Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-04-13
THE BOY WANTED 10 TALK.
But the Father Was Very sleepy an'
 Iost Part of inc Conx.r..tian

But the Father Was Very Sleepy and
 Lost Part of the Conversation.
 Good night, papa. said the boy, going into his room.
 Good night, said the boys father as he turned out the gas and got into bed
 Arc you tired, papaI" asked ths boy sympathetically.
 Tired enough to go to sleep, any way. said the father.
 That's good, said the boy. Its a great thing to be so you can'go to sleep as quick as you get to bed. isn | itr
 Great. indeed" answered tho father drowsily.
 What makes us go to sleepf"
 Why, because we are tired, I sup pose" little impatiently Then. with a thought of the sympathy. Sleep is necessary after tho work of the day"
 Does n COW sleepg"
 Certainly
 What makes women moro afraid of cows than menf"
 Very likely because they arc moro timid. Women can't protect them selves as well as men
 Girls are just the sarne They run and yell at every little thing. I'm glad am not n girl. aren't you I" Yes; I'm glad you arc not a girl "
 No. l mean aren't you glad you are not one.
 "Yes."
 If you were girl. you'd be my mother, wouldn't your
 Il suppose would"
 Well, I'm glad you arc not, for then you couldn't show me how to make kite.
 Do you want kiteI'
 Yes. but tomorrow will do just as well Who made the first kites. papaf"
 '.The Chinese, fancy"
 The men in China fly kites, don't theyf"
 There was no answer.
 Don't they, papaf
 'Don't-er, what was itf'
 Don't the men in China fly kitesi" Yes"
 Are there any laundries in China. papai"
 T don't know; guess not"
 Well, how do the Chinamen learn how to washi"
 I'm sure l don't know" The Chinaman down at the laun- dry has got n fiddle. He can't play very well. Did you ever try to learn to play on fiddler
 No"
 II don't want to learn. I'd rather learn to play a banjo. Did the ne groes play on banjo firstf"
 Yes, desperately.
 'Who taught them how to make itf"
 I don't know I guess it came naturally"
 What makes them blackf"
 What, the banjosf"
 No. of course not, the negroes" The coloring matter in their skin is different from ours. l."
 Do they ever tan mems skinY"
 Boys skin is sometimes tanned.' with deep meaning.
 "Oh, 1 don't mean that kind of tan ming. That's strap oil. isn't itf'
 Il guess so.'
 Whats hair oil made off"
 Bears grease, I've read"
 If l could kill bear when l goup into the Adirondacks on my vaca- tion 1 could get a lot of hair oil. couldn't +"
 T suppose so."
 Will I go on the Friday school closest"
 T don't know"
 ''Oh, papa, want you to help me do m example. This Is the way it goes: Twenty men dig ditch Is 2-3 feet wide and 230 yards long in 34 weeks, working 9 hours day; l5 men dig ditch 23 feet wide and 290 rods long in weeks, working how many hours a dayf' How do you do thatP
 No answer.
 How do you do that, papa3" "Er-do what7"
 Do that example"
 What examplei"
 Why, that one I've just told you. I don't believe you know a word Two been saying"
 Yes, do; you were telling about that Chinaman playing q fiddle." Christopher That was two or three hours ago. We've talked about a lot of things since"
 Have wei Well, my son, said the boys father, raising himself sn his elbow and looking through the darkness into the other room, we won't talk any more tonight; we be- gan with sleep and l guess we had better end with that. Good night" Good nightr' said the boy, but wish you'd tell me where to begin with that example" - New York