WHY HE WAS SURE.
A young man who looked as if he might be about 25 years old was sitting 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 waiting passengers, a fat and amiable looking .r.an,, crossed the room and said to the distressed baby tender ; ‘ A young woman gave you that* baby to hold while she went to see about her baggage, didn’t she ?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘ Well, now, I knew it as soon as I saw you. You expect her back, I suppose ?’ 4 Of course.’ ‘Ha! Ha! You are looking foy her every minute, ain’t you P’ ‘ 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.’ ‘ Ob, she’ll come back,’ answered the young man, as he looked anxiously around. ‘ She will, eh ? Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! What makes you think so ?’ ‘ Why, because she’s my wife, and this is our first baby.’ 1 Oh —um —1 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 dog.—Buffalo Enquirer.
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Southern Cross, Volume 8, Issue 34, 15 December 1900, Page 3
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