The Washington times., 1919-07-30
By A ORPHAN.

Well / knew somethin was goin 10
happen soon's Miss Minnie got hold
of me and began scrubbin' my ears
and neck and said now run along
you dirty boy and clean those finger
nails" There wasn't no use foolin'
about 1t, so I got some scissors and
cleaned EN- up regular, just like it
was for Sunday School. I couldn't
imagine what it was all about and
neither could Bud, who is ter years
cid too. Ne and him are what Miss
Minnie calls 'the two rapscallions."
Then Miss Minnie comes along ana
says for US to put on our Sunday
clothes. that we wouldn't need our
overalls as we wasn't goin' to play In
the sand pile today. I thought the
Trustees was comm sure to visit US,
but about that time Miss Minnie says
we are goin' on q picnic.
oh Boy! Maybe you don't 'preciate
a picnic, cause you Amt a orphan.
But it's just as Bud ssys-"Christ-
masses and picnlcs are all the same"
Miss Minnie says some rich fellars'
the Elks, are goIn' to take all US or
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Bud was of course all excited and
when Miss Minnie says you better
he good now boys" you bet me and
him wasn't goin' to take any chances.
1 brushed Buds hair and he brushed
mine and 1 was 'fraid to move, al
most, I was so clean feelin'.
Up in Front This Time.
We and the rest of the. boys waited
round until Miss Minnie says it's time
to go. Usually me and Bud gets the
last in line, so we can trip up Clar-
ence, which Is Miss Minnie's white
rat pet" But this time me and Bud
got right in front and marched long
side Of Miss Minnie, an we KEEP step,
too. Well, there was lotta men out
side with automobiles. They says
"Come on, boys. an have a good time"
an we all crowded in the autos. Gee
IT was great, ridin' in them, an me
an Bud says we is goin' to be
chauffeurs when we grows up. Well,
there was a Iotta street cars standin'
all decorated up waitin' for us, an
they was for orphans only, the Elk
which was with US says.
Ne an Bud got a seat in front mex
to the motorman, on account OF me
and him's goin' to be motormen when
we grows up. Then they give US all
somethin' to make a noise with.
reckon we made a noise, tool Al1the
people what was on the street waved
at US, an began hollerin', I was so
happy. an pretty soon all the others
too. Miss Minnie, who
was talkin' to'a Elk. didn't seem to
mind a bit. an so we KEEP up maxim
a noise an hollerin' to beat the band.
1 guess they was all the orphans in
the world at Glen Echo. / never see
so many in all my life. They was
everywhere. an all havin' a big time,
just same as me and Bud an The rest.
Ride the Merry-GO-'ROund.
A Elk came along an said: "All the
boys what want TO go on the merry
go-'round come with me-" We went
with him, you bet. and he took US to
a thing with a Iotta horses an camels
and giraffes on IL, which was goin'
round in a circle. Ne an Bud got on
a coupla horses, which wasn't real,
only wooden ones We played like we
was soldiers an was chasin' Clarence,
which was sittin' on a camel in front
OF US. We scared him an he begun to
cry. Then IL stopped an me an Bud
got of, but stead OF foIlerin' the Elk
which was managin' US we slipped
aroun' an got on ag'in. I reckon we
rode eight times.
Then we follered the fat man an
he took us to a thing what he called
the ROLLER coster." We got on a car.
an the first thing we knowed IT was
goin', and we was at the top Of a big
hill. I reckon we went a hundred
miles a hour down that hill, an it's
lucky we didn't fall OF. but we had
to slow up to 60 UP another hill,
which we was at the bottom OF. We
KEEP going up an down hills and
around real steep curves in the track.
and we was hollerin' to beat the band
all the time on account Of bein' so
scared and happy.