Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-02

he is and that when he sets his head that the
play must go a certain way; 1t must be tnat
way. The grown people around here are NOT
as considerate they might be. Johnny Is
such an individual character, nobody seems 10
understand him in the least except MS OWL
mother and father. Charles says he's sure
20 be an investor or explorer one, but I'm
equally sure Il will be both, for there's no
such thing as tying our Johnny down TO any
one occupation one line Of thought even
now, so what may we expect when his genius
has had time TO develop. The neighbors don
understand the needs of growing boy Wild
an expanding intellect. and are right annoying
with their protests some times. Why, Miss
Prim got so mad she doesn't speak TO me III!
this day, Just because oJhnny turned the ny
drAnt onto her hall floor and the water mao
poured into a big stream for nearly an nour
before she found IL out as she happened 10
he over TO neighbours at the time Inc l1es
of her going off visiting that way and leaving
10 have hydrant! If it had been at the
edge Of the book porch, like mine, al thoso
costly rugs would not have been ruined.
But the strongest trait about Johnny, anu
strange 10 saw the one that gets him into most
trouble is his sympathetic disposition M Mss
Brown read very touching little story on Inc
Captured Bird to the children In her cIass' -
so wrought upon the feelings OF Johnny mat
he went ont on a liberating expedition that
very afternoon and turned loose every cahaly;
chicken and turkey to be foung lLnp aIt.rS
anywhere 1t was just before THANKSGIVING,
and. OF course, everybody had their chickeps
and turkeys In coops, fattened for the hollGays.
II was perfectly outrageous. the storm OF aouse
that child got. Some of the turkeys were re-
captured but most of them, having been re-
Gently brought in from the country got away
and were never heard Of again.
Mrs. Swelldom had invited the mayor r
ily TO dinner, and Mrs. Jones was 10 nave
DISTINGUISHED guest from up north somewhere,
and, my! ] never people 30 upset IN ny
life You ought to have heard the horrid tnlnss
they said about that dear tender-hearted child.
And as for Miss Lonely Maid-why, there was
no such thing as consoling her for the loss OF
her canary Amy Bushs horrid old BLACK cat
caught it and she even tried TO Jay sna On
Johnny When everybody knows that II Amy
had kept her cat at home, where she belonged,
the bird could easily have been caught ana
returned 10 it's cage. Well, l was so gao
we were going away to spend the nolidays; OF
could never have lived through the racket.
Why IL l had complied with the fltteen OF
twenty verbal and written demands (demah1k'
now, mind you, not requests) that Johnny pe
unished there wouldn't have been piece OF
the poor child left Some people are so hard-
hearted they just can't understand ana ap.
preciate a sympathetic nature in children. But
there the SUMS nearly down, and l must get
home in time to feed the chickens l don't
know when / have enjoyed an afternoon 80
much It's seldom we meet with one VINO mas
a real gift for entertaining, and I'm quite
sure / should never tire OF your society.
'-And did Johnny have the lock-JawF IN
ouired the first time mind you. the first time)
l was treated TO this reminiscent meoley on
Johnny She was fastening the front gate, ano
I had NOT had an opportunity TO speak before.
1.-THE lock-jaw? Oh, j forgot. MOO ne
didn't have II that time, but Jane Palmer salo
IL the nail had gone just half an incn deeper;
and n l hadn't smoked his foot with sugar ano
turpentine on old rags, there's no telling what
might have happened"
The husband OF The Woman Who Never stops
Talking had a spell OF fever last summer,
which left him partially deaf but none OF US
blame him in the least We feel that under
~tsa KIZANNA.