Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-10
Did Not Get Him.

the boy asked.
Because, if you pluck it the police
man will get you"
''Does the policeman make 'em
growp"
"No."
"Who does then?'
"God makes them grow"
"And did God tell the policeman not
to let anybody pull emp"
@No."
that God don't want anybody to pull
emp"
"Oh, the policeman is simply put here
TO protect them"
elbow protect themP"
"Why, to keep anybody from taking
them"
"Who put him here?"
1.-The city-or, rather, the park COM
missioners."
whats park commissioner"
zone of the mc1 who has charge of
the park"
GLOW has charge of itp"
"Now, look here, sir, | want you to
hush. You worry the life out of me.
I'd rather have the nettle rash"
whats the nettle rashP"
"a sort of breaking out"
GLOW breakin' outp"
"Are you going TO hushp" the wo-
man exclaimed, turning upon him.
"You are enough to drive anybody
crazy"
What's crazyP"
look here, sir, if you don't hush
I'll march you straight home and lock
YOU up. Are you going to hush, sayP"
"Yessum."
They walked on. After while the
boy said.
IF was to pull the big flower would
the policeman get meP"
Yes"
"And would he hit me if 1 was to
pull little one?'
"Yes.n
"a little, teincy one?"
"Yes."
what would he do with mep''
Take you down town and lock you
up?"
Would you carep"
"Of course | would"
Because you love me, don't your"
YES"
"You love me more than you do the
policeman, don't you?"
''Look here, you little rascal, If you
say such thing as that again, I'll
spank you good"
Would it make me feel good?"
mo, it wouldn't"
"Then it would be spankin' me bad,
wouldn't it?"
Gracious alive! you tire me nearly
TO death. Come on, now, and go
home.n
"Let us look at the bears first"
mo, you'll ask too many questions"
They went TO the den of bears.
whats that one doing up in the treeP"
the boy asked.
Hes asleep"
"Why didn't he 60 TO bed?"
Because he'd rather go up in the
tree"
Wont he fall out?"
"No."
"If climb up there and go to sleep
would fall out?"
Yes"
"Why?"
Come on here, now. You shan't
stay here another minute. Come on. :"
Let me see the tiger, and then I'll
CO."
You'll worry me with questions"
mo, l won't"
She let him go to the tigers cage.
He gazed at the animal, and then said:
''If | was to get in there would he eat
me?"
Yes"
"Cause he don't like boysp"
because he does, | should think, :"
the woman answered, smiling in a tired
way.
"He wouldn't eat man, would hep"
''He would try TO-"
HE wouldn't eat q piece of iron,
would hep"
mo-
"Why wouldn't he?"
'Because he couldn't"
Would it hurt his jaws?'
yes"
"Why?"
"Come on here this instant I never
saw such boy in my life. It's nothing
but talk, talk, from morning till night.
You are worse than chatterjack."
whats a chatterjackp"
81 don't know"
Then how do you know that / am
worse than onep"
"Come here to me-"
She led him away. II wish / did
have one flower" he said, ''just one.
The policemen wouldn't get me for
takin' just one, would hep"
Eyes, he would"
"This little one right herepn
Eyes. Don't you touch it. See, the
policeman is looking at you
A few weeks later the woman and the
boy visited relatives in the country.
The little fellow, while playing in the
woods with several other boys, came
upon n clump of wild flowers. He
looked around for the policeman. He
thought that man with a club presid-
ed over every flower. One of the boys,
n red-headed fellow named Jim, Jump
cd in among the flowers and began to
tramp them down. The city boy was
frightened. 1.-THE policeman will get
your he exclaimed.