Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-03-13
PAPA'S STORY.
Told for the Entertainment of Two
Restless Children.


scr>r NJ -cIf In m easy chair before an
open fire. girl ivr years Old standing on
hitk of III" chair, her curlS floating down
her shoulders. boy, three and il half years,
on the oth"r SIDE.
The girl Papa, tell us story"
The boy ~" rs, tell me story,
para.
"Wcll, once on time 4 man"
The boy Papa, " ut was sname?'
IL don't r. member his name: it was
quite while ago; but he Lived in a
castle
The Girl What is a castle, papa?"
"A castle is a bic stone house, very
big. and towers and things on it.
This man WAS Il Baron, and he lived in
this castle"
The boy What was is name,
papa
Wen call him Jones or Smith; l
tell YOU don't remember his name"
The girl baby. don't be always
talking; let papa tell this story"
The boy Don't on b. always talk
ing
Newer mind. baby; anything you
don't understand. don't be backward
in asking questions.
The lov W ut was is name?"
II told you h.s name was Smith.
He was Il Baron. Is said. and he
lived in n caS,l', and the castle was in
thu Rhine"
The girl What was the Rhine?"
The Rhine is river-great, big
river
Girl Was the castle right in the
water, papa?
"No. il was on an island"
"Was the island in the water,
papa
why. certainly; all islands are in
| the water. But the castle was built up
on this island, and it was called Pfalz
Castle"
The boy-''Was there falls there,
papa?
The girl-'Was it Niagara Falls?"
mo. It wasn't Niagara Falls; it was
Pfalz. P-F- Al h."
The boy Papa. can spell"
The girl-"No. he can't. papa; the
only letter he knows is o."
The boy IL know . and + and F."
The girl "Now. papa, I'll show you
he knows nothing about them. Where's
that book"
Both make dash for the book,
which is on the floor The boy filings
himself down over the book. The girl.
after II Struggle. wrcnches it from m
al r.S ~, hnr fufhor NhD
boy with wild wall of disappointment
filings himself back dOwnwards on
the floor and kicks his heels madly in
the air.
Now. Miss. just put that book back
where it was. There. Baby. brnr the
book to papa
[Thc baby. not to be propitiated,
filings the book TO the corner of the
room. while his mother appears at the
door and says: .Why, what's the mat
terp"
'Oh. nothing. We've just been tell
ing story here, and kind of branched
of; ut least the children branched off;
I've been trying to keep to the subject.
Now. children, do you want this story.
or don't you?'
The girl --''Oh. yes, papa; tell us the
story"
The hoy rises slowly and comes some
what sullcnly to his place again.
Say. papa. ] know . and / and I"
The girl attempts to make dash for
the book. then checks herself and comes
back and says:
baby, now let papa tell the story"
We'll. the name of the castle was
rhk Castle
The e ri Did we ever see Niagara
falls. papaP'
Yes. once; IL you want 10 tell story
I VIII listen and not interrupt
The boy What is 'trupt, papa?'
" lrupt is what your dong just
now.
The ho}-"Whcn Laura frew me
down.
The gil 20. didn';. papa; he fell
down himself
"lhc ca>il, was Pfalz Castle; and a
great Baron. called Smith, lived in tn s
ca ilr Well he got lots of grain and
corn IN ia ga tie.
In" gr WAS he a farmer like
graz dpapa''
"Nu. Lr sd IRA casierthan that.
II man DIT give h m all the grain
h" wanted he just took the mans head
pil
rs III, of n aimirai.on ut this summary
| SaN ~ farming.
$50 he got all the ~.ain he wanted
IN this castle. lots oi 1t. rooms full of
it"
The boy - ''Whcrc did he sleep,
p,pa2'
"Oh, he ~l"", in the upper room; he
had all th' lower rooms too full with
grain wheat. oa!~ and all things Ike
that A'd ST" I'll In" people around
hi re they had no grain to eat-had
Inta.n, To- eat at all and there were
,ar,.ns l,tlr boys and tile girls. and
,n'h hing a, all TO eat; they wee awfully
hungry
The g'rl. who has travelled "Why
didu't thcy 30 to a hotel. papa"'
They had no money.
The girl -"Do people need money in
a hu,rl?"
'W,ll should say sO."
The girl did you have to pay for us
NJ ho,cl?"
"lcs. that's the reason I'm so poor
now
The boy-"Did YOU have to pay
money for M. papa?'
NO. CUES, they thought the bother
of having YOU around was enough. But
nm, how. there weren't any hotels here
shcrc these folks lived. There was no.
,ody To come to hotels. When any
body came around old Smith took their
,ads oil and took all their money!
cry rich man Smith was. So one day