The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-24
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"Why, tomorrow, Sillvn -,
by. 's' said Rob
Now Robby was nearly IL vs.,. Il,
ana person of great imnortsr oals Old
L don t mean atot!n' said I;,ss-,
by, who was not vet four a ~ sOb,
what is our birthday? Is il oood !. mean
why! whye-eel BobhS g Ram ~ eats'
You have birthdaysP'' cria an 3 aont
opening his eyes. MODIFY.
, mo" said Bobby OPENING /.
mouth. II neber saw one, 3 his
You don't see themr, said ~,
N a patronizing tone. ..Yon O1oy,
them! 1t is the day you were b 80 @aes
you have party, and presents 90. sad
birthday cake with frostino ~ aug .
name on it in pink letters ana SIu yoar
and oranges, and gold dollar 10y NV.
grandma love to her dear litrio nlsa
DO you really MEAN that YOU nev ,.S ~ ny
one, Bobby Bell?n -0'st mao
Little Bobby looked very
perhaps | wasn't born!'' he said LAYS wv
going to ask mamma" So NJ tro,. "
in to his mother. - sa0sVea
Mamma, he said. s'was I borrn,
Mamma looked at him a momsn. men. !.
mute surprise. Were YOU born Sa..s y
she repeated. eyes, certainly van 49, II.
born: Why do you ask me thai l Hsls
boy?'' "'' Astis
Bobby's lip began to culver and II.
blue eyes filled with tears. ..n la.1 -. Ils
why don't / have hirfdayspn Y
asked. ny
Mamma looked very sorry. .Des,,
dear!" she said. "Now who has ba.n
telling my leap-year boy abouf hirth
day? Come and sit in mammal ~.
and tell me all about it, and then I NIX
tell goa all about it. N
Sc Bobby climbed up into mamma.
lap and hid his face in her dress ana
sobbed out his little story about frostaS
cake and pink letters, and gold dollar
with grandmamma's love to her dear
little boy. "And / neber-T neber hsa
any," he said, -piteously.
Then mamma told Bobby a funny
little story. twas about the wears, ana
it told how they came along, one altar
another, and how each year had inst
the same number of days in it.
Three-hundred-and sixty-h,el
So many days I've been alive.
storm and shine; and sorrow and chenr
Really, there never tOds such Year,
That is what each one SAYS before Il
puts on its nightcap and goes to sIeep.
But every fourth year there comes one
who is bigger than the rest. He has
one day more, and he is very proud q
it, and holds his head very HIGH, and
says:
50 Three-hundred-an sixty-stri
One more day for froliesome tricks.
One day more for mirth and for play
Look at me! look at mel One MORE DAY. | r.
:" And SO four years ago." said NAM
ma, 'tthere came one of these extra
days, and it was the very best day that
any year ever brought, for on that iay
my Bobby was borni Think Of THAR
Bobby laughed and clapped his little
fat hands
''And so,n continued mamma, 30
course my Bobby couldn't have another
birthday till another long year came
around, with another extra day. And
now-whisper, Bobby! now the long
year HcSo COu4cJ anu next rTludy Is your
birthday, dear; and you are going 70
have-oh! but / mustn't tellli'
Mamma laughed and shook her
head, and didn't tell any more, but bet
eyes told great deal; and that wasall
Bobby wanted, for he was very fond Of
surprises and secrets.
He Rugged mamma, and then be
Rugged himself, and then be went and
Rugged the kitten, and tod her oil
about it and what he thought he was GO
ing to have.
Well, and it all came true, and great
deal more; for Bobby had the finest
birthday that ever any little boy bad, OK
any little girl either In fact it was 50
Ue1.g fine that l couldn sApossbly writa
about it in common black ink on whita
paper. l should have TO take silver
paper and gold ink, and the Companion
says / can not do that, so | shall have
to stop now. Isn't that too bad?-
Laura T.. Richards tn Youths Compass
ion