Show MR NIR BILLUPS READS ALOUD A domiello Dome ello rent jit attended tended by some mr nr B billups was reading aloud to tobia his wife A arc re you listening he lie bald to mrs mm billups why certainly dear she replied go on please so go on excuse ExciL se me for thinking so said mr B billups but I 1 did think that you were going to bleep with your eyes open 11 ob do please go mrs airs billups exclaimed you are so aggravating johni all right continued mr billups where waa was I 1 at ah ali I 1 seel the darkness n t that hat can be felt impaled and stabbed t through its whole thickness by one mighty moonbeam clear and clean and mr billups impressive elocution was rudely marred at this point by a hoarse u wall wail cf of ma ala a al ma ala a al mamat ma mat mall which issued from the next room and arresting the progress of that mighty moonbeam corroborated mrs mra billups impression that she 10 had heard the baby the baby was indeed de ed awake he ile apparently wanted mama mania abai very much and she arose from lier her chair r and started to RO go to him confound iti mr billups ajac ejaculated ive a notion to read he the story to myself if it you cant listen oh ob please dont said mrs alm billups ill bring him out and hold him in my arms arm an and 1 I hell be good I 1 know he will she hastened away and brought back the two year oli oll who blinked at the lamplight and was so glad to be released from his crib that he became instantly quiet and happy mrs billups tucked the young mans nightdress snugly about his toes resumed her scat seat and told her husband to go on again he ife obeyed one mighty moonbeam ho lie read clear and clean and cold from the top to the bottom I 1 hello papal chirped the baby having r rapidly reached the wide awake state in which particularly by lamplight he was a very observant child Il hello lello you dascall keep still stil lIll said papa pap 11 and then resumed all around in the circle of the outer black lie the great dead I 1 1 ma ala mal mall cried the disturber again ma mal down dit dowal he ile wants to get down and run around ma mama ma explained to mr fr billups wild was not an adept in baby talk and she allowed the boy to slide from her lap and shift for himself lie the great dead in their mr fr billups continued with a sigh of resignation 11 whispering to each other of deeds t wait just a minute john said mrs bil billups lups calmly breaking in upon the voices ces from the tombs lies iles got y your our pipe owell off the table well let him have it said sald mr billups ups it if only keep him quiet it lit no I 1 wont said mrs mm billups make ake him sick anyhow and besides he ile might ight break it then take it away from him quick ill and this order having been executed and the baby ri pickled belfied against the loss of the pipe mr billups pitched in once more 11 whispering to each other of de that shook the world whispering in a ian lah guage lang didge piped a little voice wes only imitating you was the comment made bv by mra mrs billups IN well Vell I 1 wish ho he mr groaned whispering in a language all their own as yet the language lang didge lang diddel shut up you the language of the life to come the language lang didge lang diddel now look here young fellow said mr billups chos doing this read ing you or it I 1 take him up in your lap mrs billups bili I 1 ups suggested perhaps heil hell be better that way 11 mr billups in desperation did as he was told and with his arms around the shoulders and holding the book at ar arms aa ns length continued the language of f a stillness so dread and deep that the very co clashes against it and I 1 pemmie pem mie pem miel cried the child seizing the lapel of his fathers coat 1 pencil lie means mrs billups remarked give him your pencil from your vest pocket and then hell be quiet the boy got the pencil and straightway conveyed the sharpened end to his mouth while mr billups read on and makes dull muffled beatings in ears that strain to catch the dead mens talk the shadow of immortality down dawni dit dohnt came again from the restless young billups and his father let him down so suddenly that the child stumped his bare toes against a rung of the chair and began to cry 1 i I know what ill do said mrs billups ever hopeful ill give him that box of liver pills to play with hes iles so fond of hearing them rattle come here darling to the baby and get your box 13 b bots sobbed the little fellow yes his mamma replied john found lits his place in the book again agal ill while john jr toddled away with that fascinating box of pilla pille the shadow of immortality mr billups continued in a humdrum tone hia his elocutionary talent squelched the shadow of immortality falling through the shadow of death and antl bursting back upon its heavenward coursel course I 1 shouted that parrot voice from fron a distant comer corner of the room mrs billups replied no it either it was course 11 well I 1 meant course you know I 1 did I 1 waa jupt thinking of the baby ho ile said sal and ill I 1 never mind what he saya mary I 1 was reading bursting back upon its heavenward course course mh mind idalou you from the depth of the abyss climbing again tin upon its idever self ma afa a al a ma afa a al a mama ma ma this meant trouble sure baby had got the pillbox open and tasted the contents he like the flavor ma ima a al maa ma a alma al ma a ati he yelled and mamma leaped to bis his side and uttered a suppressed eup pressed shriek shall I 1 go for the doctor queried mr billups in a hard voice throwing aside b his Is book no its not as bad as that thank good beasi responded mra mrs billups billup 1 I thought be he had swallowed the pills but he 1 I guess gum botill not eaid said mr air billups anft unfeelingly 1 catch him swallowing be he like likel oh john what do you mean the dear little darlings dar lingi wont you go on oil with your reading well I 1 guess not that either exclaimed the man of the house you can enji put that young villain to sleep again ail awl ill 11 co out on the doorstep and take a at smoke if I 1 catch my death of cal cold ld doing it IV and mr billups petulantly seizing his pipe and tobacco pouch sallied forth and executed his threat Boston herald |