The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-13
Those silly Children.

and, although they say their health is
excellent, still they seem to have con-
tracted rheumatism that appears to
have settled in their necks. When Mr..
Pettigrew's friends. with whom he was
very affable before he went North, greet
him, the stiffness in his neck prevents
him from returning the salutation in
an equally cordial manner. As for
Mrs. Pettigrew, she, in consequence of
her Northern trip, has got such stiff
neck that she is utterly unable to bow.
even when she meets y neighbor
from whom she used to borrow parched
coffee, and with whom she used to
converse by the hour over the fence.
In the family circle nothing has been
talked of since their return except the
great people they have met. and what
small potato sort of a place Austin is.
Pettigrew's two children, Tommy and
Molly, who were left at home in charge
of servant, do not talk or think Of
anything except the Northern tour of
their parents. They are bright, imita-
tive children, and few days ago it oc-
Cured to them TO go off on q tour on
the street cars that passed by the house.
II am so worn out with the cares of
business" said Tommy, holding his
head after the manner of his father,
'.that I'll have to take a trip. My poor
brain needs rest. That's what pa told
ma just before they left. {"
"This keeping house, said Molly,
tanning herself in 4 die-away sort OF
style, 'has ruined my nervous sys-
tenn. The children worry me so I'll
have to go along with you, my dear"
responded Molly, unconsciously imi-
tating her mother
''Let us play going to Long Branch.
We can get on the street car and ride
all the way down to the end Of Congress
Avenue for nickel, and when we como
back we will make the folks believe we
have been to Europe
The little jokers actually got on the
next street car, leaving their parents to
get along the best they could.
Travelling is very expensive re-
marked Tommy, as he dropped two
nickcls into the box.
whats the use of money, il You
haven't got health to enjoy it." replied
Molly.
The car-driver whipped up his mule,
and the little tourists were whirled out
of sight. The car had gone about
hundred yards. when Tommy observed:
"What relief it is to get away from
ones parents, even if it is only for a
week.
1T is so. / feel like another woman
already" responded Molly, demurely
.'What queer outlandish people you
meet when you travel away from
home,' said Tommy, as a dilapidated
looking reporter emerged from a saloon
and stepped into.the car
We must be In Texas yet. This cor
is not travelling faster than twenty miles
an hour, which was a fact, for the
Austin street cars rarely travel faster
than twenty miles an hour The car
halted on switch, and was side-tracked
for another train to pass, for which they
had to wait about quarter Of an hour.
II expect that something has hap
pened to the train dispatcher, but here
comes the south-bound EXPRESS and
in few moments bob-tailed mule.
attached to a bob-tailed car, toiled
slowly past.
"What wonderful institution steam
ispn
"Yes, but it is dangerous. just sup
pose that something were to happen
to the engineer, and the mule was to
explode. Where would the passengers
be then, but here we 60 again
"Where are we nowp'
1--WE have been on the road long
enough to DO at st. Louis by this time.
We must be near st. Louis for l saw
st. Louis beer on sign q few miles
back.
The car reached the corner of Con-
gress Avenue and Pecan Street on time
and the distinguished tourists pro-
ceeded to regale themselves with five
cents worth of peanuts.
s'Since l left Austin / eat twice as
much as l formerly did. must have
gained ten pounds soon after we left
home. That's what ma told Mrs, YER
ger when she came back"
''Well, do not overdo the thing,
Molly, for I'm strapped. The expenses
have been SO heavy that have only got
enough money to pay car fare back
heard pa tell ma that their trip had
busted him up financially"
II wanted to keep right on to New
York and Niagara Falls, but the Austin
folks won't know but what we have
UOOA tuCAC. svC Will say VIC udtC UCcu
there anyhow. That's the way pa and
ma did when they came home"
when we get back home, don't for
get to put on airs to everybody Wo
must not play with the naighbors' chil-
dren for at least week. "
"Of course, that's what people go
away for. What's the use of leaving
town if you forget to snub people after
you get back. That's the way ma has
been doing with the neighbors ever since
she got back"
AS soon as Tommy and Mollie boarded
the car to return home they began to
sneer and turn up their noses, Just as
their parents did upon their return.
The car halted in front of the Petit
grew mansion. The children had been
gone for nearly an hour. As they
entered the gate, their mother
screamed:
why, children, where have you
beenp'
'Just taking little run up to Sara
toga, and other watering places along
the street car route. Dear me, this
town don't seem to have improved any
since left, " remarked Tommy.
1T seems smaller than it was before,
and the people are so common and
vulgah, added Mollic.
The children refused to talk much to
their parents, and, complaining Of
being fatigued by riding so long on the
cars, retired at an early hour
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