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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 310, 29 December 1900, Page 3 (Supplement)

SCEPTIC AND BELIEVER. '"'."' A young man who looked as if he j might be about 25 years old was sititing in the waiting-room, of. the depot.. On his knee was a year-old baby. Presently the baby began to cry, and the awkwardness and helplessness of the [ young man were so marked as to attract general attention. At this point one of the waiting1 pas-: sengers, a fat and amiable looking ! man, crossed the room and said to the distressed baby tender: ■-, , . . "A young woman gave you that baby to hold while she went, ta-Bee about her baggage, didn't she?" > "Yes." i "Well, now, I knew it as soon as I saw you. You expect her back, I suppose?" "Of course." ■ "Ha! ha! You are looking' for her every minute, ain't you?" •„ "I think she'll come back." "Ha! ha! Excuse me^ but I can't help laughing. A woman once played the same trick on me. I was in Chicago. You're caught, young man. She took you for a hayseed." "Oh, she'll come back," answered the young man as he looked anxiously around. "She will, eh? Ha! ha! Hal What • makes you think so?" .: "Why, because she's my wife, and ,' this is our first baby." , "Oh—urn—l see!" muttered the fat man, and he was in such haste to get back to the other side of the room that he nearly fell over a passing- pug do* * : .-'•■■■ ~: ■::"'•