Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-03

EEJ8vl pected to be better than other
yezszY boys, for sometimes when l say
good gracious!" or ''by hokey" some ilttie
girl that happens to hear me will hold up
her hands and exclaim:
"Oh! did you hear that? And hes the
minister's son, too!
| was not allowed to whistle on Sunday
and couldn't even get to talk as much as
/ wanted to on that day. i had to go TO
church regular as cockwork, and SIT w
Straightforward lie down on my mother
knee like some other boys, and l couidn :
put my feet up on the seat, nor twist around
very much when / got tired =,
And it goes pretty hard with boy to sit
still that way when he's been running and
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Mother used to tell me that l ought to get
interested in the sermon, and listen to all
that was said. But L couldn't.
| think | would have got more interested
if it had been some other man than my tatner
that was preaching, for he's got kind OF
sing-song way.
/ heard mother tell him that once, but they
didn't know | was around at the tune. lye
heard father preach so much that can
listen as well as l ought to. I'm sure I
could bear it better if | could get rest OF
about four Sundays; but to be compelled to
90 to church every Sunday and listen to the
same preacher all the time sort OF worries
me. :.
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came somebody put up flaming posters show
ing horses going full-tilt, and men and women
riding on them standing up.
dops didn't see how treJ sSih ia rde John
Thompson's horse-sitting close to the back %
and holding tight with my hands and my legs
and | was awfully afraid the horse would
throw me off l thought I'd have to go TO
could ride standing up on their feet. feet a SO
Jim Payson said it could be done, and II
/ had mind to go and see it, he'd help me
along all he could. He said this while we
were looking at the man put up the bills,
OF course, Jim Payson knew my father
would never give his consent for me to go to
the circus, but he said he could arrange that.
He bought ticket fol. me, and he, said he
would get some other boys to stand around
and hide me in the circus from any one who
might know me-
hard with me, for l had never been used to
telling lies. L got a good boy named John
Taylor to 60 and ask my mother if mightn't
go over and stay. all night with him
to play with, He, didn't do anything bad
and studied his lessons frstrate.
John didn't know was going to. act so
very bad, and he asked mother to let me, go
over and stay. all night with him. She asked
father about it and they said | could go. ..
l tell you L felt pretty mean when L said
goodnight to them before starting and when
they told me to be a good boy. ! went over
to Mr.. Taylor's, and John was waiting for me
at the gate. Then 1 pretended that l had
changed my mind, and told John / guessed
/ would go home again John insisted on my
staying, and said we would have 3, splendid
and John nor nobody else could have coaxed
me to stay. ran around the corner and
there found Jim Payson waiting for me.
We started off Immediately for the circus,
and jim gathered up some other bad boys
TO 20 along with us, and stand around so as
to hide me. / didn't feel very much pleased
with the company had, and ! began to feel
out where had gone.
This troubled me more than anything else.
But when got inside. of the great tent, and
saw Che great crowd of people, and. the lights
left me, and l laughed and clapped my hands
like as If had been an old crcusgoer:
/ though it was delightful place. l thought
/ would like to go to circus every night or,