WANTED TO SEE THE BABY.
Father Jjad been very ill, and little, Billy was very' concerned about him. He pbtaippi} PermiSi!ipn, firq'rfi his mother tp go upstairs and' see Ijini,- provided that if father 'were' asleep he should make no 'pojpp 'or w^kg hjip. When he got into the bedroom he found his parent' asleep; j.nd so he sat himself quietly down by trip side 'of the bed. "After a wait of about two hours father awoke, and thelfqllbwjng copverss,tipp ensued: "Well, my'son, ivfiatire -you doing up here?" '"Cbpie tp;see you, daddy!"" ''That's nice of you, my son." "Er-daddy, 1. haven't made a noise, havp I?"' "NO, my boy"' VAnd I didn't jyake- ypu up,, did I,- 7daddy?" .'No, sonny/ nArid I have been good, hayon't I?" ''Yes,' ypu" have—very"gdejif." "Well then, daddy^/ can I see, the baby?"
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 14
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138WANTED TO SEE THE BABY. Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 14
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