Judge — October 6, 1883 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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called Toodledums, and, as Hera- ays, we still live, though I thought one or the other of us would die of old before a suitable name for the dear child coutd be decided upon. When the subject e up for gene} nversation one morn- in the ever before dreamed ¢ Of course I tus wanted to the child with some old Pennyfeath nomen, I was preps i whe en he mentioned his mother’s name, 13 being @ sensible one, I neithe t have been ex- knev ition too well lt there’s uny thing he verwhelm Vo; | ents that [ don’t know how w Tquietly ar it could be so easily “changed to squelched him for to the front a time, but he | when [said thought laine was very pretty.“ Elaine,” said he, with a contemptuous sniff.‘ 1'd as soon call her Maiden Lane as E-laine.” I sup- pose he thought this was funny, and he went on to say how y feathe [told him it wa fault that he had aucha plebi 7 didn't give it to him; on the kindly bestowed it on’ me wh him. Then, I added, if he expected te to the blessed child a name that would s well with Pennyfeather tackled to it, might as well give it up at once. Then everybody had something to say, and she might, and probably would, have had as many appellations as any of the crowned heads in Europe, if Aunt Penelope had not come to the rescue. She commenced by ing us if we had all forgotter mama’s mother, who was a ve voman, and distinguished in society for her elegant manners. Her name was Kathleen Rutherford. For some reason or other none of her children or grandchildren have been called the same, and aunt Pen said should like to have the name perpetu Before Heraclitus or anybody could obj she added, if the baby should be christened | Kathleen she would’ give her the brooch, bracelet and ring that had once belonged to her great-grandmother. ‘Then she sent up stairs for her jewel ing out the Is sh clitus, who had are perfectly | ¢ Iness knows They have always been in the and went to aunt Pen, who was the oldest girl, when grandma died. ‘There is | came THE JUDGE. -oaly one stone missing in the lot, and that is an emerald from the leaf of the shamrock in the brooch, but Heraclitus says he ean ve Jat Bachman & Son’s, in at the christening went off L » baby behaved beautifully looked like an angel, Her dress was made from a lovely robe that mama bought for her in Paris whe wee inf arvel of tine needlework and and looked lovely over the w wore underneath. My own dress w handsome, and mother and had on imported costum after we were all dressed, i the whole performance was more like an exhibition of wearing apparel than a religious ceremony: but I told him he needn't thing; he | was just as proud of the baby as anybody, and ‘he'd evidently taken a ‘good deal of pains with his own get up. The alinner all and | she w t Penelope Heraclitus, e. was an ele- | concerned, * Kathleen Ma- she has had so many pre all get them | all home. . It is very "has cal here now ** Pressing busi- | : husband to. the y but 1 shall remain a while long When he mentioned the ** pressing busine Lasked him who was the press-ee. He didn’t answer, but looked us cross as two sticks. Then I inquired how Mrs. Dove He said he'd neither seen her nor heard of her since she left Long Branch. All very well. I dure say he’s found some one to take her place, ad 1 presump he goes to Niblo’s or the French opens every .t can myself with ux, balls and teas vreat deal better than when Teame, all be strong todo a lot of shopping when I get T have really nothin ble for nn wear except’ my lovely tailor-made suit that was finished just before I left York. It is very swell and fits to a HER FIRST though, as mi clitus doe bill for it, t have been expected, Hera- hike it. He didn’t like the ther. He said the suit was too English and too masculine for my style. I bill would be Am 1 told him I guessed th enough for him, an¢ now to have me stop weari , and I was ill they were v him what upon earth” French heels aid the doctor 1 when ad for me. Lasked ench heels :, | do with pleurisy, and he only shrugged his shoulders. I don’t believe the doctor ever. said any- thing so silly. If he did, VM give hima piece of my mind when Tget home, As for Jon the °3 made with flat that he'll never | ing to Way are 1s ish throne? Because they are the prints of Wal Why isa y lpouch like a fellow neo ting the mite ack. Because it’s a \ nocoworive reminds ¢ man’s boot, because it makes Ovr of spirits »pty decanter, Often down in the mouth—beer. y of the old the sparks tly. ‘Vue tied that leads to fortune—marrying an heiress. _ ATEN DER spot—the receiving-teller’s desk at a bank, A coat of mail must have been hardware. A seuxp investment—buying a drum, PATIENT. Sick Max—What! a fenale physician? [want a doctor, to make me well—not a wo- man, to make love to me. FEMALE Purysicsan (bashfully)—/ promise to do neither. § comicbooks.com