The citizen., 1911-12-01
HIS Phenomenal GIRL
SHE UNDOUBTEDLY WAS ONE OF
THE SMARTEST EVER.
But Somehow the Father Failed Mis-.
erably in His Attempt to Convince
the Man With the Square
Jaw About Her.

"A man with Muttandieff face and
watery blue eyes boarded a car the
other morning along with tall man
with wide jaw and square-toed
shoes.
well, SIR said the man with the
Muttandieff face as soon as they were
seated, that little girl Of mine is Ger,
tainly the greatest"
For my part" interrupted the firm
jawed man, 81 think about half the
members of congress could be arrested
for taking money under false preten'
ses. They don't do lick of work
just show up often enough to draw
their pay. It's an outrage"
The man with the comic-picture
countenance looked puzzled.
Il guess you didn't quite under
stand me-" he said after brief pause.
Il 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 strong-faced pas
senger calmly.
"Er-yes," replied the man with the
watery blue eyes. We'll, this little
girl of mine is the brightest"
"On 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 if 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 at the old stand"
"WeM, 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
square -jawed man. a lot of people
quit eating buckwheat cakes when the
warm weather comes along, but l eat
'em well into the summer. I'm crazy
do you have at your house-the Oil
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-fashioned things.
Same way with maple sirup. 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 kid. It'd
be as thick as crude oil and with a
flavor that was absolutely the best
ever"
THAT so?" weakly inquired the IA.
ther of the extraordinary little girl.
"Uen, she looked at those cakes
solemnly for a minute. and then she
looked first at her mother and then at
me, and then she pointed at the cakes,
and"
Speaking of pointing, had point
er dog die on me a week before last
that I wouldn't have taken 5000 for.
Just got him last fall, and he was as
good a dog TO take hunting as I ever
saw. Just broke me all up when
found him dead"
But see here" said the man with
the weak eyes, 81 wasn't saying any
think about"
well. here's where I get Off" said
the larger man. "Glad to've seen
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, who thinks he
can bore me all the way downtown
with tales of the scintillating brill
lance of his offspring when 1 want to
look over my morning paper has got
to run up from behind when I'm not
looking and bind and gag me, and
even then he'd find me pretty hard to
handle"