Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-31

wished to be something different from what you were
horn of the pointed due nor r-%est at II
noon; SO here you are, and you're it! Now what
In lightning fash Jamie recolected his words Just
before the whirlwind had snatched him!
II wished l mani Oh, crickety!
And you are man aren't yOqn encouraged his
be EeerfuI or you'll get ike ali the rest tTyn to do
things that you quit doin' of your own accord"
inc NOTES w nSr and sues and sensations
ally How rough and stiff his face was! What big
ieg He had aeft on ons trousers Yes he was
Dear, dear. who would have dreamed it!
the other Folks have got what they wanted, and now
Std OF bein satisfied they re hankerin to change back
again Look at that hat pey , n w k yop JGf
now he's found he'd ruther fy than swim, after, all.
Keeps o 6a m h into the oe4s ali go out
land when 1 didn't see EN- and died
q suppose then that bird We have in the cage was
a FISH once hazarded Jamie, whose clothes were
Certan, answered the man. wished he was bird
and got to be bird, and insists bein' fish,
because bein' bird amt the fun he thought it'd be
He'll drown reckon, spite OF all we can do ouch
"Dd-did yom come here on a wish? inquired jamie
Yes, I did," answered the man. frankly. ITS this
way was all the time havin get shaved trimmed
Just when was bother and one day my wife says
bein'expecously busy, says. says l. Hang my hair!
wish it was in Jericho land guess that's where 1t
Didn't You ever find out?" queried Jamie
How? When I'm here, and it's there" replied
Probably it's waiting for you tied up in package
the post-offce' volunteered Jamie oo-,u
chances are it hasn't any return address on it How
ever, nobody else can use IT. It wont Mt III very
the 6sx d see any he aded yet 9 my needing
No, 1 don't" confessed Jamie. sorry as he was
The man surveyed himself. according to his Gus
the
I'D give the world and ali if you could" he sighed
shears 9a se in y Ras and nSa5' be
keerfu not to sit on emu all ready. There was a
on as ong as he lasted But he pned to be coal
miner again, and he kept burrowin in holes until one
cayed in on him. and he never dug out"
Dear me- he remarked peering at Jamie You're
needs needs trim INN What luck p
So that why his cheeks and chin felt SO rough
and pricklyl Jamie understood: OF course; he was
man, and his beard was growing. That thing which
sd he's We and welt MS upper lip was his
With another peep into the glass, and with reaec-
tive passage of his hand his smooth crown, the
of equality, walking by his side.
daisies such as had met James eyes when he first
rived. But now, close inspection. he discovered
and rain had beaten them fat Mindful of the work
that he and his mother had been accustomed to do in
and raised one of the sunfowers, upright
To- his establishment, it seemed to resist his effort
with all its stalk
Let me go-you horrid thing, you !" it said, Grossly
How dare you anyway"
al only meant help you. protested Jamie. ag-
grieved. Don't you to stand up straight? ?"
"Na-a-a-awP'~ snarled the sunhower DO you
s'pose like be stuck high in the air, where every
body and what do, and can't
have any privacy Let go, will you"
Jamie obedenty "let go" and the sunfower Topped
down if its stalk steel spring, and nuzzled
Shame on youi You're the neanest yet rebued
the hairless man why didn't you stay a violet,
tfer std of wishin' to be a sunhower?"
81 thought that being sunfower would be nicer"
walled the big blossom
But gettin' down there like great BOBBY won't
make you violet again, declared the hairless man
"And sornebodyn step you. tool"
81 don't / want to be violet again, like I
in the first place" quavered the sunhower
The pestiferous critter muttered the hairless man.
as he and Jamie proceeded $50 onreasonablep
It struck Jamie that the hairless himself was
proven by his actions to be just unreasonable
the other inhabitants of this queer country of dis
content, but he prudenty held his tongue
"Here that tiresome elephant She is the
worstp growed the hairless man.
A fearsome trrrnpeting rent the air, and rapidly
shufied toward them elephant well nigh large
as haystack.
you needn't be scarf" said the hairless man. reas-
suringly, to Jamie. "She amt dangerous-'cept to
ones temper. Whoa-oa-a What's wrong now,
Sarah?"
The elephant stopped just front of Them her sides
heaving and her trunk ,waying excitedly.