Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
julius Happy
Day
(GTT'S perfectly awful and don't I'M
derstand it," said Julius mother.
applying a very dainty handker-

derstand it, said Julius mother
applying a very dainty handker-
chief to her eyes.
''DisgTaceful!" said julius father,
emphatically.
Julius stood with a hangdog look his
eyes on the dusty stubbed footgear that
had started out earlier in the day as
! carefully BACKED shoes There was a
| tear in his blouse and several rents
were IN his trousers and a general at
mosphere of disrepute chung to him.
He seems perfectly possessed" went
on his mother, Ito escape to the alley
and hobnob with those young ragamuf-
fins who make IT their headquarters!
| Goodness knows, wish we could move
away from here! I had Arthur over
especially to play with him! What did
, you do with Arthur"
! "Aw!" said Julius, with a growl. IT
ditched him early! He's no good. hon
est ma-hes a sissyl''
Meaning that he is a gentlemanly,
we'll bred boy!" flashed julius mother
You seer" to julius father, in despair.
His Games.
What manner Of amusements inter-
ested you in the alley?" inquired his
father Judicially OF Julius.
''Aw." said Julius. Il met Fatty an
he said the gang was up in the barn
where Lilkins keeps his horses. an we
went there and played train robbers It'll
| Slicker, he fell down the hole where the
hay comes down, an l fell down, too,
an Lilkins he comes in an says we've
| broken the back of his best horse by
falling on It, through the hole, and he'll
be darned il"
"Julius!"
We'll. you asst me. didn't your" de-
manded Julius Indignantly. Anyhow.
he said he'd be-that-if he'd stand for
| 1t, an Fatty he yells like everything
scause he hasn't any parents an lives
with his aunt. and she's away workin'
all day. So Likins can't do anything
to him, l guess.
AN l told LillOins he didn't dast,
cause we wouldn't buy any more gro
ceries from him II he did, an / wuznt
doing anything anyhow. An It was an
awful old horse An then Ginger-his
| rather has plumbing shop three blocks
| down-he said they was a pony in his
| barn, and we went and hltched 1t. to a
| cart and then we drove"
"Drovew shrieked Julius mother.
with all the automobiles on the streets
and everything! Where did you driver
II dunno" said Julius. I'VE had
nice drive. We went clear over on the
west side across the river Only a po-
| liceman he said he'd arrest us II we
| kept stopping in the middle of the street
to fix the harness. We had to tie 1t to-
gether An a lot of automobiles got
backed up behind us and they were
fierce. the way they talked! Ginger he
sassed them back.
WHO d'you think owns this horse?'
he said to 'em when they told us to
get out Of the way. Guess it's got a
right on the road II 1t does eat oats in
stead Of gasoline. smarty!' An 1 saw
the Mrs. Kingman you know in her cleo
trio"
"OhT' moaned Julius mother. ITO
have the Kingsmans see my child in the
grasp of policeman and with those lit
| tie ragged"
"A man he got mad" Julius proceed
ed, because the pony ate some banan-
as from the back of his push cart an
/
caught me and shook me something
fierce an another policeman he said
| Now, go on out Of here, you kids. quick
before 1 run you int An a boy on a
bicycle got in our way coming home an
1t was his fault, because we yelled at
him and Ginger thought the ponyd
broke his leg, but 1t was only skinned.
| II was a second hand bicycle anyhow
and we got away because the pony went
faster than the boy could walk. l guess
he'd skinned his leg, too
No Bell.
THE street car that hit us only
pushed us sideways and tipped us over
an 1t was the motorman's fault. be-
cause he didn't ring no bell. Anyhow.
l didn't hear any An Glnger's father
was awful mad. He was waiting for US.
He said the pony's people only rented
room in the barn an II would be a won
der if they didn't sue him for damages.
! What's damages? l don't know what he
| did to Ginger. but Ginger yelled awful
an 1 came away then any how.
An It wasn't my fault that Mrs. But
toms clotheslins broke when 1 ran
through her yard an hit it. They didn't
tie it up tight enough. An the girl
was mad when she saw the clothes all
down. Honest, 1 didn't do nothin'
father!'
! Julius" said his father. with awful
sternness. you march straight upstairs
! to bed, this minutei"
| VIII what do you think?' quavered
/ Julius mother in despair as her son
| disappeared.
! Il think" said julius father, with
broad grin, that Julius had good
/ time for once in his life However, 1t
might be well to unload his superabund-
ant activity on a summer resort farm
this summer. Let's look up one some
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