Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-05-31
1T MADE A
DIFFERENCE

the mower beds have been scratched
out. ali over the walks. That's why!"
Well. good gracious! hope you
don't think for minute that did 1t.
| guess II you had supper to get and
hat to trim and dress to turn you
worid realize that you had something
else to DO than scratch out flower
beds, or TO watch them. either, for
that matter. L"
mo one has accused you of doing II.
has there?"
We'll, from the way you began the
very moment you got in the house,
one would think"
Il don't suppose you realize that
spent 50 cents for the flower seed to
go in those gardens, and now III bet
there isn't seed IN one OF them"
well"
III the confounded 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"
i am sorry. but I can't help It,"
Well, 1 can help Il. and am go
ing to help It. too"
Now. don't do anything you Will be
sorry for"
Then let those confounded chick
ems stop doing things that am sorry
for! I'll bet that If ever buy an
other home l will be mighty careful
TO lind out who owns the houses each
side of it, and If there are any boys
on either side it'll be nix on the buy
for me-"
Fred is a good little fellow"
Yes, he's an angel! When we tried
to keep chickens he got pet coon
that got into our chicken house and
reduced 50 worth of chickens to feath-
ers. and | grinned like an idiot and
told his mother that boys must have
pets. Didn't IL"
Yes"
and when he batted ball through
our front window I wouldn't even per-
NIT his folks to pay for the damage.
would 70"
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 ex-
pense of making flower garden.
nothing satisfies Mr. Fred but to get
a lot of chickens!"
"Roys must have pets"
"Of course they must; but could he
not have got some buff 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
flock of measly bantams that are all
wings and machinery and can fly like
aeroplanes!"
We'll, I'll see If something cannot
he done about 1t in a day or two
don't like to make any trouble while
he Is sick"
"Sick?"
Yes, sick"
Who said he was sick?"
His mother told me. And the doc.
tor has been there twice today"
What ails him."
Measles"
"Humph! A kid doesn't get very
sick with the measles, does he?"
Sometimes"
u guess that's right read in TO,
days paper where a baby died from
an attack of measles"
"Fred's mother said his fever was
up to 1O4."
"Pshaw! That's too bad Run over
dear, and see how he is, won't your"
Why don't you go? I've got to
finish getting supper"
"Aw. a man is too clumsy to be
around n sick room. Have you got
any of those ounce preserves left?"
"A jar or two; why?"
Take 'em over. remember when
was kid and getting over the -diph-
iberia, the first thing mother let me
have to eat when I began to get we'll
was some ounce preserves. You'll
never know how good those preserves
tasted to me. / don't believe I ever
shall forget them"
We'll, I'll run over for a minute.
-'' ~ haAN NhA ~ WV ~ Ant UuTuGE Un.
der the potatoes"
And, dear"
"Yes?"
Tell him I'll take care OF his chick.
sus till he gets we'll"
"All right"
And tell him I'll make him a kite
While he IS laid up. There used to be
an old sailor in our neighborhood
when was a kid and"
All right"
And tell him that I'll come over
ana tell him some stories as soon as
he's better"
Good gracious! +"
And tell him I'm going to bring
him some sort OF a toy from the 10.
cent store every night, and he has got
fO fry each dgy to- rupee what q L.