St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-14
A EUROPEAN TRIP.

Little City GIFl anu country boy
Discuss Its Pleasures, and Give
Pa and Ma Away.
Puck.
Little City Girl-Do you think this a
big pond?
Little Country Boy-Yes: don't you?
Little Girl-No; but Pve been across
the ocean, you know.
Little Boy-Yes, know; it's blue on
the map.
Little Girl-It's lots of fun.
Little Bov-How?
Little Girl-WelI. you go on a big
ship. and then you get awfully sick.
Little Boy-That's no fun.
Little Girl-Yes, but got better and
mamma kept sick.
Little Boy-rhat'S not so bad.
Little Girl--And then papa and l
stayed down in the smoking room, and
l watched him play with the chips.
Little Boy-Oh pooh! Men don't
play with chips.
Little Glrl-Yes, they do on board
ships; red and blue and white chips;
and when papa had lots of them he
was good as anything, and he'd stroke
my hair and call me his mascot.
Little Boy-What's that.
Little Girl don't quite know; but
it was something nice. Then when he
hasn't so many lie will say: run away,
don't bother"
= Little Boy-Well!
Little Girl-Well, and then we got to
London and papa and didn't like it
bit; but sister Nell said the fog was
good for her complexion, and brother
Tom got pair of trousers like horse
blanket.
Little Boy--Oh, my!
Little Girl-Yes; and mamma sal
they were livery English" and n e
said they were lawfully SWELL"
Little Boy-A what did your papa
say?
Little Girl-Oh, he said they were
loud enough to be heard block away.
Little Boy-How funny!
Little Girl-Yes, rather funny; but it
wasn't funny the night papa and
mamma had such dreadful row.
Little Boy-Whew
Little Girl--YOu see. mamma wanted
papa to go to place they call the lega-
ton. and get somebody there to have
Sister Nell presented. l don't know
what that means, but it was something
Nell wanted awfully.
Little Boy-And wouldn't he do 1t?
Little GirI-No. He said he'd be dog
goned il he would, and mamma cried,
and papa put his hands in his pockets
and walked up and down, and said he
was free-born American citizen, and
no man or woman, either, was his bet
ter, and he didn't propose to truckle to
royalty or have his family, either; and
he said he was ashamed of mamma and
Nell, who were a perfect pair of toads-
only he didn't want to be rude, you
know, and he said ''toadies."
Little Boyd like 10 been there.
Little Girl-Yes; and then papa went
down and quarreled with the hotel man.
and we came away.
Little Boy-What was that for?
Little Girl-Oh, you always have to
quarrel with the hotel man in Europe,
to save your teeth, you know.
Little Boy-What.
Little Girl-Yes; papa said if you
didn't fight them at every turn they'd
cheat you out of your eye-teeth. l
know they didn't get his, though, for he
never forgot.
Little Boy-And was that all.
Little Girl-Oh, my, no! We went to
lots more places, where there were pic
lures and churches. and mamma and
| Nell went to see everything. and said
it was all very dull and fatiguing, but
it was the thing. You have to do that
| in Europe,
Little Boy-What?
Little Girl (severely)-The thing al
ways. And by and by we came home,
and papa played the chips some more,
and mamma and Nell talked all the
time about getting things through.
Little Boy-What was that?
Little Girl-Well, l don't know; but
| think it meant sewing lace inside the
lining of your sealskin Sacque, and try
ing on kid gloves.
Little Boy-Oh!
Little Girl Yes, and just before we
got to New York all the gentlemen came
on deck and watched for the pilot boat
and some of them said '''hurrahr' when
| they saw it, but papa didn't, he said
Just my COMPOUNDED luck" and looked
| awful cross.
| Little Boy-Why?
Little Girl-Oh, [ don't know. And
then we landed, and mamma let me
wear lot of pretty rings and bracelets
to come off the ship. and papa told hel
and Sister Nell that he hoped they
hadn't been up to any women'S trick:
about smuggling: and then he got aw
full red in the face when man asked
him if he generally wore his diamond
studs screwed in his boot-tops.
Little Boy-What else?
Little Girl-Nothing much; only mex
day Sister Nell said she was glad she'C
been abroad, because she'd got such ;
stock of small talk laid in; and pap;
said he' paid large price for it; ant
mamma said she'd ecOnomiZe and sent
me up here to Aunt Judith, wher
schooling is cheap. and would no
need any new clothes.