The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-12
LITTLE Boobies PA.
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

IA was SICK III Deu yesterday, IL Is
the first time that have ever saw
Pa sick, a. Ma toald me that she
newer saw him sick eether. II wor-
ried Ma & me TO see Pa sick, beekaus
IL says In one OF the doctor books that
wen n big, strong man gifts sick he
goes fast & stays WHARF he goes.
/ The doctor was up to the house this
morning, a. after he had felt OF Pas
pulse & looked at Pas tongue, the
doctor shooEhis he'd. A vary seerius
| cold, The doctor sed. You must eet
kots o. lite food & keep plenty or
hevvy clothing oaver you. II man
| like you happened for TO catch the
pneu-mony, 1t would be a case OF call
ing in a lawyer to make yure will.
Then the doctor went out, shaking his
he'd all the way.
Oh, deer me, sed Pa, | am a sick
man. | doant know wether am going
to live a other day or not. Well, deer
wife, Pa sed. you was always a ray
OF sunshine TO me, & our littel Bobbie
is grand littel son. so Wen | go unto
that barn from witch no traveller re-
turns l will know that have not lived
in vain. Farewell. luved ones, sed
Pa, last, long farewell.
Jest a minnit, sed Ma, you amt go
ing to sneek away that fast. Let me
go out & git you jest one moar hot
water bottel beefoar you go. a. heer
| is sum quinine, Ma sed, & nice hot
wisky sling. A nice wat? sed- Pa.
nice wisky sling, sed Ma. Then Pa
sat up long enuff to git the sling, but
as soon as he had II he took the hot
water bag & put il on his head a.
began to groan sum moar. oh, deer,
sed Pa, am going, going. Wife, sed
Pa, have you got that littel picter that
you & me had took the first yeer We
was married, the time We was IN Pasy-
deeny, Californy? Bring IL to me, sed
Pa, that | may look onst moar at a
picter that shows us wen We was at
our happiest | am not long for this
earth. sed Pa e. beefoar / go | want
10 tell YOU how much approximate all
the luving acks witch you have did
for me. A man newer reelizes what u
crate thing a good & luving wife Is,
I Pa sed, until he Is dying. Oh, deer,
sed Pa, to think that the end shud
cum so soon Goodby, littel Bobbie,
sed Pa. Goodby. Pa, | sed.
Jest then. a other doctor CAIN in, d
he looked at Pa mlnnit & began
| for to laff My deer Madam, the doc
tor sed, thought that you sed ynre
husband was about to die. Well, sed
Ma. he seemed to be feeling kind OF
/ poorly, & | thought 1t wuddent be a
bad idee to send for sumbody that
knew all about how to handel vary
sick peepul. He seemed To rave a
good deal, the last hour or so. sed Ma.
oh. deer, sed Pa, IL is hard to part
with a luving wife & son wien wor-
ships the ground on wlch one walks
on. but on witch l shall newer walk on
aggenn. Let them rite on my toom-
stone He Done His Best, Altho 1t was
ent Much. Goodbye, sed Pa.
Now see here, sed the doctor, you
are talking like big baby. You
have a littel coald In the he'd, that's
all. a. you are curling up & quitting
like a dog. Remember, the doctor
toald Pa, have often met you cut In
publick places q heard you tell what
game guy you always was no matter
what the danger was that confronted
VII All YOU need Is change, the
doctor sed. Say one wisky sling every
| hour
I will be glad to give him what you
perskribe. doctor, sed Ma, but that
wuddent be any change. How about
sum nice hot lemmunade? / think
that wud be eeven better, sed the doc
tor. oh, deer. sed Pa, / guess | Will
git up & go to work. a. he did, d ne
is all rite now.