The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-08

comes a little piece Of the way with me
when I start for the Office. He
"Ah, yes. !" interrupted Gregsby, "but
girls are delicate little, creatures and
have to be taken care OF.
Quite so. /" agreed Snaggs. Il admit
that there are disadvantages about girls
that boys are quite free from.
"DisadvantagesI' cried Gregsby.
"You don't mean to say that a great
clumsy boy is to be compared with o
neat little girl? / would rather have o
girl any day, big or little. than a boy"
"Oh, every one to his taste" said
snaggs loftily. by the way, Bremner,
did / tell you what my boy said the
other day when / took him to have his
hair cut?'
NO." said Bremner enthusiasticol-
ly. Tell it to us, Snaggs."
Girls, p" put in Gregsby, don't have
to have their hair cut. My little girl
has the most beautiful of golden hair
YOU ever saw. You've seen it, Sommers.
Every n turns to look at her when she
walks out with her mother"
'.HumphI' said Snaggs, with i'll
concealed contempt. Twas saying that
I took my boy to have his hair cut, and
il was the first time that he had ever
been to q BARRIERS shop. A man was be-
ing shaved, and his face was all over
lather. Without a word the boy drew
his hands from mine and bolted for
home, running 80 fast that / didn't over
take him until he was at the door.
What did You do that for, you young
rascal?' / said.
"'Oh, papa he answered, If my
face is going TO break ont like that, i
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 q very correct conclusion.
Now, my little girl was having a dress
fitted the other day, and she asked the
dressmaker where the dress orchard
was. She thought that dresses grew on
trees" s i Is 3
81 must confess that / can't see much
reason about that, - said Snaggs spite.
fully, IF you are giving it as an in
stance of reasoning against what my
boy said of the man at the BARRIERS"
''Reasoning?' hotly replied Gregsby.
ST never said anything about reasoning.
It was poeticaL. She thought dresses
grew ON trees, and that ribbons were
the blossoms. She told me SO herself.
And then another time she and hel
mother were conversing"-
You'll have to excuse me-" said
Snaggs, rising. 1T remember now thai
/ have an appointment at the club.
forgot it, Bremner, when / promised Il
| come here with you"
"Oh, don't go yet" said Bremner
''Tell us that story about what the boz
said to the organ grinder"
"Ah, yes" said Snaggs eagerly, ap
parently forgetting his appointment il
the JOY of narration. "Mr. Sommer
didn't hear that one, did he? Well, on
day an organ grinder stopped in from
of our house.
II don't wish to interrupt" put il
Gregsby, also rising, but ! promise
Mrs. Gregsby that / would be home al
most directly. i merely came over
Sommers to tell You that I could nc
stay tonight"
ooh, WE'LL" cried Sommers an
Bremner simultaneously. rising am
holding ont their hands, "if you reall.
must go. why, you must, ] suppose"
81 ann very glad to have made you
acquaintance, Mr.. Gregsby," sal,
Bremner as he shook hands and wishes
him good night, and he added: ~ wis
you would come over some night an
see me. My friend MIR. Snaggs her
often pops in, and we will all get bette
acquainted.
"And you, Mfr. Snaggs. drop in an
see me, !" said Sommers. "You will b
nearly always sure of meeting Gregsb
here. Come in often and have a chat
/ have a lot of boys myself, and / lik
to hear about them"
THAT man Gregsby is a blanke
idiot" said Snaggs to Bremner a fe'
days after, land I give you notice tina
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 n~eutralizes the alkali of th
other. -Idler.