Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-02
PAW SEES A PARADE.
OR RATHER HE MAKES A DESPERATE
ATTsMPT TO SEE ONE.

Me and paw and little Albert went To-
See the Bisicul parade Last mite. Nav
and the pupp Couldent 20 Bccoz nav
dident feal well and the conductor kick,
ed the pupp often the Car Step and pawo
Sed he wished "a Beer Wagon or SUM,
thing would Run over the Blame Broot.,R
Nav Diden't want to Let paw Take,
me and little albert for fear Something
mite Happen, But paw told Her we OF to,
See it,
"rhcy intent never Have anuther
Chanel to Look at Ennything Of this
Kind" paw says, "and thay'll Remember
it as Long as thay Live. It's always a
Good thing to Let Children see these
sites. Thay make impressions on Thorn
that thay Can Talk about when thay
Gro up. OF corse / Don't Care to Sec It
mself, But it'll BE graft thing fer the
Boys"
So before we started nav says:
"Now, paw, Don't let Emmy Thing
Happen to the children in That turratle
Crowd. If you DO, Can never forgive
misef for Trusten you out Alone with
Them"
Say" paw says, "Do you no That I
Lived neerly Thurty years Before ysu
got to Takin me out and Lookin afteE
me? Sometimes | Don't Hardly no How
| ever Done it. The way you Talk to me
it Seems Like as If | always OF to 80
Trottin along Uoldn to your Dress fee
fear ! mite git Lost in the Graft sitty. I
visit you'd git Over the Habbut Of
thinkin | amt nothin But a ninnOsuuh
Child of nature jist often the Farm.
amt goin 10 git scared at no Fire engine.
and l Don't Haft to git a poleesmun to
Take me acrost the Street for fear | mite
Git Run over BY a Push cart"
SO when we got Down Town the Fursc
thing we new the people was pushin alb
around us, and a woman with a numbers
elm Stuck one End of it In paws Stum-
mick and Begin to Back up, Becsz the
folks in Front was walkiu on Her feat
Here" paw Says. lettin go of nae and
Little albert and Tryin to Git a Hold Of.
the umbrella, II amt never Done nothn
to you nor Emmy of your family"
But She Diden't seem to no He was
takin to Her, SO little Albert asst.
as this the purrade, paw"
mo" paw hollered. its a noutrsge,
that's what it is. Say, Take that umber+
/ ella out OF me, will you? Blame it, ain't
you got Sense enuff to no thay are other
| people What Has a Rite to be on
! Earth?"
BY that time She Got Chanst to turn
around, and she says to paw:
you amt no Gentlemun."
81 amt no Sord swallower neether,f
paw says
Then thay was Large man with Retl-
dish whiskers turned around and Says to
paw:
! What's the matter with your"
So paw Got a Hold of Little albert
agin, and We went to anuther place
WHARF we Could see Lots and Lots os
people in Front of us.
is this the purrade now?' little albert
asst.
thin goin on out thare in the Street. But
thing goin on out thare in the Street. Bus
| Can't see what it is"
BY that Time thay was Sumbuddy
made an impresshun on Little Albert and
He Begin to Holler.
Here, Shut up" paw told Him. 'lt
you want TO See this purrade you Can't
go actin Like a Baby"
After we stood Thare n While paw sed
we Better Hunt Sum Better place, so We
Backed up agin and went around anuther-
Block and come out WHARF, thay was UOl-.
lerin and Cheerin at Sumthin wa
couldn't see. Paw got Little Albert on
His Sholders and told the to foller on
beniuN, anu we SOl INTO II L lace WHARF
thay Was Pushin and Pulin and Every
little while Sumbuddy would yell to Give
the Wummun air Becoz they was maxi
in Impresshun on Her.
Paw got tired purity Soon, so He See
little Albert Down and Clumb up By the
post what Held a Sine at the Corner.
Here thay Come, Boys" he says after
He was up thare about a minnit. Gee,
| But it's fine"
whats Comm? ?" Little Albert asst.
The purrade." paw says.
well, l Can't see it, Little Albert
says.
Then thny was Lot of poleasmun
Come and yelled at the Crowd to Git
Back and if it Wouldent of Been for me
CESS poor Little Albert would of met u
Horrable fait But | Holered out that
we was Gittin killed. and two men picked
us up and the furst Thing we knew We
Was about Block frum thare aud paw
wasent Emmy whares in site.
Then Little Albert He begin to Boil
and | Felt Kind of Lonesum and they
was a mold Lady Come and asst us our
Names and WHARF we Lived and all aboue
it. But after while paw Come SwettG
and Skroogen thru the Crowd and wheS
He Seen us He says:
you Boys to purrade. What made YOU
Run away2 l Had a Place WHARF | mite
OF Seen the Hole thing if it wouldn't Of
Been fer you. Blame it, | never Trids
to Do Kind thing yit But that | goe
the worst Of it. Come on, Let's ga
Home"
So we went around thru the Bsca
Streets to WHARF we could git car, and.
when paw went to Pay He give yell
and sed
by links, Bin tutched."
1t wasent no lie heather. His watch
and mummy was gone, and CESS We
would Be walkin Home yit il nav
Haden't of Give me a quarter Before We
Started.
So when we Got in the House l says to
nav:
YES. paw Told the truth" ..--~
"What abQut?" nav asst.
I'VE won't never fergit it," l says,
land it made a lmpresshun on us
Don't No what Happened after That.
But by the Sound | think nav Had the
best of it.--Georgie in Chicago Times
Herald
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