The Yellowstone journal., 1893-05-15

for Bingletou was Il morose sort of a fe
low. His fellow bookkeepers at Barker
McLiss 4 Cos banking establishment
had frequently ayerred that Bingleto
"a was convincing exhibit in the chain O
- evidence proving the evolution of maj
/" from the vegetable kingdom. Bingle
tons original ancestor. they were Ger
:. tain. had been nothing more or less thai
NJ a lemon. and i'll the growth from lemon
y to Bingleton nothing but the form ant
!" capabilities had been changed. The sour
: ness all remained
Suddenly, however, Bingleton bega1
to pan ont new kind of ore. as it were
Occasional chuckles had been noted fo,
months. but such series of them as this
| morning had adduced was something
r hitherto entirely unknown.
Some one of his friends must have
died, whispered one of the clerks to his
vis-a-vis. Il don't believe ANYTHING but
misfortune could make Bingleton smile,
and chuckles like that lhust Indicate
some dire happening in his circle-if he
has a circle"
II don't believe he has a circle" said
another clerk IF he has, he's probably
at the very central point, SO that no part
OF the circle shall be nearer to him than
he can possibly help"
II think it's important enough to ask
about observed the first clerk. "He
may be going mad"
So Bingleton was requested to explain
why he chuckled. Contrary to their ex-
pectations, he received their inquiries
pleasantly and explained.
I'm laughing at some things nv boy
has been saying recently" he replied.
You haven't boy. have your queried
the clerk.
How could he say things to make me
laugh If hadn't" asked Bingleton. with
frown.
"Of course he couldn't" said the clerk
meekiy. but You never told us that You
had boy. you know, Bingleton, and so
If the sudden realization that you have
knocks us silly, you oughtn't to be angry
with u.s.
That's all right" Bingleton replied.
II don't wonder the boy knocks you silly,
because alongside of him all other boys
dwlndle into half witted creatures. The
point about my boy is that although
he Is not quite years old. he SAYS such |
awfully bright things. For instance.
the other night when his mother was
singing him to sleep. he said. L know
What stars are for mamma What
are they for. Henderson, she asked-he's
named henderson. after my wifes broth
er George. His last name was Hender-
SO was my wifes for that mat
ter. But to come back to the thing he
SAID. i know what the stars are for.
mamma. said he. What are they for.
she asked.
You see. we always make it a point
to inquire into the slightest little thing
N which the boy takes an interest.
that's only right. you know. If parents
would be more considerate of their emil
irens views. the race would be the bet
er for 1t. My parents We're always so
With me, and feel the good effects of it
very day | live. The other course
makes cynics of children and makes
hem appear to others to be out of sv,n-
'athy with the world. So when Hen
erson said, i know what stars are for
mamma. Mrs. Bingleton very naturally
aid, What are they for. Henderson,
hen he blurted out with. Street la,nps
or birds. Wasn't that bright? By jove !
We been laughing more than a week
yer that" J
Here Binsleton gazed sternly over the y
op OF his spectacles at the second clerk,
hose mirth did not seem to be alto y
ether adequate to the situation. :
You don't appear TO see the point of =
lat remark, Mr.. Tompkins, he said. l
'Oh-indeed do. Ha-ha-ha" laughed I
onpkins. Why, Of course. | don't o
low my mirth quite SO effusively as u y
her people do, that's all Besides, | Il
INK the humor of the boys remark is
ot OF the side splitting sort. 1t gives II
Sc to an intellectual guffaw down in a
les-ah-in ones insides. 1t is the l,
me kind of laughter one indulges in p
er some subtle bit of humor which "
which one would rather expect to al
I'd in volume of essays than in comic Il
per-" IL
He must be very bright boy" said pl
e first clerk tr
''Oh, that isn't anything to some of
g things Henderson says" said Bingle- th
a. He told me the other night that tn
80" III.
nte and blue. And when he was up W
the country last summer he told a Al
'1ner that he oughtn't to let the sheep Ct
K their chops for fear of swallowing ca
paint. You see, Henderson's toy Wi
,ep have painted mouths. and of
Irse"- ed
Eat don't see how sheep could lick Pr
ir own chops" said Mr.. Tompkins. to
he chops come from the sleeps ribs. GIL
they're inside. not outside"
III you had Henderson's brains" Bin rr
ton retorted, you'd know that the :
'ps referred to the Sleeps licking as
re not lamb or mutton chops, but iai
ps in the slang sense. referring to the 'ul
,s." Ger
Do you let your boy use slangy" his
ried the clerk. rat
do not, sir, but when a lad under 8 int
apable Of saying things like that the he
stance of it is SO pleasing that can yot