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

TT was so windy yesterday that Pa
& me dident 60 fishing. We was
going TO a littel laik ware thare
is q lot of pickerel, but the guide
SEQ II wouddent be any use 70 90. so
Pa sed in the morning. Well. Bob
bic, let US talk a stroll about the
village & watch the men at tha-e
work Thare Is a CRATE deel Of
pleshur In watching sumbody else
work. Pa ssd. espeshully these sim
pei craftsmen up here in the woods.
I dare say I may be abel TO give them
a few pointers. Pa sed. The human
brain is a wunderful thing, Bobbie.
onst # Is highly developed like mine,
Il can direct operashuns OF all sorts,
though its owner newer had any
acktuaI experience in the "details
Of the opera shuns. Now, for in
stance, thare Is yung Frank Keener
planting potatoes. Let US stroll oav-
er thare & see II he IL doing Il rite.
Good morning. Mister Keener sed
Pa wen we got thare. see you are
planting potatoes. Thare is nothing
like a good crop OF potatoes for the
Winters store, Pa sed.
Kidding Pa.
But ! amt planting potatoes. sed
Mister keener. / planted these pota-
toes month ago. / dident have any
thing else to DO this morning, so /
thought l wud stroll around among
the potatoes q have a chat with the
potato bugs. Thay are friendly littel
things, potato bugs. he sed. Speek
70 one Of them a watch II wag its
tail
! cud see that Frank was Kidding
Pa, but Pas brain wasent highly de-
veloped that way 4 he cuddent see II.
AL he sed was Well, hoap you have
success with yure garden, q Te
walked along.
Thare 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. I wud like to have one
sumthing like It. Pa sed, g. maybe II
you amt too busy next month / will
80 ahed with it. I always thought
this wud be a pritty town in witch to
have a bungalow in
This amt a bungalow / am bilding
sed Mister Thomson. This Is a ice
house. IL looks as much like a bunga-
low as you look like the King OF Eng
land. Please move along now a. doant
bother me II rained all day yester-
day so ! cuddent work e. now that Il
Is nice & sunny I doant want every
zap that Gums along to stop & ask
foolish questuns Of me.
Carpenters are generally rude, cross
grained persons. sed Pa TO me after
Il H.,
Pa was pritty mad but I dldent 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 llttel
jackasses.
A Fine Team.
Good morning, Mister Maus, sed Pa
Can I help you to hitch up yure fine
team OF mules? / used 10 hitch up
mules wen | was In the army sed
Pa I 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 a lit
tel exercise alreddy Und II / was
going 20 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 II
dident faze Pa. Wen we went hoam
TO dinner he toald Ma that he had
been around having a friendly chat
with the villagers. Those simpel
folks wud lay down thare lives for
me, Pa sed.
You doant say, sed Ma. Then thay
must be vary simpel folks