Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-30
PAPA's STORY.
Mis- Attempt to Tell lt While Trying 70
Put Robert Asleep.

Mis- Attempt to Tell it While Trying to
Put Robert Asleep.
.Papa!' s53
Well z,
Tell me a story. H
81 ..I'll tell you just one if you will
promise to go to sleep
Ny pajamas don't feel good. 3
Don't think about them. I'll tell
You d story, but one will be ALL
Mr.. Todd sat beside the bed and be-
gan: Ss
Once there was a little poy
What's his name Y,
r forget $
Didn't he have any name n
Yes, to be sure he had Don't inter-
rupt me, Robert. = a vi 1871
Then what was it o.
ny, his name was Ibis name was
julius
'Julia'sSa girls name.
This boys name was Julius, not
Julia He was named for julius Gaze
sar.',, Y 81. "A III So
know something about julius
Caesar, Robert exclaimed, sitting up
suddenly and quoting: 5
Julius Caesar AS
Was a wise old geezer, $
But he froze OFF his feet "A
| In ice cream freezer :,
Where did you ever hear such a
thing as that?"
Alfred Potts told it to me. = e.
/ We'll, don't you ever let me hear
| you use that word 9geezer' again. Now
go to sleep"
But you didn't tell me tile story
All right. This isn't about julius
Caesar at all. Julius Caesar was a
king, and he died a long time ago
hen he froze his feet off, papa ~
He didn't freeze his feet. That is
| q piece Of Stiffness Alfred Potts told
you. :. ..5 sss *
What is piece Of Stiffness, papa 2"
Don't ask me such foolish questions.
Settle down and go to sleep or I'll go
i back downstairs and leave you alone .
Papa. my pajamas don't feel good. !"
told you not to think about them.
! Now, listen and 1'll tell you about this
little boy. He went out one day and
saw Il. Il
Was his name Julius r.
Yes, yesw Mr.. Todd answered. Ellis
name was Julius, and he
Did be die a long time ago?'
70. Julius Caesar died long time
ago. This boy didn't. s .f1a
i %ssssWhere does he live now r. {
81 II don't know. Be STILL
How'd you know what's his name,
then st \ q
ssWell, he lives he lives In town
! somewhere. And one day he went out
and saw d tree that was simply full of
birds The birds
hat did the birds do ~
'sThe birds sang, Of course"
What did they sing? ....5s
"They sang songs. Now, lie you want
i me to tell you this story you Will have
to be quiet So this boy looked up al
4 the birds and -
y BAHAMAS don't feel good
They never will feel good if you
don't stop thinking about them. So
this boy looked up at the birds, and
] he was bad boyand he thought II
would be smart to throw a stone at
4 them"
s'Did he Woe 4 ''is sss:.t i,
Yes, he threw stone at the poor
little birds. ''s n 5
IA "And what did the stone do?'
ut made the birds fly. And them
! "Papa." MI ys. !. ,..sz
4 ''Well?" '2 ~ 80, ). !, j..
"What did the fly do -
"What typ SIS: s.
The fly it made the birds into
Robert Gallahue Todd, I am going
downstairs, and if you are not asleep
IN two minutes / shall punish your
1 Mr.. Todd strobe from the room, and
at the stairs he halted at the sight Of
a woman sitting on the top step with
her face in her hands and her shout
ders and sides shaking. It was his
wife Wilbur Nesbit in Success Mag
azine. .;.s. f
/ Some Famous "Dunees.s
Nathaniel Hawthorne was the Ounce
LOT his class. Walter Scott was told by
i his nTofeSSor that no rrya q a ,5v,noa pnft,