Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
Little Bobbie S
Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

TT was so windy yesterday that Pa
& me dtdent 90 fishing. We was
going to a nttel laik ware thare
Is a lot Of pickerel. but the guide
sed It wouddent be any use 70 go, so
Pa sed IN the morning Well, Bob
bic, let US talk a stroll about the
village & watch the men at thare
work Thare is a crate deel Of
pleshur in watching sumbody else
work, Pa sed. espeshully these sim
pei craftsmen up here IN the woods
dare say may be abel to give them
a few pointers, Pa sed. The human
brain is a wunderful thing. Bobbie.
onst It IS highly developed, like mine,
II can direct operashuns Of all sorts
though its owner newer had any
acktual experience In the "details
of the operashufls. Now, for in
stance, thare is yung Frank Keener
PLANTING potatoes Let US stroll oav-
er thare & see IL he Is doing II rite.
Good morning Mister Keener, sed
Pa wen we got thare. I see you are
planting potatoes. Thare is nothing
like a good crop Of potatoes Tor the
Winters store, Pa sed.
Kidding Pa.
But / amt planting potatoes. sed
Mister Keener. / planted these pota-
toes a month ago. ! dident have any
thing else 10 do this morning, so ]
thought ! wud stroll around among
the potatoes g. have a chat with the
% Frf 4rf
things, potato bugs, he sed. Speek
to one OF them g. watch II wag it's
tail
/ cud see that Frank was kidding
Pa, but Pas brain wasent highly de-
veloped that way q he cuddent see IL.
All he sed was Well. ! hoap you have
success with yure garden, & we
walked along.
ThRre was a carpenter bilding a
house acrost the street His naim
was Mister Bill Thomson. Good
morning, Mister Thomson, sed Pa. l
see you are bilding a pritty littel
bungalow. ! wud like 70 have one
sumthing like It. Pa sed, a. maybe IL
you amt too busy next month / win
go ahed with 1t. I always thought
this wud be a pritty town in witch to
have bungalow In.
This amt a bungalow I am bilding
sed Mister Thomson. This IS a ice
house. 1t looks as much like a bunga-
low as you look like the King of Eng
land. Please move along now & doant
bother me. II rained all day yester-
day so ! cuddent work & now that Il
Is nice g. sunny I doant want every
zap that Gums along to stop & ask
foolish questuns of me.
Carpenters are generally rude, cross
feEin HrNa I'D 10. -
we had moved along. ! cud see that
Pa was pritty mad but dident feel
a bit sorry for him, he had no bizness
bothering a man who was working
Jest then we passed a livery stabel
-thare was the owner with two littel
jacxasses.
A Fine Team.
Good morning. Mister Maus. sed Pa.
Can l help you 10 hitch up yure fine
team OF mules? ! used TO hitch up
mules wen ] was in the army. sed
Pa am vary fond Of mules & thay
like me, too.
But these isent mules, thay is
chackasses sed Mister Maus, und
wasent going to hitch them up, also.
/ chust wanted them to make 1T
tel exercise alreddy Und IL / was
going TO hitch them up anyway. sed
Mister Maus, why doant you mind
yure own bizness besides, yet?
Every man that Pa talked to
treeted him Jest the saim, but Il
dident faze Pa. Wen we went hoam
70 dinner he toald Ma that he had
been around having a friendly chat
with the villagers. Those slmpel
folks wud day down thare lives for
me, Pa sed.
You doant say, sed Ma Then thay
must be vary simpel folks.