Baby Mine

as a young man of fixed ideas

ed, Jimmy had ridded himself of all such worries as making up his own mind or directing his own morals. Alfred did all these t

altered his opinion of Alfred's judgment, and through their entire college course th

heir senior year that Alfred favour

for Alfred to solve a problem in higher mathematics, Ji

st be a home-maker. I'll take her to the theatre occasionally, and now and then we'll have a few friends in for the evening; but the fireside must be her magnet, and I'll be right by her sid

p and down the path. "There's just one impractical feature about it." He was conscious of a slight feeling of

nation, but try as he would, he could not see any one of these girls sitting by the fireside listening to Alfred's "worries" for f

eptional creature who was to help "systematise his life"? Jimmy was not above hoping that Alfred's search might be a long one. He was content for his friend to go jogging along by his side, theorising about marriage and taking no chances with facts. Having come to this conclusion, he began to feel

nd him, whom did he see coming toward him but Alfred, with what appeared to be a bunch of daffodils; but as Alfred drew nearer, Jimmy began to perceive at hi

nd, astonished features, when Alfred, beaming and buoyan

small creature, whose head peeped just above his elbow, Alfred explained to her graciously that Jimmy Jinks was his very best frien

dy's shoes. It was possible that there might be more expensive s

of an undercurrent of mischief in it. He glanced up to protest, but two baby-blue eyes fixed upon him in apparent wonderment, made h

condescending spirit, Alfred suggested

," chirped th

the campus to the giggled delight of Miss Fluff, soon brought him submissively to the seat, where he sat twiddlin

't one?" said the small person, named Zoie, as her

ked Alfred, apparently agre

Come along." She sprang up a

h," answered Alfred, "and

d with an intuitive feeling that h

sit opposite the fireside five nights

of accommodating the small person in this or any other matter, yet, before he realised quite how it had happened, he was two-stepping up and down the grass to her piping little voice; nor did she release hi

ave taken place between Alfred and the small one, while he was recovering his breath and re-adjustin

with me to the hop to-night. She is not at all like me. You will like her dreadf

just the kind of expression one might expect from a mind in

Zoie and Alfred rose to go, and Jimmy was told by both of them that

shoulder and Jimmy was left to grapple with his first

himself heavily off the bench and started down t