The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-25
wanted Nothing Now.

| distributed and apparently increasing
/ type of young ones, the naturalborn
/ whimperer says the Washington Star
1 He was about years old, and was oD-
viously a little son of the rich. He
was diked with high russell leggings,
/ a Melton top coat, with big pearl but
/ tons and a russet Tam OShanter. He
| was good looking boy, but he began
! to whine the minute the white-capped
/ and white-aproned white nurse lifted
/ him on board the east bound car at
| Georgetown. He had a peculiarly rau-
| cous, shrill voice, and his wrigglng
! and incessant whining so badly AFFECT
! ed the nerves of the grown-up passen-
/ gers, especially the four or five elder
ly men in the car, that they looked as
| if they were gritting their teeth in or
der to hold themselves in.
Il don't want to go!" he began as
soon as the patient white nurse plump
| ed him into a seat beside her.
Don't want to ride on the pretty
carr" said the nurse, soothingly pat
ting him on one of his leggings.
Nav, 1 don't want to go!" he re-
peated in his awful nerve-shattering
whimper.
Don't want to go see grammar"
Nav, I don't!"
| And have gran'ma give you a nice
| big cake, with chocolate on it?"
NAV, 1 don't want no cakei don't
want to go!"
Where do you want to go?"
Nav nah nah nav. Nowhere!' and
he kicked his legginged legs flercely.
The men trying to read their news
! papers across the aisle looked over the
tops of the sheets and glared at the
| unintermittently whining young one,
and their hands could be seen to
twitch hankeringly.
Shall / take you to Aunt James and
let you play with little Cousin Flos-
| sie?" asked the nurse, who conducted
herself throughout as if she deserved
seat in heaven if ever woman did.
''Nah-nahi Don't want Flossiei New
er want to see her! I'd knock her teeth
out!"
"Sh-shl Why, Reggie, aren't you
ashamed to talk that way! Do you
want to go see the choo-choo engineer
mo, 1 don't! l hate 'em!'
Now. be a good boy, and when we
get off the car I'll buy you big blue
balloon, with stars painted all over
it,"
"Nah-nah-naw, don't want that
either! I'll break it to smash if you
dol''
Then shall I buy you a nice little
automobile like papa's got that runs
around a ring, with a driver sitting ur
on top?"
"Nah-nah! 1 don't want nothin'!"
You don't want anything. you mean
to say. Reggie-what did governess tell
you about saying L don't want moth
imp
The old slob! I don't want nothin
--nothin'-nothin'- don't want moth
I'M" and he kicked at his nurse :
white apron savagely with his we'll
shod little feet.
There was a boy sitting up at the
end of the car who carried a baseball
bat resting against his knees, and by
this time the boy with the bat was re-
garding the whining young one out Of
the tail of his eye and involuntarily
grasped the bat every time the young
one got off a peculiarly horrible whim-
per. The elderly men, too, caught
sight of the ball bat, and their eyes
cleaned when they saw it, and they
looked as if they knew of some great
doings that they could manage with
the bat if everything were arranged
for the same.
Now, amt you ashamed to talE
that way about governess, Reggie, and
you know she isn't old, and, my, if your
mamma heard you use that awful
word 'slob!'"
"Slob-slob-slob- slobbery- slobbi-
y-slobby--slob--slob! bawled the
horribly spoiled young one. and Their
the men across the aisle crossed theil
legs nervously and tried to look out Of
the windows and half way rose from
their seats and muttered things t.
themselves.
"Sh-sh! Reggie!" said the nurse
holding up warning finger that hat
no effect whatever. "Shall we go ovel
to the big building and see the foun-
tain where the red and gold fishes
swim2"
''Nah-nah!"
Shall buy you when we get off one
Of those piggies that says bee-wee
when you blow it up?"
''Nah-nah!"
do you want me to take you dowr
where the big boat is?''
"Naw-naw!"
"Oh, my-er-um! groaned the ell
derby man with the silk hat and the
gold spectacles across the way, and h
twisted around in his seat and glareC
at the whining young one ferociously
Shall 1 buy you some of those nice
gumdrops like you had the last time
you came out with nursie?''
I'D throw EN- away if you did,"
Officer
"Nah-nahr'
well, what on earth is it that
whelp wants, I'd like to know" grovl
ed the elderly man with the silk hal
unable to contain himself any longer
and bending over the aisle to bestov
another glare upon the whining kid
The young one suddenly stopped
Whimpering and returned the elderl,
mans glare sulkily. Then he found
his natural voice.
L wanted to wear my papa's sus.
penders when l came out, and NURSE
wouldn't let me. and I don't want
nothing now!" winding up in another
whine.
Nurse" said the elderly man. risins
and dropping a quarter into her Ian
Buy him pair Of suspendeEs. RuI
him two pairs-here's another quarter
} And concluded the elderly man a,
he stepped toward the rear door of the
car, wear EN- out on him-whang thu
eternal daylights out of him with 'en-
and If you ever need a friend Tn
your friendl" and amid the ripple o.
laughter that followed he angrily step
PED on the car-while the young one
went on whining.
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