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

n n cuzzin Alice is at our house TO
| vi stay a week e she is one Of
the prettiest gurls that l ever
| saw. She has got a beau, too, &
he GAIN to see her last mite. l doant
see how CURL 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
| masks.
The naim Of Alices beau is Abner
| ] 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 1t stay, combed so it
| curled on his forehead & he woar a
| button in his coat & it sed on the
button Drink What Adam Drank. l
| think anybody that wares button
| 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, & 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.
l will not drink it exclusive, sed
Pa, because l like pure, sparkling
burgundy too & burbon, etc. l do not
drink anything like that to excesA
sed Pa, but l like a snifter now 6
e NfCh n
what Adam drank, altho l Wud like 20
be one of your jolly crowd. What If
pure water was all Adam drank? sed
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 littel
while & then they went out to a card
party but | stayed rite thare on the
job, | wanted to maik Abner nervus.
I was setting out in the other room
&, / pretended | was reading Bare
footed Ben, the Boy That Bit a r. r.
but all the time l was Citing ear
full of Abner's talk.
| lux poetry, he sed to Alice. Do
you luy poetry?
Yes. sed Alice, luv poetry Will
you reesite sum poetry to me, she
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 quartered here
Or off for penny flies to Aldershot
it,
But wen it Gums Co slaughter
You will do your work on water
And you'll lick the blooming boots
of him that's got it.
Oh, Sed Alice, l doant like to hear
about slaughter. Please reesite sum-
thing romantic, sumthing tender.
Would you like to hear sumthing
that I rote myself? sed Abner.
Oh, yes, sed Alice, pleese reesite
sumthing of yure own. So Abner
reesited
My naim is Abner & I luv a maid
Naim Alice, sweet & Wonderfully
clever;
To leeve this maid & go I am afraid
& fain wud | be by her side forever
If any other fellow should be grab
bin 'er
l sware that that wud be the end OF
Abner
I am afrade 1 cud newer marry
you, sed Alice That isent nice
poetry at all, it sounds like school
boys lines. Then they scrapped &
Abner went hoam. Wen Pa calm
hoam 1 toald him that Alice had sent
Abner hoam & Pa sed Well, any man
that drinks what Adam drank is
likely to get what Adam got.