Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-14
THE SMALL BOY SPEAKS

aNo'm, he didn't 20 home just at first |
He wanted to, kind OF. but us fellows
we thought he oughtnt 70 60 SO FAR.
And anyway we thought 1t would be
kind Of fun to have him stay in the
shack and pertend II was horspfttle
and we could banda&e him and all
Tom he was the doctor and ne would
q sewede up the hole IL Phil only Phil
said he hurt, and then he begin to
hol1er and then he run away into the
house. So of course It wasn't any fun
any more, because we couldn't have a
horspIttie without there was somebody
there for us to cure
Nom, honest didn't hear you the
| first couple times. ] didn't hear sim
| gle sound and the last time Just
well, of course, don't mean q
squawk exactly. I Just mean a kind Of
little yen. but didn't hear 1t any
GYes'm, of course, can cut II If yon
want me to. guess the lawn mowers
out there. But I've been thinking that
maybe It wasn't healthy for grass TO
be cut so much. You see there was
some folks over on the street back OF
| Mahoney's, and now, Mike he told me
about 'em, and they had the grandest
lawn ever. II was Just as smooth and
there wasn't any dandelines or any
| thing last summer and they didn't
hardly cut II ever. And then this sum-
mer they got smart ana kept cutting
it and cutting 1t and they kept It cut
SO tight that now they haven't got
hardly any grass left. 1t looks awful.
And they found out that It was be-
cause they cut 1t 30 much and they
were awful sorry.
4 ''Yes'm. I'll do IL just as soon as
take the lawn mower over TO Peter
sons and get the blades sharpened and
some oil put on 1t.
ooh. yes'm, it does. guess you
didn't look at 1t the last time dad
used it It's so dulll It's just rs dull
as-it's awful dull
), "Of course / could use IL the way II
is. but there was fellow once wal
telling me about how he used theil
lawn mower when 1t needed to b
sharpened and oiled and after that they
couldn't hardly use 1t at all ever. i
was most ruined, he said. and every
! thing.
"Yes'm. III try to use 1t this way
but I'm afraid it'll take me an Awfu
! and needs sharpening and all 1t make
! my back aches fierce and I get tire'
) and have to rest lots.
} IT guess I better have something 4
+ eat before I go out to start. l ain
! so awful hungry, but Il makes me kin
> of sick to work on an empty stomAc
a and then the suns hot. There was
! fellow told me once about fellow b
> knew and he was out working In tn
. garden because his mother was 8
2 worried about the flowers for fear the
a would something happen to 'em II b
3 wasn't working at 'em every minute {
= the time, and he did 1t on an empt
4 stomach and he was awful sick. The
a thought he wasn't going to get we
Z ever he was so sick.
n "Yes'm, and can I have that nttl
y teeny smidgin' of pie that was lie
+ from dinner last night? Yes'm, the
. was.
: "weIl. it wasn't more'n q quarter /,
"a a pie anyway, and 1t was an awful Iii
: tie pie, too.
. THANK you ever so much, mothe
/. and can 1 have an apple and coup
!. of more cookies while you're at 1t?
IL "Oh, say, mother, there comes dc
i down the street What's he comir
- FIR
"a Honest. mother? viii he, homes
take me swimming after dark II 9
the yard all cut before dinner?
"Oh, goody, goody. goody. mothe
bet it won't take me more'n a coup
of hours to get clear round that o
. yard. Just watch me.
y "Oh. mother, amt you and dad Il
as dandies ?''-Chfcago News.