The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-20
The Diary of Young Ruhfan.

Sept 13-My dad said he was tired of writ
ing his diary and asked me to write one. 1
pasked him how could l write a diary when
didn't know how to write. but he said for me
to tell him what l wanted to say and he'd put
it down. l don't care much about the job but
he's pretty good dad, so I'll stick around and
do it to please him, although I'd rather play
with Billy. Billys my pal and we have more
fun than anybody. Sometimes 2 get mad at
Billy and sometimes Billy gets mad at me but
we forget il pretty soon. My dad is a funny
guy. He gets up in the morning and growls
at my mother and then goes away some place
and don't come back until pretty near night.
And then sometimes he growls some more.
Sometimes he says he'll spank me if don't be
good but gee he never does it | don't believe
he means il, but you never can tell about dads.
They're queer persons. | got up this morning
when he and mother did They'd rather I'd
stay in bed and sleep but, heck, little boy
has TO get up early same as dads and mothers,
because he's got 10 play with his pal all day.
When dad came home tonight he said he was
tired because he had to work hard. When l
get big l amt going to work hard; I'm going
to drive a great big truck and haul coal in it
and everything. Dad says l must go to bed
now. They make me go to bed too early. But
I get even; that's why 1 get up SO early in
the morning.
Sept. IA got up just early this morn
ing and had breakfast with dad and mother.
think they really like to have me eat break
fast with them but they don't say so. NV sis
ter is lazy. She likes to stay in bed and sleep
Girls is funny anyway. 1 don't like girls
much. except Alice Alice is my sweethear TT
but don't see her very often. Billy goes to
school now but I amt big enough yet so it
gets kind of lonesome for me when he's gone
But I'm gladder TO see him when he comes
home We had lot of fun today and I got
awful dirty. I always get awful dirtv when
have fun. Boys can't have fun unless thew
do get dirty. Dad brought a man home to din
ner tonight He had funny whiskers on his
lip and l told him I didn't like whiskers and
mother said I shouldn't say that, but he
laughed and said he thought it was comuli- |
ment because most people didn't notice it at
all His name is Marshall andd I liked him /
pretty well before he went away He gave me |
a stick Of gum and sat on his lap and looked i
at his whiskers and I said maybe he'd give me |
another stick of gum and mother bawIed me |
out for that Mothers is funny sometimes too /
But like mine lot even II she does spank
Sept III got up early and felt fine but
my DAD mad crouch on. He always has a .
crouch on Saturday. I expect it's because
that's payday. He says I'm an expensive lux
ury-whatever that is-and Sister is more So |
Sister has to take lessons on the piano and
she don't like it She'd rather play. So wouid
:. bllly didn't have to go to school today SO
we could play all day. I made some fine mud
pies and got dirty again. Mother saws I'm al
ways dirty but how does she think can MAKO
mud pies and not get dirty? Mothers sure is
L Ly Dad didn't come home tonight. He
stayed at the office and had to 90 to he'd
wrnout seeing him. guess he had to work !,
he SAID he had to WORE anyway. Rut mother l.
says men can't be trusted-except me- But 7 4
IKE my dad anyway He reads the Teenie
" eenles 10 me and sometimes he makes funny
races and l laugh. He makes the funniest
aces but mother. says he don't have to trv
very hard l wonder what she means. Well |,
, got to go to bed again. Bed is pretty good
hough' when little boys get sleepy
ALBDO- Lad Run Over bv Taxi IN Pad
Iondltlon The Argus. II
Many taxis are II
It's Hard, Hard World, Brother. Il
bushnell Corr. Galesburg Republican
Register. II
1t has been quite hard for Sometime
70 OBTAIN any hard coal in Bushnell but {
Thursday the dealers in coal are deliver ,
ing hard coal to the consumers at s17 ]
per ton. If
DE VALERA has discovered that the on1v
ey 70 Gairloch is stamped Made in Downing I
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