Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-08-24
JOHNNY TALKS.
HE TELLS ABOUT THE SCHOOL
ENTERTAINMENT.

Il had q fight with him, said john
ny. "His mother said he wasn't to
play with me an my mother said l
wasn't to play with him."
why was that?"
Because he couldn't help but he
common an vulgar with the bringing
up such a woman as his mother would
natcherally give him an he wasn't
going to be 'taminated by ISOLATION
with me"
us that q quotationE
"No. it's what his mother an my
mother said Terminated is a fighting
word"
Il should say it was, Johnny. I
wouldn't let any man insinuate that
was a "tanminator' myself | thought
you and Gene were chums, though.
We'll, we was before the school en-
tertainment. You wasn't over to the
entertainment, was you? 10, know
you wasn't. What did you do with the
tickets l sold you? Gave 'em way?
Gee! | wouldn't have give 'em away.
Know how many tickets 1 sold? Guess.
No. sir; you just guess. Well, sold
yeu four an Mr.. whitaire four an Mr..
Jameson four an Bob bought one an
Mr. Simpler bought four an Mr.. Ed
Brown bought two-one for himself an
one for sister L tried to get him to
take four, but sister said she'd tell
mother an make me give back all the
dollars 1 got if l leased folks. She
didn't go with him anyway an / was
glad of it, She didn't go with you,
either, did she?"
NO. replied the visitor. you finn
damned me out Of that dollar, young
man, and Ill play even with you one
of these days. Your sister said she
never had any idea Of going"
Il guess she was afraid that if she
went with you Mr.. Whitaire an Mr..
Jameson an Mr. Simpler would think
she ought to have gone with them"
The visitor nodded thoughtfully and
Johnny went ON:
1--WE had cally cally-you know
them exercises with your arms an
stoopin over an clappin your hands
all together in front an behind"
"Calisthenics2
yes I'd forgotten the name of EN-.
We had-those an we had singin' in
chorus an we had speakin'. l spoke
'Tellus Molten MournfuI Numbers.
Want to hear me say it?"
Tell us not begged the visitor.
'Tu take your word for it, Johnny
IAN Gene Pildersen, he spoke The
Bark That Holt Prince Went Down,
an Willie Thompson he spoke Mark
Administration an Jim Connors+"
Never mind about JIM" said the
visitor How did you get along2"
ooh, did mine all right Bat Gene
he forgot lot of his an teacher tad
to tell him out from the side of the
platform. My mother was there with
Aunt Laura an Mrs. Wade mex door
an she halter laugh when Gene got
ratified. She told Aunt Laura it was
one of my little playmates an she raid
it was too bad that teacher didn't have
any better sense than to put him on
the programme She said it was easy
to see that the child was backward
mentally, poor little Teller, an it was
shame, an she went an talkin' like
that an pretty soon a lady settin' IN
front turned around an looked at her,
an it was Mrs. Pildersen, Genes
mother.
"she didn't say anything to my
mother. but she said to Mr.. Pildersen,
who was settin' next to her, that il
was too bad some people hadn't any
better sense than to laugh at a little
fellow just because he hesertated for a
word an git him all confused, whis-
perrin an talkin'. An then when I got
up to speak my piece she whispered TO
Mr.. Pildersen again that she hated to
hear a beautiful poem murdered by a
little glib parrot, who hadn't any more
idea what he was talking about than
a photograph an that of all the bona
creations in the world the worst was
one of these smart children
my mother she said to my Aunt
Laura that when it came to talking
about smart children some people had
a case of sour grapes an nobody
wouldn't never accuse some children
Of being smart, which must be a great
consolation to their mothers, an that
of all the mean feelings that ever was
being envious must be about the worst
"An then Genes mother said suthin'
more to Genes father, an he said oh
hushh and then my Aunt Laura
laughed an guess they was both mad
Genes mother and my mother. Any
way, my mother said / wasn't to play
with Gene any more, an when seen
Gene told him l wasn't goin' to play
with him, cause he couldn't help but
be common an vulgar. An then Gene
says to me that he didn't want to PLAY
with me, cause I'd 'taminate him
told him could laminate him, whether
l 'taminated him or not, an he said
he'd like to see me do it."
did you laminate him?" asked the
visitor.
Il pasted him one" replied little