The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-18


I of his PA, he submits with beautiful re- q
signatloti and pretends not to mind In
the least. Hos piucky and no fiistake,
and once having gotten through with his
4own misery, he proceeds to terrify those
yet 10 suffer- by describing the agonies
lie lifdcrwcnt--an exhibition OF implsli-
ness which calls forth the direst threats
F from tho Commander Chief.
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Strange to say, 1t is tho little girls
who arn the pluckiest and coolest Of nil.
They Quite put the boys to the blush,
though the latter would die before ad-
hitting 1t. These same little girls also;
go to the dentists and have teeth ex-
trncted without once requiring their pa
rents to bribc them and without once
Dragging about their sptink. II Z.
n Last OF all among the BARNS comes a
little boy who has looked very solemn
when he riveted his eyes on the vacci-s
nator and saw the red gore coming from
the arms OF Ills brothers and sisters. &
Somehow the mere mention OF blood
always terrlfies this little Roy. And now
that he sees It, even on tho arms OF
laughing children, he feels his head be-
gin to swim and a strange sickness in
his tunl-tum, which Mt the dinner table
can 1iotd about as much as the stomach
OF an elephant. y. a
When his time arrives, the little boy
goes Forward With, 4 protest and doesn't
even squeak as loud as q mouse swoui1
do. but all OF q sudden the Queen Bee
gives n shrek.
"IIe,s going to faint" she says, and
catches the sufferer Just In time to save
him from falling limp on the floor.
This little boy, mayhap. will make q
brave man, but the bloodfenr Will III
ways be with him. yes. long after ne
has become whIskered adult, he will
have the same awful feeling when he sees
the red fluid squirting.
But just now he has tainted quite away
and o! the children are 80 deltciously
excited, and are enjoying It more than
O Circuh, ard are gazing In wondermenti
and haven't got the time to be a BIT
sympathetic. while the Queen Bee is buzz
zIng. around like q hornet and Is yelling
for camphor and half dozen other
things all In the same breath.
It takes the little boy a long time to
recover and he is very blue under the
gills when he doeh .'coms8to. but he is
now quite complacent and self-satisned.
He knows that tho fact OF his having
tainted will make him hero among the
other kids In the neighborhood, for 1t
and huster the grown folkh as he has
done. But in order. to contemplate the
situation with serenity, he politely asks
+ to be removed from the room 80 that he
won't llnve to see any more half-dressed
youngsters and any more blood.
This excitement over. and the Com
gerously disposed towards the scratchily
inclined, the children demand with, one
VOICE that Pa be vaccinated
will stand 1t, and whether he will prove
a Spartan hero and go through 1t all
without SO much as batting an eye.
Great Is their delight when ia yells
still greater Is their glee when he indiK-
mainly rOars at the Queen Bee, who Is
performing the operation. DO you think
I've got the hide OF a rhinoceros?'
The cook. who has served as a sort of
understudy for the Chief
in the matter of soothing. encouraging,
the te eSHs
dren, who are secretly very anxious TO
see her barred arm. They don't quite
know whether she, merely has black
that this inspection will settle the mat
ter.
SO tickled is the amiable senegambian
never conscious Of the least pain. and
afterwards, when she stands erect with
her bronze arm raised skyward like the
Goddess of Liberty, she feels as proud
as peacock
Last But not least OF all to shed her
blood, Is the Queen Bee. There's no fear
here, you can bet. and while her good
right arm Is being punctured. she doesn't
even seem to realize that the vaccinatlnE
is going on. .s1sS
She has got too many other things to
! do. I She must remain master OF the Sit
|! uation. It's Johnny. IL you rub that vi
/ rus OFF. I'll box your jaws" or Willie.
wrap that shawl around YOU. or iii
crack your head"-and 30 on and so on;
When it is all over. she proceeds to
single ont the dry-armed sinners and
hustle them off to bed. while the rest
are warned against the crime Of scratch
ing.
now fully restored urchin who tainted
ton OF a slice OF cake. she s:shs and
asys: well, the next time, I think I'll
take the smallpoxtn preference to vac.
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