The Bossier banner., 1894-05-24
he doesn't mind the weather in the

weather Is so PAD tnat she misses her
walk with her mamma. We never
trust her out with a nurse you know"
Il was saying" broke in Snaggs,
"that 1 have little boy myself; he is
seven, and he goes out in all sorts of
weather. l don't believe in eoddling
children. And that reminds me of a
clever thing he said to me this morn
ing. He always comes little piece of
the way with me when l start for the
office; he"
"Ah, yes, interrupted Gregsby; "but
girls are delicate little creatures, and
have 10 be taken care Of
Quite So" agreed Snaggs. 81 ad-
nit that there are disadvantages about
girls that boys are quite free from"
''Disadvantagesy' cried Gregsby
You don't mean TO say that great
clumsy boy is to be compared with
neat little girl. 1would rather have
girl any day, big or little, than a boy"
'Oh, everyone to his TASTE" said
Snaggs, loftily. ''By the way, Brem-
ner, did tell you what my boy said,
the other day, when l took him to have
his hair cut?"
"No," said Bremner, enthusiastically
Tell it to u.s. Snaggs."
Girls put in Gregsby, ''don't have
to have their hair cut My little girl
has the most beautiful head of golden
! hair you ever saw. You've seen it,
| Sommers: everyone turns to look at
| her when she walks out with her
mother"
'Humph," said Snaggs, with iil-con-
cealed contempt. 81 was saying that
l took my boy to have his hair cut, and
it was the first time that he had ever
been in BARRIERS shop. A man was
being shaved and his face was all over
lather Without word the boy drew
his hand from mine and bolted for
home. running so fast that 1 didn't
overtake him until he was at the door.
What did you do that for, you young
rascal? I said.
"'Oh, papap he answered, if my
face is going to break out all like that
don't want to have my hair cut Fun
ny, wasn't it? He thought the lather
was the result of the hair cutting. He's
awfully quick at reasoning, that boy"
"Well, it seems to me that he didn't
reason to very correct conclusion.
Now, my little girl was having dress
fitted the other day, and she asked the
dressmaker where the dress orchard
was. She thought that dresses grew
on trees.
81 must confess that can't see much
reason about that" said Snaggs, spite
fully, eff you are giving it as an in
stance of reasoning, as against what
my boy said of the man at the bar
ber's."
'Reasoning?" hotly replied Gregsby.
81 never said anything about reason
ing. 1t was poetical. She said she
thought that dresses grew on trees, and
that ribbons were the blossoms. She
told me so herself. And then another
time, she and her mother were con-
versing-"
you'll have to excuse me-" said
Snaggs rising. Il remember now that
l have an appointment at the club.
forgot it, Bremner, when promised to
come here with you"
"Oh, don't go yet" said Bremner;
tell US the story about what the boy
Salu 10 the organ grlnuer.
"Ah, yes" replied Snaggs eagerly
apparently forgetting his appointment
in the joy of narration Mr. Sommers
, didn't hear that one, did he? Well, one
day an organ grinder stopped in front
of our house"
81 don't wish to interrupt" put il
Gregsby, also rising, "but promised
Mrs Gregsby that would be home al
most directly. | merely came over
, Sommers, to tell you that ] couldn
stay tonight"
''Oh, WE'LL" cried Sommers and Brem
ner, simultaneously rising and holding
: out their hands, 'if you really must go
why you must, 1 suppose.
II am very glad to have made you
, acquaintance, Mr.. Gregsby," sait
Bremner, as he shook hands anc
wished him good night and he added
II wish you would come over some
night and see me. My friend, Mr.
Snaggs here, often pops in, and we viii
all get better acquainted.
"And you, Mr.. Snaggs, drop in ant
, see me-" said Sommers; you will b,
| nearly always sure of meeting GregsbJ
here. Come in often and have chat
l have lot of boys myself, and l lik
= to hear about them"
THAT man Gregsby is blanke'
idiot" said Snaggs to Bremner few
.. days after; land l give you notice tha
l if he comes to your house, won't"
And as Gregsby said almost the sam
thing to Sommers, let US hope that tn
acid of one neutralizes the alkali of tn
other. Robert Barr, in Detroit Ere
Press.
| The man who succeeds above hi
fellows is the one who. early in life
clearly discerns his object, and toward
3 that object habitually directs his pow
e ers. Even genius itself is but fine OF
strvation strengthened by fixity of pun
D pose. Every man who observes Wig
q ilantly and resolves steadfastly grow
! ~ ,r4 Pr1l