convention con-vention A delegate from that part of Illinois which reJcices in the name of Egypt an old weatherbeaten war horse who had lain out of nights during the war because his neighbors accused him of sympathizing sympathiz-ing with the confederacy came over to Stevenson after he had sat down and said That was a mighty good speech of yourn Adly and Im with you if it kin be done But Adly dont you think honest Injun that its jest a little mite too soon to bring old Jeff out again Vas n Base Deceiver Why my child tell me what trouble is this which brings you here In such sorrow sor-row exclaimed dear old Mrs l Seemly asher as-her married daughter rushed into the house threw herself weeping upon the floor and burled her griefstricken face I in her mothers lap The beautiful young woman controlled I f ti m her sobs as best she could lifted her I teardimmed eyes to her mothers placid face and replied incoherently Haroldmy husbandhe nas been deceiving de-ceiving me My child It cannot be Tell me about Oh I have trusted my husband so It willkill me Be calm my child Tell your mother I I am sure that he has never deceived me before but since our little Harold I named after his father has been cutting teeth the child has been very wakeful at i nights 0 Yes go on He has frequently awakened in his little cradle witn screams as many as i times during a single night and each time before the little one would sink back to sleep pacified one of us would need to getup get-up sit in the cold by his cradleside and rock him to sleep It was too much for either one of us to arise with the little fellow every time so we divided it Harold would get up the first time I the next then Harold and so on each of us every other time the night through It was only last night that 1 found how long I was being deceived de-ceived and learned of the dastardly scheme of my husband Listen This is how he worked the racket The baby would waken I would go up and lull him to sleep The next time the child would shriek I would walten Harold to go and comfort the babe and turn over myself and go to sleep leaving the child to be soothed by toy husband Yes but where was the deception Why do you know that horrid man would only jUst pretend to get up and when I had got sound to sleep he would waken me gently saying The baby is crying again dear It is your turn to get up this time when it was just the same old yell and not a new waking of the child at all I dont believe that man has comforted the little baby boy once this season but has just laid there and thought out this horrible scheme and slept and snored Shall I leave him mother and come name to you Wellerno my child I would suffer a little longer now that you are up to his scheme before you and the child come to the protection of the old roof At least until little Harold finishes cutting his teethLondon TitBits I |
