The Washington times., 1919-07-30
THO RapScaIliOnS" Find
It's Just Like Christmas
As ELkS Picnic Orphans


big buildin'. There was some funny
things there, and a fella could do
everything there was Imaginable to
have good time. I didn't know a
fella could have such a good time,
an me and Bud greed we would be
fellas which worked in the park
when we growed up, stead Of street
car motormen. There was a slide.
which you could slide down, an me
and Bud had a Iotta fun slidin' down
an 1t would have been great only
Buds pants wore out, which wasn't
any wonder, because they was awful
thin ones. An tore my shirt, too,
which was on account OF a fellas
catchin' hold Of me.
Time TO Eat.
Well, me an Bud was gettin' sort
of hungry and tired. and we was
glad when another Elk says: Come
on, boys, and get somethin' to eat"
Gee! 1 never see so much to eat in
all my life. They was everything,
and ice cream and cake. But they
says we can have only one plate of
ice cream, on account Of there not
betn' enough only for one plate for
one orphan. Ne an Bud ate ours. and
then we throwed. away our paper
plates and goes up to a Elk and says:
Please, mister, can we have some
thin to eat?'
An he says: Sure you cam my
boys" and he took us over to the
place and gave US some more ice
cream and cake, which we ate. Then
me an Bud picked out another Elk,
an goes up to him and says: please,
mister, can we have something to
eat?" An he laughs an says: "Some-
thin to eat? Well 1 should say So"
an he takes us over and gives US
some more ice cream and cake, which
we ate. Then We saw another Elk,
an we went up to him and says:
please, mister, can we have some
thin to eat?" an he was about to say
Sure" when Clarence comes runnin'
up and yells: '"They's had some. they's
had some"
Then the man says: Have you
boys had some?" an we says: yes,
sir" because Miss Minnie says it Is
wrohg to deceive, an the Lord will
punish.
PIastkred with Mud.
Well, we was afraid Clarence would
tell Miss Minnie on us. so we run
down to the canal. The canal is q
stream where boats run on which Is
pulled by mules like they was wagons.
says: Let's go in swimmin'," and
Bud says: Fright" so we undressed.
we didn't swim on account Of men an
Bud beih' orphans an not KNOWN
how. But me an Bud had a good
time and got all plastered up with
mud and played like we was Indians
in the books which Miss Minnie reads
to us out of.
All OF a sudden it begun gettin'
q
dressin' real fast an run up to where
the park was. An there was the
line, waitin' to get on a street car.
Miss Minnie was all pale and ner-
vous lookin', and she spies us on ac-
count OF Clarence yellin'. There they
are, Miss Minnie. an they amt got
on their shoes an stockin's," which
was true. on account of me an Bud
dressin' so fast we plumb forgot to
put EN- back on.
well. I thought Miss Minnie was
goin' to pop she got so red an all, but
she says real quiet: where have you
been, boys?" Then she says. very
we'll, get on the car with me-" An
me an Bud knowed zactly wha, that
meant. The Ice cream was maxim
me feel sort OF bad. an 1 was that
mad at Clarence I could NV choISed
him, him bein' responsible for the
whole thing.
We got home an Miss Minnie says,
Come in the study. boys" an me an
Bud knew what that meant alright
Then we asked Miss Minnie could we
get even with Clarence now, on ac-
count of our bein' already punished.
Miss Minnie says no.
l almos' got a lickin' for sayin' my
prayers wrong, too. l says, "Oh
Lord, bless the Elks for givin' US a
good time. an bless all the other lit |
tie orphans-ceptin' Clarence. Amen"
/ sure did have a god time, and !
those Elks is sure nice fellas 10 take
US orphans out that way. I didn't |
have so much of a stomachache on |
account OF the ice cream after all.