Show F I son Story of the Day I i 1 UNCLE HORACE AND ANI THE BABY With 1 Ill the callousness ss of a bachelor I Horace declared that all babies looked alike alile lle to him him but but tha that yas yas' yas before hiS sister r Ll ca came e home for a a. visit and brought ro g t. t her baby aby Th d dy y she was to arrive Il H Horace rac race was wa even eve unkind enough enough to tl say that he would b be glad to see LIU LIl but wished wish she sh h would leave the baby behind baby always keep keeps a house house all I. I st stirred ed ip p phe he complained in ined d they are eith hungry or sleepy py In some abnormal state and yo you are are e expected p t to SY P hl vin al all their their wo s His Hia mother only remarked Severely se severely severely se- se verely that h he had once nce been a baby himself himsel and and one one of the very worst she I had had ever brought up f When Wien WEn the triumphant ar arrived ved bringing Iland tb the b baby by from the station n Horace kissed his sister and the then s stared red aCt atthe white V lt bundle in her I arms j F I j I know y you are simply dying to 0 see the baby caby she le said aid and began removing layes of uie ui veiling veiling- from i he face ot of the Infant l Wen When t the e little lite pink face Lace was Horace fl I ac Je V d h himself lf to IJ look and nd think 9 some m flatlie fatter flat fiat fat fat- ter ng remark that that would the the the-mo h tho mo l lir r. r lie He went vent up gin gingerly e IY By Jovet Jove Its It's ts t's really pretty petty It h he cr cried d in lit u tactful l s surprise Lill and th ther the member members of the family fr from rp his father down pall fall tal looked J I at him hint resentfully j I res j Of co course its it's is pretty pretty its its it's its it's a r. r r- r I i Horace ec to retrieve himself I I mean t that at its it's nice n at not E red red and i ng It I can open i. i its tyes too an and IJ fuzzy on o A J V I These unhappy observations only d him hihi roy lower r fn Jb of the the I r I t l J j family I 1 I Please call cal my baby she baby sh and not it Lill Lf said resentfully You needn't be so surprised q either cUber her because because- she is pretty lora Horace e tried to to explain anew anew- that h t he Ie Ie r really aly admired the baby baby- bu but he was in disgrace ce The family elbowed him away avay from the baby and left lef him out of the with ostentatious neglect s v- v t But But t the e baby with baby with the perversity of df its is sex ex a great fancy to Uncle Horace Horar it I soon soon oon pr preferred him any to-any o any Ather other ther merb r of the family and would would- even l leave ave its moth mothers mother's rs r's arms for tor his When hen she saw him or heard his voice she I smiled d ecstatically and gurgled like a Il l little tie br brook ok This thing won Hor ace From lom a stat stately y Indifference to his niece he ne came to be her wildest cham charn- charnI I pion He gave gaye her all sorts sorts of or gifts from rom a rattle a-rattle rattle to a tiny tny ruby uby ring he hele le learned to talk taut t the e goo-goo goo language a and d he became a perfect nuisance in his whist whist- club cub where he would stop the l wl lehe told old stort stories s of the beauty and ancl cleverness p pf of t the e baby j j jOne jOne jOne One evening Lill Ll put the baby to p turned the gas low In the room ana ann went downstairs to join join- oln the family In he e library Se she he stole upstairs again m m iii about half an hour nour to see if the child were covered and still sti s sleeping The he family were wern startled started by IW a s shrill rl scream Lill rm came n to tb say that the baby baly was gone Everybody said thi could not be so o and they with her to search for tor the baby wh h couldn't walk and could only crawl across the room at about at-about about a rate of locomotion But the baby wa was gone never never- The family were we're were quite sure sure no one had come In at the front door since since Horace went vent out to his whist club just after his sister had left the baby Some kidnaper hd had had stolen in by Jy y the back bark st stIr stair lr fUeI or 01 climbed over over the porch none porch none o the family Camly was a really realy surprised that the Ta baby y had been een stolen for they beI vell so firmly in its beauty and nU clevet cleverness ess that thai they were sure that everybody must covet it IThe i iThe The to the police station staton the aunts went out to give the alarm to the neighbors Lill Li and her mother r sat eat down own alone by the empty I cradle cradle and save V th themselves up pp to their gref The There e was the sound gound o oF an opening opening open open- open I Ilog ing log db door l and footstep on the Horace Horace came Into t the tho e r room om carrying hl I baby in h his s arms It I was wrapped in its cloak anda blanket Oh 01 youve you've baby Lill Ll clied cried She and her mother Implored him to tell teU how hoe he had got It away from the kidnapers Th They They y begged to know the story r I Horace Borace was wa bewildered Why he lie saidI just wrapped t the e baby up and slipped d over to the Hie whist club cu with wih her ier er I want wanted d to show her to the fellows I was afraid you U wouldn't let me l take e her if 1 I asked you are re in sure a fright about her her They thought her hera hera too I a a darling dailing darlnG And so so you were the the theone one that tools the baby Lill LI cried And you took h r to tile the whist club In her nightgown And I was nearly wid wild The Th ot other members bers of the tle niGhtgown family were wre sent for The police were told they weren't wa wanted ted after all al and the neighbors were assured that the baby was I safe saCe Lill LI held the baby arms J Her ler mother and sisters Hood on 01 guard round herTo her Mr To think Horace she ahe said mournfully that you could take the baby over overto overto overto to your whist club In her het nightgown when she has a a. lovely real lace dress How couil could l ou ouSt St St. st st. 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