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

n TY cuZzin Alice is at our house 10
IN stay a week & she is one Of
the prettiest gurls that / ever
saw. She has got a beau, too, &
he cain to see her last mite. / doant
see how a gurl 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 pr1tty thay
doant know much, & wen thay know
much they have faces like penny
masks.
The naim of Alices beau is Abner.
l 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 it stay combed SO 1t
| curled on his forehead, & he woar a
| button in his coat e. 1t sed on the
button Drink What Adam Drank.
think anybody that wares a 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?
.
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.
1 will not drink it exclusive, sed
| Pa, because l like pure, sparkling
| burgundy too & burbon, etc. l do not
drink anything like that to excess,
sed Pa. but / like a snifter now 8,
| then, so / can not promise to drink
what Adam drank, a.tho l wud like 20
be one of your jolly crowd. What II
pure water was all Adam drank? sed
Pa Dident he get the gate lust the
saim?
Oh, but that was not his fault, sed
| Abner Jest then cousin Alice calm
In G. Abner went & sat neer her. Ma
| & Pa only stayed in the parlor littel
while & then they went out to card
party but I stayed rite thare on the
| job, l wanted to maik Abner nervus
was setting out in the other room
& l pretended l was reading Bare
footed Ben, the Boy That Bit r. R
but all the time I was Citing a ear
full of Abner's talk.
| / lux poetry, he sed to Alice. Dc
you luv poetry?
Yes, sed Alice, I 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 quartere1 here
| Or off for penny flies to Aldershot
it,
But wen it Gums 60 slaughter
| You will do your work on water
| And you'll lick the blooming boots
! of him that's got it.
! Oh, sed Alice, / doant like to hear
about slaughter. Please reesite sum-
! thing romantic, sumthing tender.
Would you like to hear sumthing
that / 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
Main 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
I sware that that wud be the end OF
Abner.
I am afrade I 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 cain
hoam I 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.