Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-10
Julius Happy
Day
OTIS perfectly awful and I don't I'M
derstand it!' said julius mother
applying a very dainty handker.

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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, "to escape to the alley
and hohnob with those young ragamuf-
fms who make it their headquarters
Goodness knows, I wish We could move
away from here! I had Arthur over
especially to play with him! What did
you do with Arthur"
, Avn" said julius, with a growl Il
ditched him early! He's no good, hon
est. ma-hes a sissy"
Meaning that he is a gentlemanly,
well bred boyl' flashed Julius mother.
You seer" 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 ! fell down, too,
an Lilldns 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 il"
"Julius!"
wen, you asst me. didn't your" de-
manded Julius Indignantly. Anyhow.
he said he'd be-that-if he'd stand for
it, an Fatty he yells like everything
,ecause he hasn't any parents an lives
with his aunt. and she's away workin'
all day. So Lnkins can't do anything
to him, l guess.
An l told Lilkins he didn't dast.
cause we wouldn't buy any more gro
ceries from him If he did, an l wuznt
doing anything anyhow An It was an
awful old horse An then Ginger-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 a
cart and then we drove"
'Drove" shrieked julius mother.
with all the automobiles on the streets
and everything, Where did you drive?''
81 dunno" said julius. I'VE had a
nice drive. We went clear over on the
west side across the river. Only a po-
liceman he said he'd arrest us If we
kept stopping in 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
| sassed them back.
Who d'you think owns this horse?
he said to 'em when they told US L
get out of the way. Guess it's got
right on the road If 1t does eat oats in
stead of gasoline. smarty' An / saw
the Mrs. Kingman you know in her cleo
trio"
oh" moaned Julius mother. 1T,
have the Kingsmans see my child in tn,
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 I run you In An a boy on a
bicycle got in our way coming home an
it was his fault, because we yelled at
him and Ginger thought the ponyd
broke his leg, but # was only skinned.
1t was 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.
THE street car that hit us only
pushed us sideways and tipped US over
an ii was the motorman's fault. be-
cause he didn't ring no bell. Anyhow,
didn't hear any. An Ginger's father
was awful mad. He was waiting for us.
He said the ponys people only rented
room in the barn an 1t would be Won
der if they didn't sue him for damages.
What's damages? I don't know what he
did to Ginger but Ginger yelled awful
an l came away then any how.
AN it wasn't my fault that Mrs But
TONS clothesline broke when l ran
through her yard an hit it. They didn't
tie it up tight enough. An the girl
was mad when she saw the clothes all
down, Honest, l didn't do nothin'
father"
Julius" said his father, with awful
sternness, you march straight upstairs
to bed, this minute
"Wh-what do you Think quavered
julius mother in despair as her son
disappeared.
u think" said Julius father, with a
broad grin, that Julius had a good
time for once in his life However, 1t
might be well 20 unload his supernatural
ant activity on a summer resort farm
this summer. Let's look up one some
where"
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