Dodge City times., 1888-05-03
INITIATING PAPA.
How Eobby Set His Father TO Thinking
and the Good Resolution That Fol
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| How Eobby SGT His Father 70 Thinking,
and the Good Resolution That Fol-
lowed.
He was a bright-eyed. rosy-cheeked
little fellow. and just AS brimful of fun
as boy Of five summers could we'll be,
and when l tell you that his mamma.
that morning. for the first time. had
dressed him in Il pair Of pantaloons
| and little coat. you can imagine
what his feelings were. But his little
| sister Mamie did not like the change
ut all She had tried to get him to
play with her several times. but had
been treated so coldly that she had as
last retired to one corner Of the room
with her doll; many wistful glance
did she cast at him. but to no effect.
He would have liked to have big
play. but thought it would never do.
great dignity. followed by his dog
Rover. In the hall he espied a hat of
his fathers and also cigar-stump
that had been left on the table.
Putting the cigar in his mouth. and
the hat ON his head. he went out into
the yard. lighting the cigar as he went.
still followed by his faithful dog.
"What are you about. Robby?" said
a young man as he passed by.
"Oh. I'm pretending I'm papa"
said he.
You'd better let that stuff alone"
was the laughing rcjoiner. "or you'll
rue it SOON And he did. for he got
so sick he was compelled to lie down
on the grass for awhile. and threw
the cigar away in disgust. concluding
that it WAS not so nice to do like papa,
after all.
"Hoop, but amt you finer'
Eyes. amt l though" said the little
fellow, as he jumped up and displayed
himself before a neighbor boy about
two years older than himself
IL say, Jim, let's play"
"Well. what will We play?'
"Why, you keep bar and I'll be
papa. and come in and get glass OF
brandy, like he does down at the hotel"
Bob and Jimmy soon fixed up bar
by laying planks across the corner Of
the fence, and furnished it in few
minutes with some old bottles and two
broken glasses, and then getting the
cook to give them an old jug that had
once been used for molasses, and filing
it with water. they were ready to be-
gin business.
"Gool-morning. Mr. Gliddenr' said
Rob, as he marched up to the bar.
GOOD morning! good morning!
glad TO see you out such fine MORN
ing. What viii you have to-day?"
"A glass of your fine brandy to
cheer me up a little" was the reply;
and. being helped to half-glass Of
molasses-water. Robby soon disposed
of it, and called for more; and. after
drinking several times, he staggered
away in such perfect imitation of his
father that the little bar-kceper roared
with laughter.
There was one, though, who wit
messed the scene that did not laugh,
and would you believe it, it was Rob-
by's own father. He had been in the
very same fix the night before, that his
little son had initiated so we'll, and Of
course was not in condition to at
tend to business, and so he had been |
in the summer-hOusc for several hours
trying to entertain himself with the
morning paper, and had heard every
word that had passed between the lit
tie playmates. 1t set him to thinking.
and the result was that he signed the
pledge that very day. Il could not
bear to have my son grow up in that
way" he said to his wife that night,
land wi the help of God. I'm going
to set him a better example, and he
did.-Herdld and Presbyter.