Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-07-11

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Alfred don't forget your rubbers.
BE careful. Alfred"
There. there my boy, that1l do,n
Come now. Alfred, let me wash
your hands!"
Don't run so fast Alfred vo,,,
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Prenez garde, Alfredi" --4 -
On, Alfred! What boy!.
Early and late this everlasting CRY
OF Aired" Father fused. mother
called. and Mademoiseile never gave
YIN one moments peace.
Fathers business was chiefly cut.
ing coupons, and the rest of his
spare time he devoted to the anxious
supervision OF his only sons educa.
uon. He was mothers idol and chief
care; and. furthermore, there was
Mademoiselle. whose sole purpose in
NE was to see that no harm came to
that precious child.
All this bored Alfred.
One day down in the smoking-roon
ne heard his father say to Mr.. Lang.
don. Yes, I'm devoting myself en-.
tirely to my boys education.
It reminded him of the time when
ne heard the cook say she was going
to devote herself entirely to the mice
in the pantry" Shed get rid of them
or shed know the reason why!" The
mice didn't I've through the seige.
But there could be no better testi-
monial to Alfred's general robustness
that the fact that he pulled through.
in spite of all this devotion.
lncessant as the waves that Ian
the strand. these perpetual "Oh, Al
freds' beat upon his baby ears, and
they made just about as much i'm.
preston as the waves usually make
on good firm rock.
Alfred knew, of course, that his
father was a brick, and his mother
was a darling, and that Mademoiselle
could be nice when she chose, and
he was sure he ought to be very glad
indeed to have some one wash his
hands and keep his clothes tidy, and
make him take matted milk, and not
let him tumble down,-and of course
ne knew that little boys had to mind
but somehow this eternal cry of
Alfred" got to be such nuisance
that he had to pretend to be deaf in
self-defense
The only quiet time in the day
was when Alfred went to bed, but
that was only a lull before the storm
for the moment he opened his mis-
chievous eyes in the morning, the
everlasting chorus began again.
They never gave him a minutes rest.
You see, they were trying to make
model child of him, and he was
anything but model boy, the little
rascal, with his high spirits, his
quick temper, and his love of fun.
Just before his sixth birthday came
the great change. Not that Alfred pc
came model boy, but that his father
and mother became model parents
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Even the best natured boy in the
world can come to the end of his pa.
tience, and Alfred was hardly that
He had pulled through long, nard
case of the measles, and as soon as
he was up again, the eternal molly.
coddling started In OF course he
knew they only did 1t for his good
sut it got on his nerves He'd heard
hat phrase from his mother, and he
Knew what it meant.
The poor little rascal sat disconso
lately by the window playing with
his tin soldiers, or pretending to-
for he really was watching the boys
who lived in the corner grocery, Gee.
How they splashed through the mud!
And not one of them had rubbers on
either! And their hands were so fine
and dirty! and their faces, tool He
bet they didn't have to come in and
drink matted milk! My! but they
must be having fun! Almost as good
as running away and being pirate!
But the best Of all must be to be an
orphan!
This thought took his breath away
at first-he hardly dared to think Of
such Joy. But the iiea grew OF
him. Oh, yes,-it was pretty good Il
have mother pick you up and cuddls
you. and tell you storiest--and father
certainly did bring home splendid
toys and all-but Gee!-what fun 4
must be to play marbles on the side
walk. He'd have given his best rock
ing horse for that. And what's the
use of putting on white sailor suit
all the time. They just seem to gel
dirty by themselves; and You cam
get down and wiggle round on the
ground two minutes to build house
or anything, without being all In
muss.
Jimmy and Johnnie at the grocer,
never had to wear such horrid white
things. II you start in good and dirty
it doesn't matter bit how mucf
dirtier you get Now. for instance
when you want to catch a June bus
and you see 1t sitting up In tree
you have to shake the tree good and
hard to get II down, don'te you? Ant