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a ride, in the v, winter ter a. s'' they do IN
the summer, because there are
not so many ice wagons, and in the
winter the ice wagons mostly 90 to the
saloons and when an ice man has been
into few saloons you not want to
ride with him any more. There Is no
place so good to ride as on the back
step Of an ice wagon hanging on with
one hand and. sucking piece Of ice
with the other. Mrs. Carpenter hollered
at me and asked me il ii was not time
we had our washing done again, and I
told her we were not so dirty that we
had TO have our washing done every
few days, She just wants to get some
more Of my fathers money, but he says
he is saving all OF his money up to
give me some day. and sometimes when
| am near him and he puts his hand in
his pocket think he Is going to give
il TO me, but he never has yet, except
two bits for soup and things at the
school, guess when he gives il 10
me ] will bury il somewhere so | will
not lose 1t, or will make bag and
tie il around Rowdys neck and would
like to see anyone get Il away from him.
WHEN school let out me and Rowdy
w could have gone around to Jeans
because we wanted to and she asked US
to but ] am not going TO go around
there every time | want to because they
will get too used TO me. m when you
get too used to anyone ytka& not care
whether they are aroun pF not, and
when ] go anywhere y6rk tblks to be
glad to see me, | T1Maround by
Wellses house but ESrtn and Spink
and Golly-Golly, which is the baby and
they call him that because that is all
he can say were sitting on the front
step eating bread and butter aud sugar
and they kept on eating and only looked
al me so when ! had looked at them a
little while me and Rowdy went home
and ] got me slice Of bread and but
ter and more sugar than they had on
theirs, and then me and Rowdy wen.
over on the other corner where the lady
with the almost new baby lives and she
was sitting on her porch sewing be
cause It was such a warm day and the
baby was laying in its buggy asleep
so there was no one there TO play with
and the woman asked me il | did not
think the baby was as beautiful as an
angel and told her i, was kinda good
looking and thsn she got mad and
said | was the meaneSt child in the
neighborhood She said that all the
other children In the neighborhood said
the baby was beautiful and ! told her
] supposed they did, but that when the
Irish told her anything she might be
lleve it, but | could see she did not
want me and Rowdy around so made
a face at the back of her head and me
and Rowdy went down the steps and
rambled and at the next corner two
boys in two autos were racing and they
came around the corner too fast and
one Skidded and broke a hind wheel
against the side OF the street and the
other skidded and bumped that one
and both the boys tried to III the auto
up to take the broken wheel out from
under It, and they couldn't do it so |
went over and helped them, and the
three OF us couldn't do it. II is sur
prising how heavy an auto is. always
thought ! could liit one OF the little
ones but J guess | cannot ! wouldn't
IL | could
60 then me and Rowdy walked along
" to Main and down Main and there
IS a yard there with fountain full OF
water IN the front yard so me and
Rowdy got into that and splashed
around and had a good time and some
OF the water was squirting up in the
air and coming down all over US like
rain, and a white haired lady came out
on the step and pu, up a spectacle on
handle aud booked at Us, and lheu
she called another lady with a white
piece Of cloth IN ierchAm and told her
10 take Us out n the fountain and take
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