The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-26
WANTED THE FACTS
LITTLE JOHNNIE ALTOGETHER
TOO PERSISTENT.
Papa Got Into Very Deep Water When
he Endeavcred to Explain About
Hercules and His Wonder.
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Johnnie, looking up from his book and
disturbing the after-dinner reading cir
Gle composed of himself. his father
and his mother.
Ills father laid down the newspaper
with a gratified smile. Hercules,
Johnnie" he explained, graciously,
was very strong man who lived
long time ago and did a number OF
very wonderful things. He was the
strongest man in the world"
Johnnie gave his attention to his
book again and his father resumed
his analysis OF the stock market. But
not for long.
How strong was Hercules, pa?" de-
manded Johnnie IT says here he
killed d bull with his hands,.
II believe he did" admitted his "a
Their.
Say. pa. could Hercules throw
Frank Gotch?n queriea the student
His father frowned slightly. II sup.
pose he could he said, sbut we have
no means Of knowing in these days
Gotch Is a wonderful man. Of course.
as wrestler"
II wish you wouldn't direct John.
MES mind to those awful prize fight.
ers and wrestlers and such persons. !"
interrupted Johnnie's mother.
Wei, the child asked me a ques-
ton, didn't he?" protested his father.
4 don't see any harm In answering 1t.
Anyhow, the prowess of our modern
wrestlers and other strong men prob,
ably is as fit subject for discussion
as Is that Of Hercules and Samson and
those old chaps"
Hercules was mythical charac-
ter insisted Johnnie's mother, stern.
W That makes 1t different"
Silence followed for few minutes
while Johnnie's mother followed tho
fortunes Of Lady Gwendolyn, and his
father tried to figure out why g o b
stock had lost two points Then John.
ME returned to the attack.
Say, pa, what's a miscal charac-
ter?a he asked.
What's a what?" asked his father,
What ma said Hercules was"
Why, a mythical character. John
ME" began his father, rs one that
never existed, A myth Is d fancy-a
sort Of legend or story, you under
stand And a mythical character Is a
person that Is told about in such a
story"
lie returned to his paper with a
pleasing sense of duty we'll performed.
but Johnnie was far from being ready
to quit.
Well, II Hercules was a mythical
character, then" he said, there never
was Hercules, was there?"
Well, no" Johnnie's father grudg.
ingly admitted. Hercules is sort
of myth or fairy character"
Then, If there never was any Her
cules, he didn't kill any bull with his
own hands. did hep
No, no, it's just story" explained
his father, shortly, turning his news
paper over and trying to find some.
thing interesting.
But you told me he could throw
Frank Gotch," he persisted, "Ifthere
never was any Hercules. how could he
throw Gotch?"
"There!" intertected Johnnie's moth
err, laying her book down. W "You see
the trend of the child's mind since you
introduced your friend Mr.. Gotch into
his studies!"
Johnnie's father found the interest.
Ing article he was looking for and
buried his nose In 1t for few sec.
onds. Then his son and heir fred
another shot.
SAY. pa, II there wasn't any Her.
cules then all this about him killing
the bull isn't true, is It'll"
mo-" admitted his father, Grossly.
We'll, what did You tell me that
stuff about Gotch for7" demanded
Johnnie. is Gotch a myth, too?"
Here Johnnie's father ended the dis.
cussion, sao
l Young man." he ordered, you 90
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