Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-06
IT MADE A
DIFFERENCE

NO. why?"
ooh, just because the contents OF
the flower beds have been scratched
out, ali over the walks. That's WHY!
"Wen, good gracious! I hope you
don't think for minute that did 1t.
guess If you had supper to get and
hat to trim and dress to turn you
would realize that you had something
else to do than scratch out flower
beds, or to watch them, either, for
that matter. +"
"No one has accused you Of doing 1t,
has there?"
swell, from the way you began the
very moment you got in the house,
one would think"
II don't suppose you realize that 1
spent s5 cents for the flower seed to
go in those gardens, and now I'll bet
there isn't seed in one Of them"
well"
eff the copfounded hens would only
put the gardens back after they have
taken them out and scratched them 1t
would not be SO bad, but they scatter
them all over the yard and then fly
over the fence and leave them scat
tered
Il am sorry, but can't help it."
well. can help 1t, and i am go
tng to help it, tool"
Now, don't do anything you will be
sorry for"
Then let those confounded chick
ems stop doing things that am sorry
fort I'll bet that If ever buy an
other home will be mighty careful
to find out who owns the houses each
side Of It, and If there are any boys
on either side It'll be mix on the buy
for mel"
Fred is good little fellow"
Eyes, he's an angeli When we tried
TO keep chickens he got a pet coon
that got into our chicken house and
reduced 50 worth of chickens to feath-
ers, and 1 grinned like an idiot and
told his mother that boys must have
pets. Didn't II"
YES"
.And when he batted ball through
our front window wouldn't even per-
INIT his folks to pay for the damage,
would II"
Moo"
"And since have given UP chickens
and have gone to the expense Of put
ting outside blinds on the house and
spelling the look Of"
~The outside blinds were not neces-
sary and"
NOW that have gone to the e1-
pense S making flower garden,
nothing satisfies Mr.. Fred but to get
a lot Of chickens!"
"Boys must have pets"
"Cf course they must; but could he
mot have got some bufY cochins or
partridge cochins or some breed OF
chicken with too much weight and
dignity to fly over fences But no!
Nothing would suit him but to get a
dock OF measly bantams that are all
wings and machinery and can fly Like
aeroplsnes!"
well. r'Tl see Il something cannot
be done about It In day or two. i
hoa't like to make any trouble while
he is sick"
"6iCllr'
Yes, sick" !.
~Whlo said hs was Eck?'
"His mother told me. And the doc.
kof has been there twioe today"
what ails him?"
"Messles."
.Hurapa. A hid doesn't get very
nach with the measles. does her
~souletimeas
"T guess that's right read in to-
days paper where baby died from
an attack Of measles"
"yred's mother said his fever was
mp TO ao4."
'pehawi That's too bad. Run over,
hear. snd see how he is, won't you?"
"Why don't you go2 I've got to
nnish getting supper"
Jaw, q man is too clumsy to be
around a sick room. Have you got
amy Of those ounce preserves left?"
"a jr or two; whye"
'Tahs 'em over. remember when
4 was kid and getting over the diph-
iberia, the first thing mother let me
have =, eat when ] began to get well
was some ounce preserves. You'll
never know how good those preserves
kastsd 30 me. don't believe ever
ehal forget them"
well, I'll run over for 9 minute.
Eou 90 and turn down the burner un-
Hsr the potatoes"
"And. dear"
''Yea7"
Tell him I'll take care Of his chick
Ems till he gets we'll"
"An right"
"And tell him I'll make him a kite
while he is laid up. There used to be
an old sailor ii our neighborhood
when was kid and"
~All right"
~And tell him that I'll come over
and tell him some stories as soon as
he's better"
Good graciousl ~
"And tell him I'm going to bring
MIN some sort of toy from the 10
cant store every night, and he has got
10 try each day to guess what it is
'lGoing to be-"
Hell be glad. Shall say q word
Iny two about the garden?"
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