St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-10-25
A EUROPEAN TRIP.


| 4 Lletlo City Girl Tells . Asssse Ceenssy ~
Aboat Its RSsassRsa
Little city girl-Do you call this big
pond9
Little country boy-Yes; don't you?
Little girl-No; but I've been across
| the ocean, you know.
Little boy-Ycs. I know; its blue on
the map
Little giri-Its lots OF fun.
Little boy-HOw? -
Little girl-well. you goon . big ship
and then you got swfully sick
Little boy-Thsts NO fun
Little girl-Yes; but got better and
mamma kept sick
Little boy-That's not % bad.
Little girl-And then papa and !
stayed down in the smoking room. and
watched him play with the chipA
Little boy-Oh. pooh! Men don't play
with chips =
Little girl-Yes they do on board
chips; red and blue and white chips;
and when papa had lots Of them he was
| q good as any thing. and he'd stroke
INV hair and call me his mascot
Little boy-Whats that?
Little girl-I don't quite know; but IL
vas something nice. Then when hs
hadn't 80 many he'd say: Kun away
don't bother." ;' ..ci t -.
Little boy-Welll
Little eirl-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 said
they were ''very English" and Nell
said they were lawfully swell"
Little boy-And what did your paps
sayS tt
Little girl-Oh. he said they were
loud enough 10 be heard block away.
Little bOy-How funny!
Little girl-Yes. rather; but It wasn't
funny the night papa and mamma had
such dreadful row. =-
Little boy-Whewl
Little girl-You see mamma wanted
papa to 60 to . place called the legar
tion, and get somebody there to have
Nell presented. don't know what
that means, but it was something Nell
wanted awfally.
Little boy-And wouldn't he do 1t?
Little girl-No; he said he'd be dog
goned il no 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 perfect pair OF toeds;
only he didn't want TO be rudA you
know, and he said ''toadiea"
Little boyd like to been there.
Little girl-Yes; and then papa won't
down and quarreled with the hotei man.
and We camo away.
Little boy-What Was that for7
Little girl-Oh, you always have 70
quarrel with the hotel man in Europe.
to save your teeth. you know.
Little bOy-What? i-r-..-
Little girl-Yes; papa said II you
didn't fight them 1t every turn they'd
cheat you out Of your eye-teeth. know
they didn't get his. though, for he mover
forgot
Little boy-And was that all7 So
Little girl-Oh, my. NO! We won't to
lots moro places where there were pict-
urcs and churches. and mamma snd Nell
went to see every thing. and said II waS
all very dull and fatiguins. but IL was
tho thing. You have to do that In
Europe zoe M - q r,n5E
Little boy-What7 49,.
Little girl (severely)-The thing. AZ
wsya And By and BY No cane hoos.
and papa played With the chips some
more, and mamma and Nell talked all
tho time about getting things through.
Little boy-What was that? r.
Little girl-Well, don't know. but
think 1t meant sewing lace inside the
lining Of your sealskin saequs and tr5.
ing on kid glove& .+u7s:
Little boy-Oh!
Little girl-Yss; and just before NO
got to Now York all the gsntlemen
came on deck and watched for the pilot
boat and some Of them said ''huRraAr
whom they saw It but papa didn't; hs
said: "Just my confounded 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 OF the ship. anA pape
told her and sister Nell that he hoped
they hadn't been mp to any women's
tricks shout smuggling; and then he gos
awful rcd in the face when D man aokea
him IL he generally wore his diamond
studs screwed into his boot topA
Little hoy-What else7
Little girl-NothinS much; only next
0sy sisteP Nell saia she MAS glad aAe'd
been abroad, becapse she'd got such .
stock Of small talk Laid In; and papa
said he'd paid . largo psiee for It; Ana
mamma said she'd economies anA, senA
me mp here 10 Aunt Judith. whore school.
ing Is cheap, and I wouldn't need any