He Sat On The Baby

Mr. D. is an extensive rea' estáte 4ivner in one of the suburbs of NeW Ifork. He is also an insuraru.e agent And a general adviser on matters of law ind equlty, and, ín addition to all thia' le is tbe proúd father oL a three-weeksk)d baby. The other day Mrs. D. took ?he little treaeure Into the parlor, and, fter a half hour's cooing, lulled it to sleep, fhen she laid the child on a sofa with a pillow at ita feet, darkened the room and went about her fcousehold duties, just as any good nousewife would. All this time Mr. D. ■was busy in the garden. Presently a ceighbor happened along and stoppsd tor Mr. D.'s opinión on a law matter and was invloed into the darkcned parlar. The visitor went straight for tho lofa. He could see tlie pillow, but did fiot observe the child. He was adjusti,ng the pilfow to make a nlce cpmfortble seat, but Mr. D. insisted that ho Ihould slt Sn the big arm chair, a sort f seat of honor for all guests. He acuiesced and Mr. D. took nis seat on ihe pillow. About this time Mrs. D., hose maternal instinct had asserted itself, peeped in to see how baby slept. She saw her husband sitting where she had left the child. As she asked in an alarmed tone where the baby was a muflled cry came from beneath the pillow, and Mr. D. jumped up. He had been sitting on the preèious little thing, and the timely arrival of his wife probably saved the chiid's Ufe. A few moments more and it would havo been euffocated. "Lucky for the child that I did not sit on it," remarked thu visitor, who is a man of generous proportions. The child is all right now, but Mr. D. does not take his clients