Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-03-06
AT DEAD OF NIGHT.
Pa Wanted to Sleep, But the Boy Wanted
to Talk, and SO They Had q CONVEX

to Talk, and SO They Had a CONVEX
sazione.
Ns,O York TINES.
Goodnight. papa" said the boy, GO
ing into the room.
Goodnight" said the boys father,
as he turned out the gas and got into
bed.
''Are you tired, papa?" asked the boy,
sympathetically
"Tired enough to go to sleep, any
way" said the father.
That's good" said the boy. "It's a
great thing to be so you can go to
sleep as quick as you get to bed, isn't
it?"
''Great, indeed" answered the father,
drowsily.
"What makes US go to sleep?"
"Why, because We are tired, l sup
pose" little impatiently. Then with
thought of the sympathy, "Sleep is
necessary after the work Of the day."
docs cow sleep?"
Certainly"
"What makes women more afraid Of
cows than men?"
Very likely because they are more
timid. Women can't protect themselves
as we'll as men,"
''Girls are just the same. They run
and yell at every little thing. I'm
glad am not girl, aren't you?"
Eyes, Pm glad you are not a girl"
mo, mean aren't you glad you are
not one?"
yes"
"If you were girl, you'd be my
mother, wouldn't you?"
81 suppose / would"
swell, I'm glad you are not, for then
you couldn't show me how to make a
kite"
''Do you want kite?"
Eyes, but tomorrow will do just as
well. Who made the first kites, papa?"
THE Chinese, fancy"
"1he men in China fly kites, don't
they?"
There was no answer.
Don't they, papa?"
"Don't-er, what was it?"
"Don't the men In China fly kites?"
yes"
care there any laundries In China,
papa?"
81 don't know; guess not"
"Well, how do the Cinnamon learn
how to wasE?"
Ppm sure don't know"
"The Chinaman down at the laundry
has got fiddle. He can't play very
well. Did you ever try to learn to play
on a fiddle?"
"No."
II don't want to learn. I'd rather
learn to play banjo. Did the negroes
play on banjo frst?"
"Yes," desperately.
"Who taught them how to make it?'
81 don't know; l guess it came nat
urally."
"What makes them black?"
"What, the banjos?"
mo. of course not, the negroes"
THE cooring matter in their skin is
different from ours"
"Do they ever tan mems skin?"
"Boy's skin is sometimes tanned, "
with deep meaning.
"Oh, don't mean that kind Of tam
ming. That's strap oil, isn't it?"
Il guess so"
whats hair oil made of?''
Bears grease, I've read"
"If | could kill a bear when go up
into the Adirondacks on my vacation, |
could get lot of hair oil, couldn't -"
81 suppose So"
''Wil go the Friday school closes?"
81 don't know"
sob, papa, want you to help me do
an example. This is the way it goes:
Twenty men dig ditch 1873 feet
wide and $50 yards long in 2& weeks,
working hours a day; Is men dig a
ditch % feet wide and 200 rods long in
3 weeks, working how many hours a
day?' How do you do that?"
No answer.
"How do you do that, papa?"
"Er-do what?"
500 that example"
"What example,"
"Why, that one I've just told you. /
don't believe you know word I've been
saying"
Eyes, do; you were telling me about
that Chinaman playing fiddle"
christopher! That was two or three
hours ago. We've talked about lot Of
things since"
"Have we? Well, my son." said the
boys father, rising himself on his elbow
and looking through the darkness into
the other room, "we won't talk about
any more tonight; we began with sleep
and l guess we had better end with that.
Goodnight"
"Good-nightw said the boy, but
wish you'd tell me where to begin with
that example"