The Washington times., 1906-02-18
Pop Birthday

aud when she spoke about
It he said Birthdays are
for eddy young things Ike ycu who
haven't passed the four-hundre1
mari I'm trying 80 forget them
First thing this morning he handed
me the Los Book aud told me that
an TO be the official logkeepsr of
the Ark So I started right away to
put down things so a. 10 set my
hand IN Shem SAYS It Is ridiculous
70 Put q mere boy. only ninety-sef en-
years old, in charge of such an i'm
rortant book. bat pop SAYS It VII
make man Of him al the sooner.
anyway. even If I am not q hundred
years cid yet. 7 wear tvo-hundred-
year sizes N clothes and I can figure
better tran Shen or Ham, bat they
say that's merely because I've only
teen out Of school such q short time
And Pop said that Ham and Sheu
would haze enough TO do attending
to the animals and the regular chores
about the boat and q boy IS better
than 2 man ct seeing au the little
things that happen and sWrltlng them
down, and besides. he was the cap
tain and di5n 7 want auv inteTtsI-
ence from the mates And e. whole
lot more that ! forget Ma said that
IF she lived - he a thousand she
would never forget these days We
have been waiting here six DAYS now
for the food 70 begin. al the AMI
mails are in. there S plenty of grub
aboard and everything is ready. bur
there ism a sign OF rain
Uncle Jared came along after
breakfast and he laughed and said
e. was 2 mercy that Grandpa L2nleCh
had passed away before he could see
his son Noah making a show Of him
self for the whole countryside. start
ing men ageris or an animals
boarding house, and lot Of other
things like that Ma I'D and said
that Jared had better be preparing
= literafL himself pretty soon if he
ever expected 10 pay the next year
premium on his life insurance policy.
Then Jared asked II the barometer
had fallen any during the night ana
If it woke Us I'D when It fell. Ham
says
Ne 81 mind. Ma JareJs head is
hight enough 70 float him unless he
tried TO carry the MONEY he sWlped
from the orphans fund %
Cousin Ablmelech from Zaram
rode over on his old blind camel
and talked to the crowd around the
Ark He limited thae Fop's ssnitv
ought TO be inquired Ento Says he
Cousin Noah wouldn't Noah
raindrop from a gumdrop,'
Everybody laughed Ct that al
except Pop. He just locked sad
Dent know whether Il vas because
he was sorry for BIN or because.
maybe. he thinks, after all there
won't be any food and he VIII get
roasted When BIN offered to sell
Pop his Wading boots and an old
macintosh for tweats gershs,
Pop SAYS.
III bet ten shekels that you'll be
needing them yourself within TWEEN
ty-four hours, Cousin BIN replied.
We are in for the biggest drought
we've seen III ten years. You 4 bet
Ter let your Zoo cut and turn the
ARK into a hsybaTn"
Put wheels on her and turn her
Into a sprInklns cart The dust Is
two feet deep around here. SAYS HI
ram the blacksmith
That made Pop kind ui sore he
cause he thought Hiram vas q friend
uf his on account OF giving him lots
rs I'D rrf-- 4
making hinges and ruddeT-irons and
the like He SAYS;
You Just wait till the water puts
Out your old forge and then youu
be Yelling TO come aboard
Then Ma says
Don't lose your temper, p, Like
Is not hes never had any use for
water in his life, judging from tle
color of his neck He'll die Of shock
# ne gets his feet we'll
A couple OF WelI-dressed fellow.
VINO pretended to be boat builders
from bheb, but / guess they we're re
porJeTG from town, came along about
= o'clock. and they suver Pop Tor
building barn with only one win
dow. SAYS one fellow
Is this a joke or Is this old eaza
lie starting an Animal Trust
Its q new kind of Bug House.
shouts the other lad aud then nc
had 2 regular nj Most died laugh
Tag ar his own joke The crowd kent
on calling the Ark that. all day at
tervard. Even Mr.. Uzas. from . HON
Pop groundrented The iand 10 build
on, sad II was q pretty good name
for it
All right. says Fop. when ! told
him about it. It's one comfort he
won't be round to collect the next
instailment Of rent. anyway. This
here food VII be the greatest wiper
out Of old debts. mo- cages, back
taxes and talags that ever happen
ed. and don { yen forget it,"
/ p. m.-Pop started 10 paint the
name on the stern. The crowd STAY
cd and never let up On him. He
SAYS
PERHAPS its mean 20 sntteh on
Your relations but if people we're
over r. for sudden drowning its
them CorrUption and violence Is
abroad in the land and vanity rccsts
right here in Rehobcth Center"
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