Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-23
1Ae GOV wANreo 10 TALK

THE COY WANTED TO TALK
Hut the Father Was very sleepy and |
Lost Part ct tho Conversation.
. Good night, papa, said tho boy, |
going into his room.
Good night, said the boy father |
as ho turned out the gas and got into |
bed.
Are you tired, papap asked tho |
boy sympathotically.
Tired enough TO 60 10 sleep, any
way" said the father.
That's good, said tho boy. "Its
great thing 10 be so you can gosto
sleep US quicl, rs you got to bed, isn't
III"
Great, indeed" answered the
father drowsily.
what makes us 60 10 slecpr
why, because we are tired, sup
pose" little iinpaticntly. Then.
with thought Of the sympathy.
sleep is necessary aftcr the work af
tho day"
Does n COW slecpr
Certainly"
what mJ,os women moro afraid
Of cows than ncnP
VERY likely because they arc more
timid. Women can't protect thctl-
selves rs well ~ men"
Girls are just the same. They
run and yell at every little thing.
I'm glad ! am not Rirl, aren't your
"Ym; I'm glad you nrc not a girl"
mo, mean aren't you glad you
are not one
"Ycs.n
III you were girl, you'd DO my
mother, wouldn't your
II suppose | would"
"Wcll, I'm glad you arc not, for
then you couldn't show mo how 10
make kite"
DO YOU want n kite"
Eyes. but tomorrow will do just
rs we'll Who made tho first kites,
papai'
Tho Chinese, fancy"
Tho men in China fly kites, don't
they"
| Ihcre WIS no answer.
Don't they, pnpar
"Dont-er what was ~"
Don't tho mon in China lily lsitosT
"Ycsn
"Aro there any laundyies IN China,
papar
II don't know; | guess not"
well, how do tho Cinnamon learn
how TO wnshfn
I'm sure don't know"
Tho Chinnman down at the lnun.
dry has got u fiddle. Ho can't play
very well. Did you over try to learn
TO play on a fiddler
"No.l
Il don't want TO learn. I'd rather
learn to play u banjo. Did the no
grocs play on banjo hrst"
Eyes, - desperately.
who taught them how 10 make
it,
II don't know. 1 guess it came
naturally"
What makes them blacki"
"What, the banjosr
NO, Of courso not, the negroes
"Tho coloring matter in their skin
Ia different from ours
DO they ever tan mems skin"
Boys skin is sometimes tanned,
, with deep meaning
"Oh, l don't mean that kind OF tan
ming That's strap oil, isn't itr
~ guess so.
whats hair oil made Off
Bears grease, I've read. O."
'If | could kill a hear when / go NJ
into tho Adirondnclss ON my vaca
ton | could SGT u lot OF hair oil
couldn't IT.
, Il suppose so.'
viii l go on tho Friday schoo
, closest"
r II don't know"
o "Oh, papa, want you TO help IN,
Q do an example. This is tho way 4
I goes; Twenty men dig ditch IL 2,
r feet wide ana $50 yards long in D.
= woells, working . hours day; 1!
. mon dig ditch % feet wide and 29l
rods long in 3 weeks, working how
many hours dayf How do you i,
thAtf'
No answer.
, "lIow do you do that, papai'
a. Er-do what"
!, do that example"
/ "What examples"
t "Why, that one I've just told you
Idon't believe you know a word Nv
been saying"
YES, l do; you wore telling abou
& that Chinaman playing u fiddle"
Christopher That was two o
three hours ago We've talked abou
n lot of things since"
: "Hnve wei VOL, my son, sal
tho boys fathsr, inising himself o.
= his elbow and looking through ia
|, darkness into the other room, "w
/. won't talk any moro tonight; we b,
i gan with sleep md / guess we ha
+ better end with that, Good night
r Good night" said the boy, but
q | wish Vou'd tell mo whore 10 bnri