The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-15
The Diary of a Young RuHan.

Feb. 10-When / went to fix up my diary
+ for today 1 asked dad should l say when |
got up and he said sure you should say when
You got up. And 1 said, well, didn't man
say what in hell do we care when him and his
kid gets up? And he said, here, here, young
fellow, where did you hear that kind of talk
And l said heard you tell mother man said
that, and he said, WELL son, you must be mis-
taken l don't think / said it quite that way
and l said all right But he did say that, Just
the same. l.
Well, 1 got up early. This afternoon moth
er fixed me and Sister up and she fixed up
and then all went up to Murphys where We
was going to have supper and dad he come,
too, after awhile We had chicken and ever
thing and CCasted in Lawrence's wagon. Me
and Lawrence and Mary Martha played Hearts
like you shake 'em out of a little box and Mary
Martha and me we couldn't win game but
Lawrence did. We had a good time and after
awhile we come home and went to bed. 1 like
TO go to Murphys, though. They got a curly
dog named Billy and graphophone.
Feb. Ill didn't hear dad and mother get
up this morning. Maybe 1 was kind of sleepy
count of being at Murphys last night. Sister
and me and Billy went downtown this after
noon to picture show and had a swell
time. 1t was good show and fellow pretty
near got the wits scared out of him. Then
Billy and me we bought some classics at the
ten cent store and mother come down and got
dad and we all come home together.
After supper dad read all the funny pic
lures to me. He always has to do that. He
reads Cap Stubs and Caspar and Tom Dun and
Everett True and Harold Teen and Kernel
Cootie and Skeezix and Andy and Freckes
and sometimes some others. He says we get
altogether too many papers at our house and
he thinks he'll quit bringing them home. But
he's just talking. He always brings EN-.
Feb. 12-Sister didn't want to get up very
fast this morning but she wanted to go to
Sunday school she had to get UP. But dad
had to go in after her twice before she got
up and heard him say he'd spank her If she
didn't She went to Central and 1 went with
Billy to South Park where 1 most always GO
Then she brought Lorraine home with her to
dinner and so mother asked Billy's mother
could he stay for dinner, too SO she said he
could, SO he did and we had chicken and logan
berry pie with whipped cream on it
Then dad had to go to the Office to write
his colyum for tomorrow cause he hadn't done
1t cause mother took him away from the
office Saturday. He don't like that very we'll
either, but he has to do it cause mother makes
him. He didn't come home for a long time
and he didn't call us on the phone SO mother
and sister and me went down TO BilIy's house
and then after awhile it dark and we
saw light up in our house and sister phoned
he got in cause they had the key He said he
borrowed key from the People Across the
Way what has key that will open our door |
so they told him to come down to BilIy's house
she have US stay to supper so she did Dad |
says II my nerve holds out I'll be president |
some day, but L don't know what he means |
We had good supper, anyway. |
Billy and me had two or three fights and
both of Us cried once or twice We have lots |
OF fights but we always play again Just the |
same. Dad says he thinks he better get MS |
set of boxing gloves when we want to fight |
we can do it right. 1 think that d be lots of |
fun. We stayed at Bi1ys till pretty late and |
then We come home and went to bed again |
Dad didn't want to come to bed; he wanted |
to sit up and write something but mother said
he ought to come to bed so he minded her like
I do
Feb. 13-When 1 got up this morning I |
didn't get up. Dad come in and carried me out
where it was warm. Gee, it was cold in the |
bedroom. Today was washday so l had to
watch the house again while mother washed |
| played with Billy this afternoon and we had
another fight Mrs. Stephens says l like to
hight with Billy and mother says she bets l do
and she's going to tan me good if don't stop
L. Well guess maybe I'll stop it. unless he
lights with me, maybe. Sister and me got dad
and mother awful pretty valentine and I
made 'em stand with their face against the /
wall and shut their eyes and then / told 'em
o open their eyes and look behind the piano
and they found it and they liked it. Sister and Il
ne sent lots Of valentines away TO-DAY and |,
1ope we get lot, too. We will, too bet
Decreases Say 16-Inch Seats Are Too
small "-Chicago Herald-Examiner |.
Taking a broad view of the matter one can
lot well dispute that statement