The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-29
PAW SEES A PARADE.
Or Rather Makes a Desperate At.
tempt to See One.

ne II Perfectly suscessfui.
Me and paw and little Albert went 20
See the Bisicul parade Last mite. Nav
and the pupp Coulden't go Becoz nav
diden't feal well and the conductor kick
ed the pupp often the Car Step and paw
Sed he wished a Beer Wagon or Sum-
thing would Run over the Blame Broot.
Nav Diden't want to Let paw Take
me and little albert for fear Somethin
mite HAPPEN, But paw told Her We OF to
See II.
They intent never Have anuther
Chanct to Look at Ennything of this
Kind" paw says. "and thay'n Remember
1t as Long as thay Live. It's always q
Good thing to Let Children see these
sites. Thay make Impressions on Them
that thay Can Talk about when thay
Gro up. or corse Don't Care to See 1t
misslt; But it'n Be graft thing fer the
So before we started nav says:
"Now, paw. Don't let Emmy Thing
! Happen to the children in That turrable
Crowd. II you DO. ! Can never forgive
miseif for Trusten you out Alone with
Them"
SAY" paw says, "Do ysu no That
Lived neerly Thurty years Before you
got 10 Takin me out and Lookin after
me? Sometimes Don't Hardly no How
I ever Done it. The way you Talk to me
II Seems Like as IL l always OF to Be
( Trottin along Holdin to your Dress fer
fear mite git Lost in the Graft sitty.
wisht you'd git Over the Habbut OF
thinkin l amt nothin But n ninnosunt
Child Of nature jist often the Farm.
amt goin to git scared at no Fire engine.
and Don't Haft to git a poleesmun to
Take me acrost the Street for fear mite
/ Git Run over BY n Push cart"
So when we got Down Town the Furst
thing we new the people was pushin all
around us. and a woman with number
ella Stuck one End of II In paws Stun
mick and Begin to Back up, Becoz the
/ folks in Front was walkin on Her feat.
4. Here" paw Says, lettin go of me and
Little albert and Tryin to Git a Hold Of
| the umbrella. ~ amt never Done nothin
TO you nor Emmy of your family"
| But She Diden't seem to no He was
| talkin to Her, so little Albert asst:
"Is this the purrade. pawT
NO." paw hollered, ''it's q noutrage,
that's what 1t Is. Say, Take that umber-
ella out Of me, will you? Blame il. 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 neither
| paw says.
Then thay was Large man with Red
| dish whiskers turned around and Says to
paw:
Whats the matter with your
| So paw Got Hold Of Little albert
u
WHARF we Could see Lots and Lots Of
people In Front of US.
rs this the purrade now p little albert
asst.
thin goin on out thare in the Street. But
thing goin on out thare in the Street. But
Can't see what ID is"
By that Time thay was Sumbuddy
| made an impresshuu on Little Albert and
He Begin to Holler-
Here, Shut up" paw told Him. If
you want to See this purrade you Can't
go actin Like a Baby"
After we stood Thare a 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 Hol-
lerin and Cheerin at Sumthin We
couldn't see. Paw got Little Albert on
| His Sholders and told me to foiler on
| Behind. and We got into Place WHARF
| thay Was Pushin and Pulin and Every
little while Sumbuddy would yell to Give
the Wummun DIR Becoz they was max
In a Impresshun on Her.
Paw got tired purity Soon. so He Set
| little Albert Down and Clumb up BY the
| post what Held a Sine ut the Corner.
Here thay Come. Boys" he says after
| He was up thare about q minnit- Gee
But it's Gne."
whats Comin?" Little Albert asst.
"The purrade," paw says.
"Well, Can't see it," Little Albert
says.
Then thay was q Lot of poleasmun
| Come and yelled at the Crowd TO Git
Back, and if it Woulden't of Been for me
/ CESS poor Little Albert would Of met
Horrable fait. But l HOllered out that
we was Gittin killed. and two men picked
| us up and the furst Thing we knew we
| Was about Block frum thare and paw
wasen't Emmy whares in site.
! Then Little Albert He begin to Boil
and l Felt Kind of Lonesum and they
| was q mold Lady Come and asst us our
| Names and WHARF we Lived and all about
| il. But after while paw Come Swettin
| and Skroogen thru the Crowd and when
| He Seen us He says:
THAT'S the Last time I'll Ever Bring
you Boys to q purrade. What made you
Run away? I Had Place WHARF l mite
| of Seen the Hole thing if it wouldn't Of
Been fer you. Blame it, l never Tride
! to Do Kind thing yit But that got
| the worst of il. Come on, Let's 90
| Home"
| So we went around thru the Back
Streets to WHARF we could git car. and
when paw went to Pay He give yell
| and sed:
"By links, Bin tutched."
| 1t wasen't no lie heather. His watch
and mummy was gone, and CESS w
| would Be walkin Home yit II NAV
Haden't Of Give me a quarter Before We
Started.
So when we Got in the House I says to
nav;
Eyes, paw Told the truth"
"What about p NAV asst
|