The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-10
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gHan lmpatfentiy. Il feel fine now" he
said 4 guess I'll go out for awhile
His father shook bis head. Hold
on a minute" he commanded. Where
are all those perfectly terrible sensa,
lions you had yesterday when you.
stayed home from schoool?"
oh, well, that was whole day and
a night ago." protested Bobby. "A Teller
could get well Of most anything In
that time
Especially as this is Saturday aft.
ernoon," said his father. thoughtfully
You considered yourself pretty sick
boy yesterday"
I vas" said Bobby. Gee, felt
something fierce! never felt worse
In my life"
Then don't you think you ought
to be very careful today
If 1t was going to be anything ii
would have gone and done It by now"
said Bobby. Besides. feel swell. /
wouldn't a laid down here, only
mamma said had to. wish | knew
what did It,"
What did you do on Thursday that
was particularly festiye?'
We'll. II was like this" Bobby be-
gan. Nellie Foster she made fudge,
and. of course. got some of 1t. It
was swell, all right, only Billy didn't
get big piece and he whispered that
there was too much choc'lut In 1t. /
didn't say a word. but teacher she
heard somebody whisper and she said
for me to go out of the room and wait
downstairs for her.
Il said | didn't whisper, and she
said: What makes you always take
that attitude, Robert?'
Il said | wasn't taking any attitude
all had was fudge.
Then she got mad and sent me
home, because she said | was imper.
tinent
out In the yard | saw Jimmy. His
brothers got scarlet fever and he can't
come to school, but he waits for us
fellers outside He had an apple and
he gave 1t to me SOS I'd tell him some
thing Susie Herrick said | had enough
OF Susie Herrick when she was In my
room at school, but Jimmy likes her"
Was 1t good npple?'
No" said Bobby. But / wouldn't
let on that | was stung, SO | ate 1t. Z
did yon go home them"
Sure not acknowledged Bobby
There wasn't any hurry. Me and
Jimmy went over to the park and got
some peanuts for the squirrels. We
couldn't find any squirrels, so we ate
the peanuts ourselves. I'm going tc
( plant peanuts and see how they grow
Billy he planted some last year and
we watched for EN- to come up and
then long about July he remembered
they were cooked"
Il thought Billy lived In q fiat"
He does, but he borrowed our yarc
to plant the peanuts. You know thai
big white house on the corner of aun
Mary's street,"
| Yes"
| We'll. who do you s'pose is going Il
live there? Just Mamie kellyt' sale
Bobby, triumphantly. Il most fell
over when she told me. Gee, she'll be
more conceited than ever when she's
got three lilac bushes and woodshet
In her yard"
You were telling me what you did
Thursday"
| oh, so was. Well, then go
some popcorn and we went home /,
lunch and | was awful hungry. at,
a lot and [ took three bananas tt
school, SOS wouldn't be hungry II
the afternoon. | was going to Civ,
one to Billy and one to Nellie Foster
but first thing knew | ate them all
was awful sorry had when Nelli,
Foster gave me big piece of choc1u
cake after school II was som,
quashed from her carrying 1t in bag
but 1t was awful good 4 got her
Ice cream cone, but she didn't want II
and ! had to eat EN- both myself.
never seen--saw--a girl that didn'
like Ice cream before"
1T is rather unusual"
She felt awful bad about It: sh,
was afraid Id be mad. specially be
cause they was nickel ones, but
didn't care much Mamie Kelly CAV
me two big pickles. but the cones wa
gone by that time, so she didn't re
any"
But you ate the pickles.
Yep. | did" acknowledged Bobby
sheepishly. but said Thanks ju
as Sam came along, and she gave hin
one, too Then, Of course, Sam h
gave us some choc'lnt creams. Say
there's place he knows about wher
you can get lots of EN- for ten cents
Gee, but they're SWELL"
Were they the best things you ha,
that day."
Il should say mott" cried Bobby, witt
enthusiasm. Why. had three piece
OF strawberry shortcake for dinner"
We'll. perhaps 1t was the shortcak
that saved your life"
Mamma thinks It was the med
cine" said Bobby. Il certainly fee
fine now. If stay here I'll Just &c
weaker and weaker till can't get ur
so I'd like to go outdoors. There's
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