Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-27
HIS PHENOMENAL GIRL
sHE UNDOUBTEDLY WAC ONE or
THE sMARTEsr EVER.
But Somehow the Father Failed Mis-
erahty In His Attempt to Convince
the Man With the Square
Jaw About Her.

IA man with a Muttandjeff face and
watery blue eyes boarded a car the
other morning along with a tall man
with a wide jaw and s~quare-toed
shoes.
well. sir" said the man with the
Muttandjen lace as soon as they were
seated. that little girl OF mine is cer-
tainiy the greatest3
For my part" interrupted the firm
jawed man, Il think about half the
members of congress could be arrested
for taking money under false preten-
SEES. They don't do a lick OF work
just show up often enough to draw
their pay. Its an outrage"
The man with the comic-picture
eonntenanee looked puzzled.
II guess you didn't quite Under
stand me- he said after q brief pause.
II was going to tell you a funny thing
that little girl OF mine said this"
Blamed If there amt another tree
that was blown over In the last big
Storm remarked the strongsfaced pas
senger calmly.
"Ersyes," replied the mar with the
watery blue eyes. well. this little
girl Of mine 10 the brightest"
ION thing about that recent tariff
session of congress" cut in the other
man, ''that pleased me is the fact that
business kept going right ahead just
as IL nothing out OF the ordinary was
happening. They can muss around
with the tariff all they've a mind to
down at Washington, but people seem
to be going right ahead turning out
finished products and disposing of
them 1t the old stand"
"Well, when she came down to the
breakfast table this morning. pursued
the parent OF the phenomenal young
one, 'she looked at the buckwheat
cakes on the table and"
Say, now you're talking said the
squaresjawed man. "a lot Of people
quit eating buckwheat cakes when the
warm weather comes along, but / eat
'em we'll into the summer. I'm RAJ
about buckwheat cakes. What kind
do you have at your house-the old
fashioned buckwheat or the new-fan-
gled ~self-raising kind?"
"Wh-uh-er, I don't know what kind
my wife usually buys. anyhow, as soon
as my little girl saw the buckwheat
cakes She"
Pretty hard to get anything as
good as the old-fashicned things.
Same way with maple strip. The kind
they have in the groceries may be on
the level and all that. but give me the
sort my uncle used to bring in to US
from his farm when I was u kid. It'd
be as thick as crude oil and with q
favor that was absolutely the best
ever
THAT so?" weakly inquired the fa-
Their OF the extraordinary little girl.
We'll, she looked at those cakes
solemniy for q minute. and then ahe
looked first at her mother and then at
me. and then she pointed at the cakes,
and
Speaking OF pointing, I had a point
err dog die on me o week before last
that | wouldn't have taken $500 for.
Just got him last fall, and he was SIS
good q dog to. take hunting as | ever
saw. Just broke me all up when |
found him dead
sBut Q here" said the man with
the weak eyes, Il wasn't saying any
think about
sWell, here's where I get off, said
the larger man. aGiad to'ye seer
you. Take care Of yourself" And he
hurried to the front end OF the car to
alight.
ANY man." he growled, as he walk
ed across the street, ''wha thinks he
can bore mo all the way downtown
with tales OF the sc~intiilating brill
lance of his offspring when / want to-
look over my morning paper has got
TO run up from behind when I'm not
looking and bind and gag ms, and
sven then he'd find me pretty hard to.
handle"