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

"A 4 - lEAiNNAAf " "a anu 1 NDl I hIA-
derstand it, said julius mother,
applying a very dainty handker-
chief to her eyes.
"Disgraceful," 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 il their headquarters!
Goodness knows. l wish we could move
away from here! had Arthur over
especially TO play with him! What did
you do with Arthur"
"Awi" said Julius, with a growI. Il
ditched him early! He's no good. hon
est. ma-he's a sissy"
Meaning that he is a gentlemanly.
well-bred boy" flashed julius mother
You see?" 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 till
SliCker, he fell down the hole where the
hay comes down. an I 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 if"
julius
well, you asst me. didn't your" de-
manded Julius Indignantly Anyhow.
he said he'd be-that-if he'd stand for
il, an Fatty he yells like everything
lecause he hasn't any parents an lives
with his aunt, and she's away workin
all day So Lilkins can't do anything
to him, guess.
An l told Lilkins 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 Giuger-his
father has a plumbing SHOP three blocks
down-he said they was a pony in his
barn, and we went and hitched it to
cart and then we drove"
"Drove!" shrieked Julius mother.
with all the automobiles on the streets
and everything Where did you driver
Il dunno" said julius I'VE had a
nice drive We went clear over on the
west side across the river. only a po-
Hceman he said he'd arrest us if we
kept stopping I'm the middle of the street
to fix the harness. We had to tie it 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 EN- when they told US to
get out Of the way. Guess it's got a
right on the road if IT does eat oats in
stead of gasoline. smarty" An l saw
the Mrs Kingman you know in her cleo
trio"
"Oh" moaned Julius mother. ITO
have the Kingsmans see my child in the
grasp of a 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
Fatty threw a stone at him and he
caught me and shook me something
fierce an another policeman he said,
Now, go on out OF here you kids, quick.
before l run you I'M An a boy on a
bicycle got in our way coming home an
il was his fault. because we yelled at
him and Ginger thought the ponyd
broke his leg, but it was only skinned.
II was a second hand bicycle anyhow
and we got away because the pony went
faster than the boy could walk. ] guess
he'd skinned his leg, too
No Bell.