The Detroit times., 1911-01-12
LITTLE Boobies PA
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

Pa was sick In bed yesterday, 1t is
the first time that | have ever saw
Pa sick, & 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 big, strong man gifts sick he
goes fast 4 stays WHARF he goes.
The doctor was up to the house this
morning, & after he had felt of Pa 5
pulse & looked at Pas tongue, the
doctor shook his he'd. A vary seerius
cold, the doctor sed. You must eet
| lots OF lite food a. keep plenty or
hevvy clothing oaver you. II man
like you happened for to catch the
pneu-mony. it would be 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 sick
Pman. | 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 a grand littel son, so Wen l go unto
that barn from wich no traveller re
turns | will know that have not lived
in vain. Farewell. luved ones, sed
Pa. a last, long farewell.
Jest a minnit, sed Ma, you amt 60
| ing to sneek away that fast Let me
/ go out & git you Jest one moar hot
water bottel beefoar you go. &c heei
Is sum quinine, Ma sed. & nice hot
wisky sling. A nice wat? sedi Pa. A
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 &
began to groan sum moar. Oh, deer
sed Pa, | am going. going. Wife. sed
Pa. have you got that littel picter that
YOU q me had took the first yeer We
was married, the time we was in Pasy
deeny, Californy? Bring 1t to me, sed
tPa, that / may look onst moar at
picter that shows US wen we was al
our happiest. | am not long for this
earth, sed Pa & beefoar | go / want
to tell you how much | approximate al
the luving acks witch you have did
for me. A man newer reellzes what a
crate thing a good & luving wife Is
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, I sed.
Jest then a other doctor CAIN In, &
he looked at Pa a mlnnit & began
for to laff. My deer Madam. the doc
tor sed, / thought that you sed yure
husband was about TO die. Well, SCI
Ma, he seemed to be feeling kind Of
poorly, & thought 1t wuddent be 9
bad idee to send for sumbody thai
knew all about how to handel vary
| eich neepul He seemed to rave 9
good deal, the last hour or 80, sed Ma
| oh, deer, sed Pa, II IL hard to part
with a luving wife & son wich wor
| ships the ground on wlch one walks
on. but on witch | shall newer walk or
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 a big baby. You
have a littel coald in the he'd, that's
all & you are curling up e. quitting
like a dog. Remember. the doctor
toald Pa, I have often met you cut In
publick places & heard you tell what
game guy you always was no matter
| what the danger was that confronted
WI. All you need is a change, the
doctor sed. Say one wisky sling every
hour.
will be glad to give him what you
perskribe, doctor, sed Ma, but thai
wuddent be any change. How about
sum nice hot lemmuDade? | think
that wud be eeven better. sed the doc
tor oh. deer, sed Pa, guess | Will
git up & go to work. q he did, & he
! IL all rite now.