The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-28
The Diary of Young RuHar


Nov. 25-When 1 got up this morning dad
was gone. l guess mother had kind of coaxed
him to get his own breakfast, so she could
stay in bed awhile. Gee there was a pile of
dishes in the sink when | went out in the
kitchen. Some folks was here YESTERDAY for
Thanksgiving and we had pretty near every
thing TO eat. We had a lot of chicken, too
Mother wasn't very hungry this morning but
was. l went out to play with Billy and
Robert and we played most all day went
over TO the dump again and got a dandyA belt
And | got dirty too. Dad he come home early
and he saw my face and hands and he said
good heavens. boy, what have you been doing,
and l said l was playing. Then he went in
the house and l played some more and pretty
/ soon | come in and we had some more chicken
and Things that was left over from yesterday
Billy and me went out and PLAYED some
more and dad started to write his coIyum and
then after awhile 1 come in and mother said
it was time to go to bed. Well she took off
most of my clothes and then when she pulled
on the rest of EN-. she said, o o o o O what's
the matter with this boy, and dad looked at
me and looked at me and had little pimples
all over, and mother she called the doctor and
he said had chickenpox and gee whiz III have
! to stay in the house for IL days. Dorothy she
felt bad, too, because she thought she'd have
| to stay home from school. Gee. felt kind of
bad myself
Nov. Z6-Mother didn't let me get I'D right
away this morning. She said the doctor was
coming to see me and after awhile he did and
he said, yes, he's got chickeIpox And then
they fixed it so Dorothy would go to Eliza
beths house to stay she could go to school
ana nave to stay IN the house and Billy can't
come to play with me or anything. Gee Then
after awhile another doctor come and he said
TO me, young man. I'll bet you've been eating
chicken. And l looked at mother and 7 didni
know what to say because l had eat a lot of
chicken. But told him yes, and he said that's
how | got chickenpox. ! don't think I'll over
eat any more chicken. Then another man
come after awhile and tackled pretty sign on
me 'front.' door and the back door and it says
nnf
Gosh, it's bad to have chickenpox But
amt sick, though. ! feel good and I like to
play Mother says I'll probly drive her crazy
before the II days is up. Dad come home
early again today and we had some oysters
to eat then Gerald come down and dad and
mother went downtown awhile Gerald he,c
mad chickenpox and he amt afraid of it
wish Billy had of had chickenpox, too Then
he could play with me I went to he'd before
dad and mother come home. | was kind of
sleepy. A'AU VI
Nov Gee. woke up early this morning
ana heard somebody under my bed and 7
yelled for mother and told her and she got
up and looked and gee. there wasn't nohodv
unden my bed at all But thought there was.
man, and be quiet So l did Then afte1
awhiie heard dad say. good lord, it's a ouar
Ter after 10, the idea, l haven't slept so late
Ia me morning Tor years. But mother she
was Tucked about ii and she said I had sure
PLAYED a Joke on myself sleeping SO long like
Ina.. we got up and had breakfast about
neon ana tnen dad he left US and went to the
once TO write his colyum He didp,t .at b.o
MI o'clock. and after mother had told him
20 De sure and come home at T. Sometimes
ne don pay much 'tention to what mother
$40. Put sometimes he wishes he had Some
tunes don't either and / always wish bsd
Gee tney brought me home the cutest little
glass horn last night and it'll blow. too. can
play tune on 1t pretty near. Gosh. | wish 7
could go outdoors awhile hut I csnt. "isn I
think I'm going to like chickenpox very we'll
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EVEN though We have a long hard winter
Little Len has small cause for vorr.