Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1908 — ARTHUR’S GUESS. [ARTICLE]

ARTHUR’S GUESS.

Ho Tolls His Chum What He Knows About tho Baby. OUR small boy, Arthur, bad long believed that a baby in the family was desirable, since most of his playmates came from homes pro* vlded with this adjunct. In good time his mother told him confidentially that his oft expressed wish for a family baby would probably be gratified. The news was too good to keep, and Arthur was promptly boasting to his nearest chum. "But when you going to have ItF demanded the friend. “Oh, I don’t know; ’fore long, I guess,*’ answered Arthur. "Huh!" sniffed the other. "What’s the use of waiting? What good’s a baby if you can’t have it when you want it? Why don’t you get it right away?" “Well, you see, it’s this way,” explained Arthur, driven to his wits* end. “We’ve ordered the baby, but we haven’t paid for it yet!”—Woman’s Home Companion.