El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-23
Little Bobbie and His Pa
Ma Has a Visit From Mrs. Fink and
Has n Time Getting Pa to
Enjoy the Event.
-THv- NE-rrrF--- UTH-sr-
by William +. kirk


y FRs- FINK IS cumming up TO the
/ EA/H house tonite. sed Ma 1 want
4V% YOU to be nice to her, my deer
( husband, beekaus she was like a older
/ sister to me wen I went 10 sAOQI-
/ haven't seen her for yeers until J ran
| into her yesterday down town * on
3 course I asked her 10 cum up 70 the
! b0nse & bring her husband along
J I can close my eyes 49,
the kind Of a woman she Is q tne
I kind of husband she mas got bI4nS
her husband along, Pa SEQ IN O1He II
/ words he goes WHARF she wants 70
talk him. 1 bet he wares a l5 collar
Pa sed .t g.
never saw. What if he does ware
Ne collar. Thare have been lot OF
crate men with small ueckS- A IdL
Z TecIz is no sine Of grateness. any moar
than a fat head wud be, sed Ma now
I for hevvens saik at least Try 70 pc
nice to them until you see SUMMING
about them to find reel fault with
Pa is rite a lot of times about Things,
& the minnit / seen Missus q Muster
Fink I knew he was right about them
1rie-ar sink was a little bit of a man
& he didn't have q word 10 say az az
He lest sat rite down IN the hegI5St
chair & looked scared j guess an ne
CUd say or ever did say Wds 70 -
Here is my pay envelop, deer onsI
a week.
77se,,s Fink vas tan &. she had big
shoIders & a big chin Her eyes was
brite blue & thay snapped wen sne
talked Her husbands eyes cudaenl
snap beekaUs Ihay was all Lne time
doant Ike the city. sed Missus
Fink The city is full Of TlcEedness
& greed. I wish I was back IN my
home town right now. suppose You o1
have a burglary now &. then. Deer
me. how I long for my own LLLel noal-l.
Now Mary. sed Ma, you mussenL
vearn for home so much until we have
had a chance TO see this buJlIQL clLy
together. I will talk you & Mlslef
Fink all over tomorrow q l ZOO d r,i ~
luvly shops. But perhaps Mister lllA
wuddent cair for the shops & my nus
band can entertain him
Henry win go with US girls: seq MS
sus Fink. She sed 'us girls INNS
she must have been 50 years old 1 6,
Henry goes WHARF his wife goes IN
this wicked city. There ls gong 70
be no deviltry on his part, is there
Mister Fink shook his he'd & looked
scarder than beefoar
Henry used to be devil among
the wimmen beef0ar he fell In love
with me. sed Missus Fink. he newer
saws much TO me about his wild days,
but Of course I looked MIN up prlll5
careful beefoar married him &. sum
times 7 feer that the old wildness viii
cum Oaver him DOanL all you men
feel that YOU 1yud like to have one
more spell Of devItry. she asked Pa
Very Bnshful.
7 was always kind OF DaSnIui
around the ladies. sed Pa 10 4lssus
Fink. used to blush so wen was
in thare cumpany that my red tie
looked like a pink one 20 you 80
I wuddent quite understand now --lsLef
Fink or any other Don Juan mite LeeL
Deere me. sed Missus Pink, ] doanS
see how yure wife cud have marrled
p man who didenC know the Wurld bee
fOar he met her. I thOt II was dee
IiEhtfuTy romantic to marry man
who had lived the pace that Kills, q
then reform him as have Reforms ca
Henry. DOant you sumIlnes 4eIh L9L
all the things YOU missed in yure erly
life. she asked Pa
Yes. sed Pa, sumumes Inlnk
missed Il crate deal.
nv dear Mary. Ma sed TO MlssuS
Fink YOU mussent let my nus and
deceive YOU. How can you look az
the noabeI old Roman sitting thare, SEQ
Ma. q imagine that he ever missed
ANYTHING i'm his erly days Not If IL
was in the saim county WHARF ne was;
sed Ma. Why. Mary. If yure husband
had-m met my husband Wen LLay was
both singeI & tried TO follow him FOR
one week YOU Wud newer have nad
q Henry 20 take around with you My
Ma sed. He belonged TO the sun
Dodgers the Knights Of the Mahogany,
the Brass Rail Brigade. the Society for
the Prevenshun of Cruelty to Show
GurIs. & I dCanr know what all one
by one his swift friends withered up
& died, sed Ma. beefOar thay was go,
& wen he stood alone q lonesome, ne
got married 10 me- bless MS deer ola
Then I looked from Pa to Mister
Fink & Mister Fink looked Itteler 8
tanner & mOar scared than ever.