The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

1.-THE. children in stratford learn bout
Shakspere as soon as they're Of 'nough to
run out an stop touris' an sell their in
formation for a penny.
-" An who was Wilyum Shakspere?
says I, pretendin' I'd never heard of him,
says I to one who could hardly walk
alone. .,>~'
''He was stratfor's frs citizen says
his brother who'd run block an came up
breathless to tell what he knew.
i " An didn't he do anythin' side settle
Stratford? says I, countin' up two more
boys who'd slipped in from side street.
He killed DEER says one of 'em,
ham out in front of him so it would catch
anythin t fell into it.
Indeed says I. That's int'restin','
says l. but the man I%want to hear about
is the one who wrote the great plays,
Francis Bacon was his name says i
| What can you tell me of him?' - 80
"But the only thing they knew of bacon
was that they had it with eggs Sunday
mornin' for breakfas', an they were SO
disappointed an had run so hard to sell
their knowledge It I let Billie give them 2
penny apiece. But they don't seem to
teach the children in Stratford; bout Ba-
con. .%~- -, j.
1--WE foun' good many int'restin' an
instructive places. There were all of the
Shakspere houses an the dog GENTRY an
the garden where we went afternoons to
have tea. It's a puzzle to me how the
English can make such good tea at 4
o'clock in the afternoon an such bad tea,
every other time of day. If had my way
I'd take my breakfasts in Hollan', my
lunches an dinners in France an my aft
ernoon tea in Englan'.
1--WE were in Stratford on Sunday, the
| las Sunday we were in Engan', an in
the afternoon Mrs. Gray had us walk
acrosst the fields to Shottery where Miss
| Hathaway used to live, cause she says
It Shakspere went then. Mrs. ,Gray's
great on dom what other folks have done,
but I mus say It I hope Willyum Shak
| spere had a pleasanter walk n we did,
for when I wasn't chasin' cows away
from Mrs. Gray I was pickin' burrs often
! Billie. We didn't have any trouble fn'1n
the house, an as Mrs. Gray was openin
the, gate a girl came down the walk all
dressed up in her Sunday clothes.
/ =" May we come in?' says Mrs: Gray,
a-smilin' as if she was invited to a party
an was a little late. - 80
What for?' says the girl a-openin'
the gate an shuttin' it benin her.
Ito see Miss Hathaways house, ex-
planned Mrs. Gray, feelin' t p'rhaps she
hadn't been 'vited to the party after all.
"'Ir. Englan', says the girl a-throw-
in her head like she was the queen,
Il folks don't work but six days in
the week., says she, an she locked the
gate an put they key on the top an went
off 'thout payin' any more attention to us
n If we'd lived in Stratford all our
lives. -.-..-.-,
eve jes' stood an looked at the key
not quite sure as to whether we'd better
borrow the use Of it for a spell Or not.
: an fore we could make up our min a
man came along an sayin', Excuse me,
unlocked the gate an went in, takin' the
1<ax i'm Mvo OF
an I looked at her.
-"T guess says I, 1T we feel like
Willyum Shakspere mus have felt when
they toll him Miss Hathaway wasn't
home, says 7.
1T was when we were goin' home t
we foun' the dog GENTRY. If a body's
only got patience they don't lose one
thing without gettin' somethin in Its
place, an sometimes the substitute s
better n the frs, seems if. ssn
1T was that very day It Mrs. Gray
3 had set her heart on goin' out ridin', only
81 she couldn't fin a carriage cause there
J. were SO many tourists a. goin' off to look
D at the place where Shakspere was caught
t. takin' what didn't blong to him. Wher
s she was telin' me how Disappointed she
o was one of her frien's came up in an auty.
Q mobile an wanted her to go out to George
tt Washin'ton's house.
r 90 Well says I, as I was helpfn' he,
t on with her coat, says T. I should thinl
4 I you'd feel as tho you'd lost a quarter an
foun' dollar says l. If body would
4 wait to feel dis ppointed until they arr
i, dis appointed they'd save considerable veal
r an tear on their nerves. says 1. AS /
I 'Merican, says I, you ought to want tx
y go an see where the Washin' tons livet
h more'n you do where game warden go
I after an Englishman, says I.
: 1T was when came in after seem
9 her off t a carriage drove up 'th a lot O
; 'Mexicans who'd jes' come The din
q in room girl was all ready to go out walk
d in long the river, an when she saw
It the newcomers an knew shed have t,
Y stay In an look after 'em, why she les
v expressed her feelin's.
I Drat the 'Mericans,' says she a
a stampin' her feet. I visit t Willyun
: shakspere had never been born says she
Il mo you don't says the butler say