''i iin iictei'ith t Otenty, you see, mtiug it
give even Solomion som.ii ideas and force
him to take back that. trite old say
iig tif his. Imiaginie his astonishment
were lie here to witiness the workings of
thi s iindlia ridher stomnach. lie would
exchai., iln the language of Dominic
S.iam.psn,, "ro-di-gi-ons !"
The bh: eats aind l eats until you'd
think it wlouiti rliristi, Ian1 so it would
w:ile it. nt for the inidia rulibber niature
loniig anlio loIni etiionigh to deafotL ole, a!d
lthen the motheir, nearly distracted, sends
th nurse ani lid thoe catnip teai. "Olht, unr5e,
what :cai the matter' lie I Baby IImust lie
very ill." D)owiin goes thu tea. The india
rithlier is taxed to its very ntinuist and
lonldr an:iiil lontelr sounids the goig. At
laIst, in a it .of deslperatioin, I rush to the
f (sc(e1 i tf distress. I throw aw ay the tea
a da the lbottle, wrapl utip the little thing
- .ting anditl wi.n, give ititlre a lchantce tot
' rest, sing a gentle hi lullaiby, and soon lie.
little ey l s ls i droopi ail it sleeps andil
S.nismile:s as sweetly as if in thIe armits of n1
angel. So, I move to lay the bahi v ii'~i
I on on the table, or 'ither inl the radli'c,
aind tialk of' something else.
We nelod niot wanlher far for a slilljeet.
Just by the erail!' is a coielh onI which
liis poor little David with cheeks tflshed
awil eyes dull and heavy with fever.
