Barton County democrat., 1892-03-24
WANTED TO TALK.


Boy.
Goodnight, papa" said the boy, GO
ing into his room
'Good-night' 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. s.It's q
great thing to be so you can go to sleep
as quick as you get TO bed, isn't ito"
Great indeed" answered the fatAer,
drowsily.
What makes us go to sleep2-
why, because we are tired. sup
pose, a little impatiently. Then with
a 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 men2"
Very likely because they are more
timid Women can't protect themselves
as well as men"
Girls are just the same. They run
and yell at every little thing. I'm glad
/ am not a girl. aren't you?"
"Yes; am glad You are not a girl"
mo. mean aren't You glad You are
not one"
Yes"
IF you were a girl. you'd be my
mother, wouldn't you?"
II suppose 1 would"
well i am glad you are not. for then
you couldn't show me how 10 make a
kite"
do you want kite?"
Yes, but tomorrow will do Just as
well Who made the first kites, papa?'
THE Chinese, fancy"
The men in China hy 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?''
'sYes"
''Are there any laundries in China.
papa?" :
'.I don't know; guess not
''Wel1, how do the Cinnamon learn
how to wash?"
I'm sure don't know"
'The Chinaman down at the laundry
has got a fiddle He can't play very
we'll Did you ever try to learn to play
on fddle?"
'.No."
81 don't want to learn I'd rather
learn to play a banjo Did the negroes
play on a banjo frstT'
Yes" desperately.
''Who taught them how to make it?'
81 don't know. 1 guess IL came nat
urally."
What makes them black?'
what the banjos?"
mo, Of course not, the negroes"
''The coloring matter in their skin is
different from ours"
do they ever tan mems skin?"
Boys skin is sometimes tanned
with deep meaning.
'Oh, ! don't mean that kind of tan
ming. That's strap oil, isn't it2''
81 guess soL'
whats hair oil made of ?''
''Bear's grease, I've read"
''If could kill a bear when go up
into the Adirondacks on my vacation I
could get lot of hair oil, couldn't I?''
Il suppose So"
"Will 1 60 the Friday school closes?'
'I don't know"
'-Oh, papa, want you to help me do
an example. This is the way it goes:
Twenty men dig a ditch fifteen and
two-thirds feet wide and two hundred
and thirty yards long in two and three
fourths weeks. working nine hours a
a day; fifteen men dig ditch twenty
three feet wide and two hundred and
ninety rods long in three weeks work
ing how many hours day?' How do
you do that?'
No answer.
"How do you do that papa?''
''Er-do what?"
do that example"
''What example?"
''Why, that one I've just told YOU I
don't believe you know a word I've
been saying"
"Yes, 1 do; you were telling about
that Chinaman playing a fiddle"
christopher, That was two or three
hours ago. We've talked about a lot
of things since"
Have we? Well, my son. said the
boys father, raising himself on his
elbow and looking through the dark
ness into the other room, ''we won't
talk about any more tonight; we began
with sleep and ] guess we had better
end with that Good-nightI''
s-Good-nightI'' said the boy, sfbut I
wish you'd tell me where to begin with
that example Y Times