Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-12
WHAT THE sMslI TOY AND TUE
GROCERY Mts uiD TO SAY
ABOJT fHE Biay.

What Is il. boy or a girl said
the grocery man. wlnkinQ a. an old
lady with shawl over her head, vho
was .ryine to hold = paper over q pitca.
er of yeast with her thumb.
Hog in hlszss did goa know any
thing a5oat H." said she boy as he
looked aroand IN astonishmeu. and
With some indignation. "Well. its A
girl, u yo1 mTst know. and that's
enough, and he looked do~n at the ca,
playing on the noor with potato, bis
face = pIctnre OF detection.
oh, don't fsel bad about it." said the
grocery man, az he open.d the door fnr
the old lady, such things are bou4d To
occnr. But YOU take nay word for IL.
tha. young one Is going 70 have a hard
life. unless yoI asnd yozr ways. You
an be using It for q cork TO a Jug, thu
first thing ma knows"
II wouldn't touch the dara thing with
the tongs-" aid the boz, as he rallied
enough 10 eat some crackers aud cheese.
Gosh, this cheese tastes good. l hain't
had nothing TO eat since morning.
have been all over this town trolling for
nurses They think boy hasn't got
any feelings. I,us 1 wouldn't care a
%. darn II ma hadn't been sending RE
for neuralgia medicine aud hay fever
snnn ali winter wnen she wanted to get
rid Of rGs. l have come III the room
lots OF tunes whom ma and the 5cwIag
girl were at work on some iitnnel things
and ina would hide them IN q basket
aud send ms OF after medicine. | was
deceived up To aboat 4 o'clocS this
morning, when pa came to hy room
and pallec me out of bed TO 90 over on
tho Wes. Side after some old women
that knew ma, and they have kept ms
whoopiag ever since. What dses boy
want of q sister, unless 1t IL big sister,
l don't van. no sister that have got to
hold. and rock, and hold a bottle for.
This affair breaks me all up," and the
boy picked the cheese out of his teeth
with a silver he cut off the counter.
well, how does your pa take 1t Z"
said the gfoceryman, "a he charged the
boys d with cheese, and saffron and a
number of such things.
-, pa will pail through. lie wanted
to boss the whole concern until mas
chum, an old woman that takes snuff,
fired him out into the hall. Pa sat there
on my hand sled. a perfect picture of
despair, and | though. IL would be
kindness TO play it on him. found the
cat asleep In the BATHROOM. and
rolled the Cat up in shawl aud brought
it ont To pa, and told him the nurse
wanted him to hold the baby. Ii seemed
to do pa good to feel tina. he was indis-
pensable around the house, anu ha took
the cat as tenderiy on his lap AS Won
ever saw n.other hold an in.aLt.
Well, got in the back hall, where he
couldn't SEQ me. and pretty soon the Cat
began to wake up and stretch himself,
aud pa said, 'Shn, Tootsy. go t. sleep.
now, and let its pa hold IT, aud pa he
rocked back and forth on the hand-sied
and began to sing, BY, low, baby
That settled il with the Cat. We'll, some
cats can't stand Iausio, aiis way, and the
more the Cat wanted to get out of the
shawl the louder pa supS, and bimeby
heard something rip, and pt yelled,
Scat, you brute aud when l looked
arolnd tae corner of the hall the Cat
was bracing hisself against pis vest
with his toe naiis and yowlinp, and pa
fell over the sled, and began To talk
about the hereafter likes the minister
does when he gets excited III church;
and pl picked up the sled and seemed to
be looking for me or the Cat, but both
of Us was otful scarce. Don't you think
tucfe arc tiiut3 Wneu Uo1s hud OAte dEc
kind OF few around their accustomed
haunts! Pa don't look as though he
was very smart, but he can hold a cat
about as we'll as the next man. But 1
am sorry for ma. She was Just getting
ready to 90 TO Florida for her neuralgia
and this will put q stop to it, cause she
has to stay and take care If that young
one. Pa says l will havo a nice time
this summer pushing the baby wagon.
BY the great horn spoons. there has got
to be dividing line somewhere between
business aud pleasure, aud ! strike the
line at wheeling baby. had rather
catch a string Of perch than to wheel
all the babies that svor was. They need
not procure q baby ON my account, If 1t
is to aniuse me. can't see why babies
can't be sawed of onto people that need
them in their business. Oar folks don't
need baby any more than you need q
safe. and there are people just suffering
for babies. Say, how would 1t be to take
the baby some night and leave It ON
some old bachelors door step. If II had
be. n Is bicycle or n breech-loading shot
gun, ! wouldn't have cared, but baby J
Bah! II makes me tired. I'd druther
have prize package. Well, am sorry
pa allowed me to come home, after hs
drove me away last week. guess all he
wanted me to come back for WAS Ia hu-
must go and see If he and the cat have
made up"
And the boy went ont and put up a
paper sign in front Of the at re, Leave
your measure for saffron tea"