"I did."
"Huh, it isn't playing now. Did it fly away?"
"Oho! No! A baby can't fly!"
"No. That's right. But how could a baby go away from you without your knowing it?"
"It didn't. I did know it."
Now, many may think that His Honor would thrill at this information; but Gadsby didn't. So, "playing around" for a bit, His Honor finally said:—
"I wish I had a baby to play with, right now!"
"You can."
"Can I? How?"
With a tiny hand on baby lips, our small lady said:—