The Republican., 1894-04-19

Office; he"
"Ah, yes" interrupted Gregsby; bat
girls are delicate little creatures, a'ad
have TO be taken care of.
Quite so," agreed Snaggs. Il ad-
nit that there are disadvantages about
girls that boys are quite free FROM"
'Disadvantagesr' cried Gregsby
You don't mean TO say that a great
clumsy boy is to be compared with a
neat little girl. Iwould rather have a
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 1 took him to have
his hair cut?'
"No," said Bremner, enthusiastically.
Tell it to US, 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 alks out with her
mother"
"Humph," said Snaggs, with iil-con-
cealed contempt II was saying that
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 a word the boy drew
his hand from mine and bolted for
home, running so fast that l didn't
overtssi,e hriur until he 81 sl.o door.
N,nf 4 do h,f
rascal?' said.
"'Oh, papa!' 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 a 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, ''if 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
II 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
|.
versing-"
You'll have to excuse me-" said
Snaggs rising 81 remember now that
have an appointment at the club.
forgot it, Bremner, when promised to
CONC here with you"
"Oh, don't go yet" said Bremncr;
tell us the story about what the boy
said to the organ grinder"
"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 in
Gregsby, also rising, but l promised
Mrs. Gregsby that l would be home al
most directly. 1 merely came over,
Sommers, to tell you that l couldn't
stay tonight"
''Oh, well" cried Sommcrs and Brem-
ner, simultaneously rising and holding
out their hands, ''if you really must go,
why you must, l suppose"
Il am very glad to have made your
acquaintance, MIR. Gregsby," said
Bremncr, as he shook hands and
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 will
all get better acquainted"
And you, Mr.. Snaggs, drop in and
see me-" said Sommers; you will be
nearly always sure of meeting Gregsby
here. Come in often and have chat
l have lot of boys myself, and l like
to hear about them"
THAT man Gregsby is blanked
IDIOT" said Snaggs to Bremner few
days after; land l give you notice that
if he comes to your house, won't"
And as Gregsby said almost the same
thing to Sommers, let us hope that the
acid of one neutralizes the allsali of the
other. Robert Barr, in Detroit Free