The Kid.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 529, 9 February 1889, Page 7

The Kid.

a>c 01 r> AC'TOii's stoei. ILo best ni«'ht of my life !" That's easily told, If by b^st you mean When I made the most gold. 'Twas in forty-nine, When driven by fate, I followed tl;o swim Through the Golden Gate, And landed in "Frisco— Dead broke, bet your life, With only my togs, a kid, And my wife. Luck was sg'ainst us, I\o place to be had : AYe swiftly were snikiu?" From worse to tho bad. And harder and harder | Grow life in its lines, Till we thoupht of a snap To take in the mines. So off with scant wardrobe We merrily slid — My wife and 1, And the wee little kid. Eough places we played in, To a very rough crowd : i If free were the comments, Their applause was loud ; Au:l little they'd noticed, Acting superhuman, They were wrapped hcait and soul, In any tiling woman : So we played variety, I Sang ar.d danced as bheybid, | "While l.'chind the blankets Slumbered the kid. We were doing 1 our best. Kadi ](Ofcin<c as star, When suddenly rang out A plaintive ' mamma,' And men laughed and cheered, Stamped, clapped theiv hands, Loud euou<?h to have drowned A dozen brass-bands ; And thore. before all, To my intense surprise, The kid toddled towarcsjus. With his fists in his eyes '. I Talk of plays drawing tears ! Of the power of art ! They are feeble to nature In I'eachincf the heart ; And miners who long" Had lived lonely and tried. Thought rf home, of their loved ones, And us cliiltiraii cried. The coin 'Aew in showers, From out purse* old, And mother and kid Were near smothered with .<?old. — i'dnkee Bhnh'

— Sbo took precautions. — ' Oh raarania,' .said the happy r;ivl, pale and trembling-, and holdins,' a letter" in" her hand, 'Harold has proposed afc'lu/sL.' ' Let me sea,' said mamma. 'Yes, it is ji. genuine proposal. Put on your clothes, love. We'll go down to the lawyer's office and have a copy made, ami Harold's signature certified by two or thrse witnesses.' ' Why, mamma.,' exciaknoa tb:? fair young maiden, ' why mn«t we do that"-' 'It is simply a proper precaution, daughter. This letter may, for all we know, be written in that new lover's ink, which is warranted to fade in twenty-four hours alter using I.'1 .' — Says the New York Graphic : — A whole party of <;rown people hud a beautiful time blowing- b-oi-.p bubbles. This diversion, usually found so stupidly innocent, was shown to have plenty of wise, naughty, nirtitied possibilities. One radiant young- being, in a lovely heliotrope Greek gown, seated lnn-Mut' on a white hoar rug-, with a big oriental fan in one hand and her pipe in the other, and bluvv bubbles and fanned them off into space, and her hourilike beauty and grace were never shown to such advantage before in her life. Stick a pin right there. She did. A clever young- man developed the idea by blowing smoke into the bnbbles, and a still cleverer young' woman still further developed the idea by having- him blow the smoke into her month for her to blow into the bubbles, and she couldn't smoke herself, of 30urse not, so what else could she do ? I tell you bubbles have great possibilities. Another g-irl bursting with envy tried to rival this scheme by having- a weak and obedient youth join forces with her to blow at the same bubble, but this was far too inferior a racket to much soften the virtuous asperity other criticism of the other girls.

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