The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-28
GRAND
GEYSER CASCADE
a Fourth of July Story.
From .bo philo Ia1-hio Jp,o-,

FROM the t~nllaueIDnla HfeSS.
Uncle Major" said Jack as he and
Mollie helped the major to remove his
hat and coat, do you think there's
much danger in little boys having fire
crackers and rockets and pinwheels %
"Or in little girls having torpeters 2"
put in Mollie.
swered Warily. What does your papa
say about it,"
He thinks we ought 10 wait until
we are older, but we don't said Jack.
"Iorpeters never sets nothing atlrc,'
said Mollie.
That's true said the major kindly;
but, after all, your father is right,
Why, do o know what happened te
me when I was a boy"
Haven't an IDEA said Jack.
You burnt your thumb" said Mol
lie, ready to make q guess at il.
We'll, you get me a cigar, and III
tell you what happened to me when /
was a boy just because my father let
me have all the fireworks I wanted.
and then perhaps you will see how
wise your father is in not doing as you
wish him to-
Jack readily found the desired cigar,
while Mollie brought the major a
match, after which he settled down
comfortably in the hammock and
swinging softly to and fro, told his
story.
My lear old father said he, was
tne most indulgent nan that ever lived.
ned give me anything in the world
that | wanted whether he could afford
1t or not, only he had an original sya-
TEN Of giving which kept him from
pelng ruined by Indulgence OF his chill
oren. He gave me a Hudson river
steamboat once without costing him L
cent. l saw it, wanted it. was begin
ing to cry for it, when he patted me
on the head and told me l could have
A. adding, however, that I must never
take 1t away from the river or try TO
run 1t myself. That satisfied me.
All l wanted was the happiness of
leeling that it was mine, and my dear
oid daddy gave me permission to feel
mat way. The same thing happened
With reference to the moon. He save
II 10 me freely and ungrudginsiy. He
mad received it from his father, he
said, and he thought he had owned it
long enough. Only, he added, rs he
nad about the steamboat, l must leave
" Where it was and let other people
look at it whenever they wanted to
ana not interfere if I found Il other
hlte boys or girls playing with its
oeams, which l promised and have
faithfully observed to this day.
or course from such a parent as
ms, you may very easily see, every
snlng was to be expected on such 4
uay as the Fourth of July. lie used
~ let me have my own way at ali
ZINES, and it is a wonder l wasn't
npoiled. l really can't understand how
" IS That I have become the man am
gIonsldering how l was INDUCED when
: was small.
However, like all boys, I was very
loha of celebrating the Fourth, and:
pelng a more or less ingenious boy, |
esd prepared my own fireworks
ma many things happened which
might not otherwise have come to pass
~ ! mad been properly looked after, rs
w are. The first thing that hap
peled on the Fourth of July that would
@sreat deal better not have happened
Jack?"
Eight" said Jack, going on - .
III mat was exactly the age was Al
tne tiine," continued the major bland
Vm..lust nine to q day
light" l said" said Jack.
NJ. ies." nodded the major; just eight,
NJ : gong 81 toward nine. My father
ny = given me $40 to spend on noses
~, unlike most boys, I did not care so
r ior noises as L did for novelties.
ira a.uht give me any particular pleas
q ~ heai Il giant cTaCHeI So O4L N''
j, oans. What l wanted to do most oI
nj III was to get up some kind Of an eX-
an ! : that would please the people
s s.sa mat could be seen in daytime IN
tisaSu OIL at night, when everybody -
inssu and sleepy. SO instead Of spend
May money on firccraci1crs ana t"I-
npo S = and rockets l spent 50 OF II OH
s.sMysUysf and 81 on putty blowers.
osanhat wanted to do WAS TO lnahe
wisspstlnd effort and provide pasSerSoS
pnsa. q Tree exhibitions of what WIS
ssr he to call 'Carraway's Grand Gey--
sar Gascade. To do this properly. l
Az ! my eye upon q fish pond not far
dsaaai The town hall. 1t was a very
fssnlp pond n about q mile in circui;t-
ingase. Putty blowers We're theH ser
chs. = I'VE fer q cent, and powder M&9
The as sand, owing to the tact INN
ha5 WIDER makers, expecting Il W"',
NV nv made Il hundred times rs much "a"
heelied, and as their War nIul |