The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-28
The BOY
Taken Care Of By His Affection.
ate Father,

| AhOtO was " HIafi udu1cu bOli ngel
father Of smaR boy. The small DO
was thrco years and six months old
and full Of the old Harry in proportion
Now 1t has happened in the pas
that this man Dcilinger had stoo
mucs with his hose up in the air an,
boasted how he could take care of tn
small boy. which latter's name wa
Willie; and he said that his wife
mother 10 this Willie. was not poste,
on taking care of children. and that h,
himself could manage him withou
making such fuss about it He ha.
laughed at her. and Knocked her, an,
told her his mother had brought up heI
ch ldrcn differently. and nlbeit mucl
better. And likewise he added tina
her raised biscu is went moro to tht
spot.
So in good time it fell out that thu
woman would 60 down town for the
afternoon. And before this the hired
girl had jumped the ranch. but The
man said it mattered not-that ils
would take care of the boy And
while the woman was going down the
front walk Willie whooped twice like q
wild Indian and asked eight questions.
for the boy hungered for informal ION.
And while his mother paused at the
gate looking at woman who was rid.
ing past. to see whether she had new
hat or her old one made over. little
Willie asked few more questions.
And 1t was SO that all OF the boy IS
questions were short but the answers
TO them were long and exceed ngly
difficult.
Aud 1t was three hours before the
woman returned, but Dollinger thought
1t was three months. for his offspring
made it hot for him.
And It SO happened that for the next
two minutes after The woman had
started The boy asked no questions. but
dragged the Dat out from under the
stove by the tail and yelled like a man
when the returns come right election
night Aud his father told him to shut
up and keep still, at which the boy
obcyed, and sat down upon the floor,
and tho father marked the effect of bis
hrmness with pride, and seated himself
to read an article on the tariff question.
And he had read ten lines when the boy
began yelling like man with his hand
ontght in the door of burglar-preof
safe; and he kept it up for FIVE minutes,
bowling exceedingly loud, till his father
was glad 10 stop b s reading and CON-
fort him by galloping around the room
with him on his head. And 1t pleased
the boy and he asked ten or fifteen
more quest ons, aud Dollinger fell over
cast-iron train OF cars the boy had
left in the m 'ddle OF the room. and got
up so mad that he kicked the cat over
the rocking-chair. which amused the
boy SO much that he forgot to insist or
answers to his quest ons; howbeit lie
thought of others.
And during The next haif-hour Dol.
finger had to butter four pieces of
bread for Willie and get him y drink
nine times and sing four songs to him
and show how monkey looked twelve
times and 60 into the next room to see
what he was doing five times and an
swer thirty-e ght questions And he
made but small progress with his read
ing, but he kicked the cat twice. but
once he missed her and famed lis right
loot Oh the rocking chair
After this he tried to induce the boy
TO 60 to sleep. and rocked him an hour
and sang to him in harsh. metallic
voice. which needed oiling. more than
fifty different songs. and got him q
drink eighteen times and answered a
question once minute; and at the end
Of the time the boy was bright and
cheerful and wide awake, and rose up
and said: Papa can't you kick the
cat again?-iCs awful lots o. fnn."
And il was so that he kicked il.
Then the boy rode the broomstick
around the house and whooped some
more; and he tipped over the CENTER
table and three chairs. and hurt him.
self twice. and ran the end OF the
broomstick into his fathers left eye;
and the cat having gone out of the
room his father swere, and straightway
he boy repeated the swear word; and
his father sat down the sugar frkin
where he could reach it in order to
induce him never 10 use the word
again; for he trembled lest the boys
mother should hear it and straightway
know Is source.
Then tho boy ate until he became
possessed of pain. and yelled so that
he people stopped on the sidewalk and
alked Of sending for u policeman. So.
% comfort him. hs father got down on
al fours and took him on his back and
yalloped around the edge of the parlor
ike horse; and kicked out backward
1t tho chairs. and paved with his arms.
and pretended to put down his head
md eat grass; and the boy pounded
aim in the ribs with his heels. and
Shacked him over the head with q
irumstick, and asked him some ques-
ions. and the questions were after this
why don't you hold up
our head high like horseP' and
why don't you kick with both feetp
That's the way horse does" and
Why don't you WINNER like horsesP'
md why don't you have long ears
Ike Harry Jones donkeyp" All of
which the man had to answer. For
when he got down he visit not that the
BOY would want to ride for three quar-
.crs of an hour; but it was so that he
lid.
And after he got up he sank into
chair to rest, and Willie scattered his
around the house, and threw
rs ball through front window and
blew on his tin horn. and tore up the
ate newspapers and PLAYED in the coal