Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-17
Little Bobbie's Pa
by WILLIAM f. KIRK.

Last mite Pa brought a friend hoam
with him from the club, a sed wen he
CAIN into the door: Here. oliver, here is
my hoem, my all my life. Wife, sed
Ps. meet Mister Oliver Doolittel, the best
fellow that ever lived & friend that
think the wurld or Mister Doolittel,
this Is my beloved wife & this Is my lit
eel son, Bobble.
| am charmed, charmed, sed Mister
Doollttel. How sweet II Is to have a
hoam q pccpul to love YOU. You are a
remarkable lucky man. sed Pas friend
| II had a hoam & family like this I
wuddent trade places with tho King or
England.
I wuddent trade places with him any
way. sed Pa. with all tho Ulster trubbel
TO keep him awake but / am glad you
( like by little fleet. / was telling Oliver,
| wife. scd PA that tho club q outside
! life dident have any charms for me. This
IL my castle and here | spend my every
! spare mint
1 & so wud II l had such hoam, sed
Oliver Doolittel. | wud reesine from
every club to wich ] beelong 20. he sed.
q wonder how ! was ever satisfied to
he bachelor.
| am afrade my deer husband is ex-
! agrpratlng q bit wen he says that he
! sponds all His time here or AZ his biz
ness. scd Ma, But I supoas he Is as de-
voaed TO his hoam as the average gen
( tleman OF his circle Mo was little
/ cold beekaus Pa hRddent been hoam
very erly the last three mites.
L have often dreemed that / wud like
! to have Jest such q hoam as this, sed
| oliver Doolittel What a fine view you
have here. he sej. n what fine side
/ board lie was looking into the library
I wen he sed II. SO Pa took him in to show
/ him his books & the sideboard. They
was gone quite while s. wen thay calm
| out Pas friend looked vary happy. Yes
indeed, he kcp saying. this is butiful
hoam & after ALL he Sod. hoam Is WHARF
the heart is & tho siieboard. You look
like a vary brite llttel boy, he sed to
me. Can you tell me who discovered
/ the Pacific Oshun?
| think his nam was Balboa, I sed.
! | guess he II right sed oliver Doc
! littcl never knew myself that any
body discovered II. he sed, but he Is
such brlte looking littel TELLER that
am sure he must be rite. & how butful
yure wife looks. he sod. was engaged
to Jest such butiful CURL onst no sed,
nut Snmhody toald her that liked my
cold ten \ wen ] proposed 60 her she
gave me the gate. Il broak my hart, he
ted. a. since then ] have never wed or
asked anybody to wed. My dream OF
love wac shattered, he he'd & now am
n lonely man. all alone & lonesome in my
loneliness sed oliver Doolittef.
Doant you think you cud have given
up yure cold tea as you call II. to win
the love OF a butiful gurl? sed Ma
l suppoas cud have, ne sed. but thay
was making vary good whiskey in those
days a n man knew what he was drink
ing. STILL | supoas l cud have stopped
had l used my iron will. but / newer
used Il, then or since.
Then 1 am afrade that you haven't got
any iron will to use, sed Ma You are n
good deal like most OF my deer hubband' e
trends You think moar OF the imaginary
pleshurs OF life than OF the real pleshurs.
After Oliver Doolittel had went hoarn.
Pa ged TO Ma Didn't you talk pretty plain
Co him? feel sorry for him.
So do I. sed Ma. He IL so unselfish, 20
self denying Whoever the gurl was, sed
Ma, she used good hedwork when she
sed No,