The sun., 1900-12-02
,Is. an climbed M In IN. hay NOV m. chased

Tho chickens an lied milk rail 10 ihe cat.
slcr @S" a. T% .at Gaa a e. nn @ u ifoREe r. o.. 81"
except the mi.sIa. Shc WIZ wnahin' dishes
'n"" n.t G"S'g to A. dry Ia nst ec i[oS'
I"y fTass f"g' r"roaki@t6 T'S"' WcaI ,9" ~
vudnt maxi" So 70 tn McCutk'a an drink
poison,. don't know What vld n made No
/ Nobudv said uuthiu', an there wasn't -, on
house ~ sshi. and II got dark and quiet,
except for them 't9g- and crrlky thing. NJ
IN" tt"a. SnN, "a ~ any 'hiug | had
. TO y dropped down ou Bclnucoy street with
/ The folk -iuu '",mblr un ihc stcl~. aud the
Md. ngutu on ~" sidewalks and foiu' In
the gutter, m ~" push cut'- NJ an down.
Purity soor, ont comes ~" mi.-i. an a1ys
bedtime. Nudn my jar 500 nuin' to bed
where though, ard Mi..i- lla kin- She .cl
III tnk" So. lp A. tut ., To- bed; Jim
Now what dl" think Nv that She TUX
me upstairs and into n hr room ard she sen
j guess it'Il -c"u purity tine tn yer. ~ecuin
III nice clean h"d, IN u big room, all bv yer
self. I've hc"ru they crow d. ON rful down
An then She ruck~ the clothes over mo and
GOES nu', nu sh"lp me, thoTs't I'd die
.hut. and the moonlight q cum,n' in an maxim
h'hrs look tinnyi an them ifof- CroIkin
~ II they wuE all dyu' So. that W.T. tho
Iohe>on,c-t ever "" four Kid sleeps together
az hum" our bed ou he floor on one side
Of the room, an ~" old loIk- l. on the other
Onct Dan, h" sleep, at Tho lut on the bed with
me, he went away To visit, nv ic,t Nurldn't
sleep down there at ,hc flt o. III" bed al alone
to that place ~ the country | wuInr afraid.
hut didn't like It | tel, s'if ii swallowed
one brickbat an another was stuck in my
troat
Il thought I'd run away next day. but In the
morning things wnznt 50 bad II wuz th9i
way al the time stayed, In the night Ia
think ! Cudn't stand II no longer. and In the
mornin' Ia think I'd stick II ont while longer
On Miss norton account NV. wu'n't II slow
WHAT do Kids do IN the country. dunno They
TUX me down TO The creek. but whats fcIor
that's used TO Fast River Cpi'' 10 do with
creek? An there WIZ snimols, hut they wua
all tame and the folks wouldn't let vc lev any
fun with en-. Dye know them kid- amt
never seen an elephant or a tiger They tidn't
know what a Zoo WIZ An hey, amt never
wouldnt believe II when | told cm We had
hundreds of boats jest running up an down
and watch EN- ~ much e. "" pleased
"D'ye know they amt meyer had nre up
there. an they don't know fire engine from
mo 10 tell 'em about New York and | told 'cm
about the playground viii tho trarc2o lu bars
and thtng-,, az about, the swings an merry
fehtS. an the COPS; an the druuks A. about
Coney, an the band concerts over nj Mulberry
roads, an Brootlvn Bridge. an how. there
wu2n't any rules about bed tiNc say. most
hated 70 tell ON bccl2 t'd make 'c.,l feel bad
about hvin' up there, but they WIZ alhs tca7in
fer II. They vl2 wild about II; and Jenny
she wuz bound she'd run away md corAe down
here, whore she cud hoV n good time hut |
told her II wuzn't no place fer girls She said
she'd like boats and nreI iCst 81 much 81 a boy
wud, ar | didn't dare toll her. whrn | w'i2
comm awav. fer fear I'd have n rrl tarrin
after me. an what'd do with her down he-e
dunno There air't room fer no moro kids
at our house
Tho cn'in' WIZ good mp ,hcro That's all
they get outer life. hvt I VIZ ln-csOn1a |
test cldnt cat: an hi'nobv I aaid See here
Iimul", Of ve don't rct aw1v fro,r them frogs
an get b1ck whore i''s eocilblc ven ho ular'ed
up hero Saw. th1t'd he lrresor,c place
70 hn buried in -. o0n rNn-ninr whom thov
thought WV COIN dow 10 watch tho h1rvpstin'
inst legged II on 70 tho d"epo an 'uk the train
an when got back on Dellncov strcct iest
had nvn Nchts in the orst hour Cor soci1ble-
ness iIully gee but WIZ glad TO be back
on n7rth
"fll give ycr straight tin. Ike r. ANYBODY
seq To Yer, Will yer 80 for lovely snioorn
In tho country. or will vcr 70 10 The worSus
fer 'he same time, ve tNke tho workus See?
There's GOOD COMPANY there nnvwovs Country.
IA ~ Rats Rut doncher tell Miss Morton
! snid So er I'll soak yer ono told hnr II
wus nice all evCent thcr, frogs feller's
got ter lie TO the wmmcn