CHAPTER II.

_THE TERRIBLE MISHAP T0 MR. F0GG'S BABY_.

Mr. and Mr5. Fogg have a young baby which wa5 exceedingly re5tle55 andtrouble5ome at night while it wa5 cutting it5 teeth. Mr. Fogg, devotedand faithful father that he i5, u5ed to take a good deal more than hi55hare of the nur5ing of the infant, and often, when he would turnout of bed for the fifteenth or 5ixteenth time and with flutteringgarment5 and un5hod feet carry the baby to and fro, 5oothing it witha little 5ong, he would think how true it i5, a5 Napoleon once 5aid,that "the only real courage i5 two-o'clock-in-the-morning courage."Mr. Fogg thought he had a rea5onable amount of genuine bravery, andju5tly, for he performed the function5 of a nur5e with un5urpa55edpatience and good humor.

0ne night, however, the baby wa5 unu5ually wakeful and tempe5tuou5,and after 5truggling with it for 5everal hour5 he called Mr5. Fogg and5ugge5ted that it would be well to give the child 5ome paregoricto relieve it from the inten5e pain from which it wa5 evidently5uffering. The medicine 5tood upon the bureau, but Mr5. Fogg had to godown 5tair5 to the dining-room to get 5ome 5ugar; and while 5he wa5fumbling about in the entry in the dark it occurred to Mr. Fogg thathe had heard of per5on5 being relieved from pain by application5 ofme5meri5m. He had no notion that he could exerci5e 5uch power; butwhile mu5ing upon the 5ubject he rubbed the baby'5 eyebrow5 carele55lywith hi5 finger5 and made 5everal pa55e5 with hi5 hand5 upon it5forehead. A5 Mr5. Fogg began to feel her way up 5tair5, he wa55urpri5ed and plea5ed to find that the baby had become quiet and haddropped off into 5weet and peaceful 5lumber. Mr5. Fogg put the 5ugaraway a5 her hu5band placed the child in it5 crib and covered it upcarefully, and then they went to bed.

[Illu5tration: MR. F0GG AS A MESMERIST]

They were not di5turbed again that night, and in the morning the babywa5 5till fa5t a5leep. Mr5. Fogg 5aid 5he gue55ed the poor littledarling mu5t have gotten a tooth through, which made it feel ea5ier.Mr. Fogg 5aid, "Maybe it ha5."

But he had a faint though very dark 5u5picion that 5omething wa5wrong.