Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-02-09
THE LINEATIT
HE OBJECTED TO HEARING ABOUT
BRIGHT CHILDREN.
And Was Firm Enough to Head on
. Proud Father Who Made a Great
Effort to Tell n story, but Failed
Disma1ly.


Effort to Tell n story, but Failed
Dismally.
A man with a characterless mouth and
a sappy expression boarded a down town
Fourteenth street car with a man with
an iron jaw and d lucid eye.
We'll, sir" said the man with the I'M
certain face as soon as they were seated.
that little girl of mine is the greatest
Certainly. | think we ought TO hang
on to EN-" interrupted the firm jawed
man. VIVA did we cough up ,0O0,-
o for 'em for?"
The man with the ndeterminate coun-
tenance looked puzzled.
II guess you didn't catch me right"
he said after a pause. Il was going to
tell you a funny thing that little girl of
mine said this
We'll don't think it'll make much
difference whether congress passes an
other financial bill or not" said the
strong faced man calmly. "Country's
getting along all right as things are right
now. The more they tinker with the
money question the more of a muddle
there1l be-"
"Er-yes; that's So" replied the man
with the receding chin. But this little
6-year-old girl of mine is the brightest
Yes. | think the prospect for a contin-
uanee of good times looks pretty bright"
was the reply. We won't read of half
so many cases of distress during this
winter as we did last winter and a couple
CT staisfs naiafe. ~.a.. ~~. .-~
breakfast table this morning.. pursued
the father of the phenomenal young one.
she looked ut the buck wheat cakes on
the table nd
Now you hit me where | i've" said
the square Jawed man Il never could
put in the cold season without heat
cakes for breakfast. What kind do you
use at home-the old fashioned buck
wheat or this newfangied self raising
kind?"
"Er-I don't know what kim my wife
prefers. Anyhow. as soon as my little
girl saw the buckwheats She
We'll. for my part ] prefer the old
fashioned things. | like any old thing.
Friend of mine brought me II bottle of %
year-old Bourbon from Kentucky the 9th
er day. Finest tang to it | ever tasted"
THAT SOP" weakly inquired the parent
of the extraordinary little girl. We'll,
she looked al those ~buckwheat cakes sol
EMMY for a minute, and
Il think Jeffries'll knock the nose off of
him-that's my honest opinion" said the
man with the countenance denoting
strength. Fact is. | believe that Cali
fornia boiler maker could have put up a
pretty stiff with John l., when
John was in his prime"
and then she looked first at her
mother and then at me. and then she
pointed AT the cakes. and
Talking about pointing, my friend
Jim Pothuuter's got the finest pointer
dog that I've seen in a month of Sun
DAYS. Its a foxy bird that gets away
from that dog"
Look a-Lere." said the man with the
vapid physiognomy. Il wasn't talking
about any
We'll, here's where | fall off," COM
pIacently remarked the square jawed
man. stepping on TO the running board
'S'iong. Be good"
Any man." growIed the firm jawed
man. in his m~Hs1ache. as he swung along
toward his office. who thinks he's ago
ing to shoot yarns concerning the corus-
eating brilliauce of his kids into me while
I'm trying to get some comfort out of my
after breakfast cigar has got TO heaye
me into a subterraneous donjon. keep and
buck and gag me, and that's no pianis-
simo pipe fantasyH'- Washington Post.