Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-30

1HiSdSO RECORD.
This-is simply frafnt 'orn ou'
of an evening The rebr will please
uprear before his visi ped roon'
a gas jet burning at hat mlgnt NC
called the middle roger of iNuwina-
ton, bed upon viii small "hi.e
figure reclines If Iurrowing and
writing may be bfght under that
head. and q man hetng over the en-
semble Of night go,, tWlnkIng 1eet'
brownie doll and c6er cent
(Note.--The copr cent mas peen
Gwen as a bribe tinduces Wiling
ness to so to bed.l
First Voice (snll, piping, but ex-
tremely cheerfuD"L play circus,
papa"
Second Voice irmI but gentle)-
No. Pops boy Just say MS prayers
and go to sleep.f
First Voice (sdinf nothing what
ever to the orietal Proposition furth-
er than a littlf stpnger tincture of
Observation-Disclosures circus, papa"
Second Voicf (it proprietor evil
IDENTIFY determining quietly to ignore
the suggestioI-BeSin now, sweet
heart. Put y5ur lands together that
way. God bessmamma-'"
Cav bless MAMMA"
. And paJa'7
AN paa. *l* *If 1 say Cav
bless papa vii you play circus?"
Maybe so Now, honey mustn't
a. -Iryfr ;racr ole 1 e.
saying his prayers. And Sister
A sudde1 ejaculation of delight as
one of thgwee feet, plunging upward
at rIghyangle with the beds surface
carries fifth it the counterpart and
sheet, frming thereby a very, very
Insignificant looking pyramid of COW
erng.
f'o7-o-o! Circus tent! Papa be
e|ephnt!"
SFrnness on the part of the senior.
A quick leveling of the pyramid by
simple process Of extracting the center
pde and Strengthening out the archi-
lct TO MS proper length Of two feet
three inches.
NOW. go on. God bless Sister
my circus.'' p0i'0'
Sister Ro~ie and grandmamma
Silence.
Don't you know what becomes of
ers?" 'neii pray
The reluctant one looks defiant,v
out into the adjoining room fro,o
which a celebrated and esneciallv
hendish frog is supposed to come when
.aiied upon Tor the purpose of carry
ing away little boys who do not saw
their prayers.
You b'oke my circus"
=, All right. I'll turn down the lanp
men es Wen see what happens"
lne repel manifests a disposition to
aaseuge' providing he can do so with
uisilsy and qntarnished honor.
Cav bless Sister Rosie go,
II good boy. papa q, u am
And grandmanama. =
But this Swimming over avs
slootins a-vrcuI proposition is enoa -. neg.
permitted.
Am l good boy, papa?"
Yes, l guess so. Go on, now, little
man. God bless sister,
"If the frog comes to carry away
your good boy will you whip him?''
The elder of the couple concludes
that by making vehement declare.
ton and continuing it on through
many words he will be able to lead the
devout one back to his supplications
even unknown to him.
We'll, I should say so. A nasty
big frog that would come to carry
away my boy when he was Just sayine
MS prayers as nice as ANYTHING
should think [ would whip him. And
SO would grandmamma punish him
too, and drive him away. because
grandmamma is good to her little man
and loves him-and so let's say God
bless grandmamma'
Cav bless-would you whip him
with stick?"
With a stick and a switch and
and-and curtain-rod."
An th'ow stones at him."
First Voice (its owner awaling n
the fact that the doctrine of physical
force is in danger of oversha dowine
the matter of orisons)-"Now. nv how
mustn't talk so much about other
tnlngs' go on with your prayers.
Now
Second Voice-"O-a-i-u-e-a,"
This is not the name Of a Hawaiian
lady. 1t is the chronicler's poor. futile
effort to make the very unaccommo-
dating Roman alphabet cover and de-
scribe the ejaculation and wall of dis
may, sorrow, despair, gloom, dolor and
righteousness which rose when the
supplicator discovered the awful truth
that his cent had disappeared.
First Voice-"Sh. sh. What's the
trouble?"
Second Voice - "My-cent-all-
gone."
First Voice-"Your what?"
Third Voice (by the sound feminine.
by the words, maternaD-"He's lost
his copper cent in the bedclothes-
mammals darling!"
The small bunch of melancholy re-
Deats another Hawaiian name-this
time it is that of some island-and
Joins his projenitor in delving into the
bedlinen in search of the faraway
vAlondike where treasure nestles. At
Hength the money is found.
IIlhe head of the house is impressed
BY An idea. ~'
"Now, you'll lose it again if you try
10 hold it in your hand. Let me pin
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