The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-02-17
!. DADDY'S :.
GOOD. NIGHT STORIES.
KATIE FIVE JOURNEY.
0ysFarsnsr Smith.

Farmer smith.
KATIE FLY's JOURNEY.
This is the story Ethel's father told
her last night:
You remember Katie Fly lived in q
big restaurant in New York. She and
her parents had a comfortable home "
a picture frame until It got q tip. and
then Katie fell out Of bed. and Mrs.
Fly said 1t was not safe to stay there
any more, 80 they moved to anotfeN
picture frame high up on the wall, and
there they lived In peace.
One morning iNys..sFly said to KANe:
yourself now, only do be careful what
you eat
".I know I shall have q lovely time.
said Katie. putting on her things. Z
Will not go outside the restaurant, ana
shall no eat anything except what you
nave shown me-
80 Katie started out to see all there
was to see in the restaurant. and. first
OF oil. she lit on a table, n there she
found a big bowl with q lot of littlA
white grains in 1t. looking 80 much Ike
sand that Katie thought she would.
walk around in 1t q bit. Then she
tasted It. and what do you think IL
WASP" asked Ethel's father.
Sugar" said Ethel.
That's right" said her father. ''Then;
slo eAW SOlAeShAHB OTOWn around tn0s
edges and white and soft in the middle.
She knew that was what she fell
on when h tumbled out Of bed ana
on to the fat mans baid head: from,
there h slid to, what ?"-
1T sounded Ill bread. Daddy" said
Right you are" aid er.father..
":My!' h said to herself. This Ii
. LOT. Of fun. I wonder what I ought to
do next?" As h said this she bumped
into q yellow looking thing which was
2 little black at one end and quite soft
and b ate quite a lot. What do you
think It was?"
"A banana" said Ethel.
These are all too easy said her ia,
ther. II will now give you a hard ono;
The mex thing Katie Fly looked at was
Q cute little pot with Q dainty wooden:
handle sticking out. She was afraid to-
try this. but in trying to get away sh64
got some on her hand and: tried tos-ltcH
It OF. an 1t burned her mouth SO sass,,
Mustard" said Ethel. and she was,.
quite right.
soNNv.
Daddy said Ethel one night. tell,
me about the little boy who lives 81
Miss Lucy's. near where the Lady Bug
had her bungalow"
Sonny lived on a large southern
plantation with his Uncle John and
Miss Lucy, his uncle and aunt. They
were the only relatives he had In tho
world, Uncle John was Miss Lucy'1
brother. sss
"Dinah wal the cook and she took
care of Sonny and used to tell hinA,S
s ssa. and 't .,Ss ssi RS S s'% 2 Han; s," ,s e
stead Of Sonny. Y
I'm the morning Dinah would como
In and wake Sonny up. Honey. de Sum
10 coming over the window sin and yoA
bes' get up before he gets higher than
dis pane O glass; she would say. Then
Sonny would get up to zoo which pane
that she was only trying TO get him on.
OF bed.
Every morning she used to mako
popovers for him. and they always
popped 80 high there was q great NJ:
hollow place in the middle.
Now, Honey she would ray every
morning. 'doan you e de Wind what
IL in dem popovers. Cause II you do
1t Is sure to make some trouble In your
stomach Then Sonny would laugh
and 60 carefully ar6tind' the hole In tho
popovers.
Some mornings she made him pam.
cakes. Desc 10 what you call Flap
Jacks she would say.
"One of her favorite pleasures was
making men out of pancakes and bring
ing them In to Sonny. Here 10 de man
begins wild de top o. his head an eats
clean down to his feets.' !,
Whenever Dinah made doughnutS'
she always told Sonny to q v the holes.
When you gets a hundred doughnut
holes on g. string I q you q choc0-
late cake
Now, chile. I wants you to take
care an keep all dem holes good what
comes from dem d0ughnuts, TO- if I sees
any toof marks in dem holes I doan
give you no cake
s Sonny had to be careful not to
make any holes In the round places in
the doughnuts. and sometimes hi got
g cake when he had saved up one hum.
dred holes and"-
But Ethel was fast asleep.
THE FROGS AND DR.. sEETLE.
"What became OF DR. Beetle 2" asked
little Ethel one night.
H is as lively as ever" saio her
father. Not long ago he got up q sere-.
made for the Lady Bug, and he asked
the Treetoads n the Frogs to help;
the Cr;ckets. Katy-dids and Locusts..
out Of cornstalks.
DIR. Beetle got every. . ready by
going around In his carriaYe. drawn by
h June Bugs.
The merry little brook was splash
ing along when the good old doctor
drove up to see Mr.. and Mrs. Frog.
How do you do this mornin4?s
asked the doctor Of the Frogs.
I've were never better In our Nves,s
said Mr.. Frog. What's on you mind?.
the Frogs laughed and the old Doctor
laughed, so his glasses fell Into tins
brook, and Mrs. Frog sent little :Yi0
Frog to get them.