Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
Little Bobbie' S.
. Pa
By WILLIAM +. KIRK.

ny cuzzin Alice is at our house 10
| INI stay a week G. she is one Of
the prettiest gurls that l ever
| saw. She has got a beau, too, &
he cain to see her last mite. l doant
see how gurl SO pritty cud have
such a bonehead for a beau, but l
doant think Alice knows vary much
eether, that Is the way with lots of
gurls, wen thay are vary prltty thay
| doant know much, & wen thay know
much they have faces like penny
| ma SKIS.
The naim of Alices beau is Ahner.
| l ,doant know why any father and
mother ever Mains thare boy Abner.
| He had on nice clothes wen he, called
last mite, but he had vaseline. in his
| hair to maik it stay combed SO it
curled on his forehead, & he woar a
| button in his coat & it sed on the
button Drink What A.SsyB. "I3rsrls. Il
| think anybody that wares a button
I that says sumthing on it Is so stupid
that thay cant say anything them
self.
Pa looked at the button witch sed
Drink What Adam Drank, G. sed to
Abner, What is the idee?
Do you not comprehend, sed Abner
Adam drank water, pure, sparkling
water. l, too, drink pure sparkling
water, sed Abner: Will you join our
! little band & drink pure, sparkling
water, he sed to Pa.
| will not drink 1t exclusive, sed
Pa, because I like pure, sparkling
burgundy too & burbon, etc. l do not
drink anything like that to excess,
sed Pa, but l like q snifter now &.
then, so L can not promise to drink
what Adam drank, altho I Wud like 20
be one OF your jolly crowd. What II
pure water was all Adam drank? sei
Pa. Dident he get the cato lust the
saim?
Oh, but that was not his fault, sed
Abner. Jest then cousin Alice calm
in & Abner went & sat neer her. Ma
& Pa only Stayed In the parlor 1ittel
! while & then they went out to card
party but I stayed rite thare on the
job, | wanted to maik Abner nervus
I was setting out in the other room
& I pretended l was reading Bare
footed Ben, the Boy That Bit r. R
but all the time l was Citing ear
full Of Abner's talk.
| lux poetry, he sed to Alice. Dc
you luv poetry?
Yes, sed Alice, luy poetry. Will
you T6eSllS pOclIy " HE, Six
sed to Abner. Then Abner reesited
but he dident know enuff to reesite
sumthing about luv, he reesited.
You may talk of gin and beer
Wen you're safely quarterel here
Or off for penny flies to Aldershot
it,
But wen it Gums 60 slaughter
You will do your work on water
And you'll lick the blooming boots
of him that's got it,
Oh, sed Alice, doant like to heal
about slaughter. Please reesite sum
thing romantic, sumthing tender.
Would you like to hear sumthins
that I rote myself? sed Abner
Oh. yes, sed Alice, pleese reesite
sumthing of yure own. So Abnel
reesited
Ny naim is Abner & luv a maid
Naim Alice, sweet & wonderfully
clever;
To leeve this maid & go am afraid
& fain wud 1 be by her side forever
II any other fellow should be grab
bin 'er
I sware that that wud be the end o,
Abner.
I am afrade I cud newer marry
you, sed Alice. That isent nice
poetry at all, it sounds like a schoo
boys lines. Then they scrapped
Abner went hoam. Wen Pa cain
hoam l toald him that Alice had sem
Abner hoam & Pa sed Well, any mar
that drinks what Adam drank is
likely to get what Adam got.