Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-07-25
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| lions you mad yesterday when you
stayed home from schoool?"
"Oh, well. that was a 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"
Il was" 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 il was going to be anything 1t
/ 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 festive?"
Well. it was like this" Bobby be-
gan. Nellie Foster she made fudge,
| and, OF course, | got some of it, IL
was swell. all right. only Billy didn't
| get big piece and he whispered that
| there was too much choc,lut in it, /
didn't say 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 III the yard | saw Jimmy. His
brothers got scarlet fever and he can't
come to school, but he waits for us
rellers 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 ILerrick when she was in my
room at school, but Jimmy likes her"
Was it good apple?"
No" said Bobby But wouldn't
let on that | was stung, so ate it,"
Did you 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 TO
plant peanuts and see how they grow.
Billy he planted some last year and
we watched for 'em to come up and
then long about July he remembered
they We're cooked"
Il thought Billy lived in a fiat"
He does, but he borrowed our yard
to plant the peanuts. You know that
big white house on the corner OF aunt
Mary's street,"
Yes"
We'll, who do you s'pose is going to
live there? Just Mamie Kelly" said
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 a woodshed
in her yard"
You were telling me what you did
Thursday"
oh, so | was. Well. then | got
some popcorn and we went home TO
lunch and | was awful hungry ate
lot and | took three bananas TO
school. SOS | wouldn't be hungry in
the afternoon. was going to give
one TO Billy and one to Nellie Foster.
but first thing | knew | ate them all
| was awful sorry had when Nellie
Foster gave me a big piece of choclut
cake after school Ii was some
quashed from her carrying it in a bag.
but il was awful good. | got her a
ice cream cone. but she didn't want it.
and | had to eat 'em both myself
! never seen-saw-a girl that didn't
ike ice cream before"
1T is rather unusual"
she felt awful bad about it: she
was afraid I'd be mad, specially be-
cause they was nickel ones. but |
| didn't care much. Mamie Kelly gave
me two big pickles. but the cones was
gone by that time, so she didn't get
any"
But you ate the pickles.
| Yep. | did" acknowledged Bobby
sheepishly. But | said Thanks just
| as Sam came along and she gave him
one. too. Then, of course. Sam he
gave us some choc'lut creams. Say
there's a place he knows about where
you can get lots of EN- for ten cents
| Gee, but they're SWELL"
Were they the best things you had
that day."
Il should say not" cried Bobby, with
enthusiasm. why. had three pieces
of strawberry shortcake for dinner"
Well. perhaps ii WIS the shortcake
that saved your life"
Mamma thinks il was the medi-
cine" said Bobby 4 certainly feel
fine now. If stay here I'll just get
weaker and weaker till can't get up,
so I'd like to go outdoors. There's a
ball game over in the big lot and I'm
TO pitch.
Are you sure you ought to go?"
oh. yes. can't see how it helps
any to keep a Teller in bed when he
gets sick like that without any reason.
Anyhow. there's Billy whistling for
me"
All right. laughed his father Go
ahead. but be careful not 10 eat any
trash today"
| Bobby paused q moment at the door.
Honest, papa. he said. seriously.
I'm awful careful what ! eat. and I