Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-04-21

the way with mo when start for the
office; he" ..s. s .s,, & 81,
"Ah, yes," interrupted Gregsby; "bat
girls are delicate little creatures, aud
have TO be take care Of"
"Quite So" agreed Snaggs ~ ad-
init that there are disadvantages about
girls that boys are quite free from"
"Disadvantagesl' cried Gregsby
"You don't mean TO say that great
clumsy boy is to be compared with a
neat little girl would rather have a
girl any day, big or little, than 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 / took him to have
his hair cut?"
mo" 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 81 was saying that
l took my boy to have bis hair cut, and
it was the first time that he had ever
heer in barber's 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?' l said.
"0h, papar 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 a very correct conclusion.
Now, my little girl was having dress
fitted the other day, and she asked the
dressmalSer 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.
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. 81 remember now that
/ have an appointment at the club.
forgot it, Bremner, when l promised to
como here with YOU"
"Oh, don't go yet" said Bremner;
"tell US the story about what the boy
said to the organ grinder.
"Ah, yes" replied Suaggs 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 promised
Mrs. Gregsby that l would be home al
most directly. l merely came over,
Sommers, to tell you that 1 couldn't
stay tonight. -
"Oh, WELL" cried Sommers and Brem-
ner, simultaneously rising and holding
out their hands, ''if you really must go,
why you must, 1 suppose" ,,f .-.
II am very glad to have made your
acquaintance, Mr.. Gregsby." said
Bremner, 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 like
to hear about them"
'That man Gregsby is blanled
IDIOT" said Snaggs to Bremner few
days after; land give you notice thai
if he comes to your house, l 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
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