The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-12
The Diary of Young RuHan.


Jan. 6--Wei, 1 got up early this morning.
Dad says, what S the to tell folks you got
up early, that isn't news. If you got up late
some morning The Argus would get out an
extra | ask MIN what Is a extra, and he says,
it's bum of the fourth state that frequinkly
turns out to be a dud-wnatever that means.
don't know. But l had some more grape
fruit this morning and it was good you bet
! When l kissed dad goodbye he said, look
out kid, l got sore nose. and l said how
did you get 1t sore. and he said he had hard
night at the last night, that one of those
Argus thugs slammed MIN on the nose. l
! heard him tell mother that probably Mr. Wood
| thought The Argus bunch was hardest boiled
eggs that ever rolled over the gym floor.
| This morning insurance man come and 1
wanted to go with him but mother said no and
then the mail man come and l said can l go
with him, and she said no, and then the boy
! that collects money for The Argus come and 1
didn't say anything, just went with him. We
went to one house and a lady stuck her heat
out of the window and hollered, next week,
next week, and l laughed cause 1 thought that
was funny. Then We went to lot of other
places and finally | come home again and
mother says, young man, where have you
been, so | told her about the lady holiering
next week, next week, and she laughed and /
guess IL was all right.
Jan. We'll, there amt no use to say
got up early, l guess and that l had more
grapefruit, and it was good and dad hurried
on to work, and kissed me before he went
and l went down to play with Billy n ever
thing. l don't much use in writing a diary,
anyway, but dad says if l had TO fill his colyum
every day I'd see there a lot of use in it.
in fact it's one of the most useful things 1 do
Well, course I'm glad to help him out, cause
he's not such bad fellow when you get to
know him like l do.
This afternoon Dorothy and me went to
the Armstrong picture show and had lot
of fun. Then we went up to the office and |
saw fellow there and his name is Art and
he talked kind of rough to me and i sassed
him again a d he picked me up and said better
not l.4se 20 speak to him the next time he
saw me, but he didn't scare me. kind OF like
him. l bet he's pretty good fellow, maybe
Pretty soon dad sad, YOU kids beat it right
out OF mere, / got 10 finish this Colyum. So
! we come home and after awhile ne come home
and when he come to the door / run and opened
it and jumped on his leg and then slid down
1t TO the floor. l always do that, but | don't
think he really likes it very much cause he
always says, don't, son, you're pulling my socks
down.
Dorothy made some swell bon bons today
That's candy t;ith nuts on it. 1t was good but
didn't eat much. l never eat much candy
Id rather play than eat anything, anyway
It's more fun
Jan. S-When I got up this morning it was
daylight and l thought 1t must be late. SO |
called dad and asked him would The Argus
get out extra and ne said yes, it'll probably
get out extra colyumist if you don't let me
get more sleep. But, anyway, we all got IN
cause We had 10 go to Sunday school; Dorothy
and me did. l thought Id go with Dorothy
over TO Central this morning so | went to
|
usually 90. When we got home dad and moth
er had gone to church. DAD he don't go to
Churcn very often and don think he'll go I'D
when he dies unless he goes to church more
lie says he gong to have EN- give him gas
when he hops off, then he's bound TO go up
Jan. 81 don't guess much of anything
happened to me today except that | got IN
early and l had to go to bed early too Dorothy
went down to the college to hear the simpfunny
orcusstry play. Dad says that amt the way
10 spell IT, young fellow, and you're liable to
make somebody sore if you don't watch your
step Well, gee, that's the way it sounds and
besides | can't spell anything anyway
Jan. 1o-Got up early, ate grapefruit kissed
dad goodbye and then went out to pIay !
went over on Eighth avenue to PLAY with
Jackie IN his coaster wagon and we had a lot
OF fun until | got started down the hill and
couldn't steer the wagon and it upset and
gee. l hit the pavement and skinned my left
eyebrow and bumped my face and nose N
ever thing, and l home to mother e.
cried fierce. Gee, it hurt awful, but mother
kissed it and washed it and put something on
1t and II felt better
Then this afternoon she said we'd go tn |
the Ladies aid al Central church. and | asked |
her would they have eats and she said she |
didn't know, and | said. well, they always do |
at those societies. Well, we went, and when
we got there, they a lot of ladies and
pretty soon Alice come in and | said there's |
Alice Alice is my girl, isn't she, mother? A |
lady there talked nice TO me and said she liked
k!ds. Ihen after awhile We got the car to |
come home and there a man on there that
started to talk to me about where l bumped |
my face. Mother said his name was Rolf and
ne was preacher. But l didn't care if he
was preacher He told me next time I went
coasting not to use my face in place of nv feet
ana told him he didn't know much or some
tnlhg, ana ne said, well. he knew better than |
to coast on his face on the street 7 auass
maybe he was having fun with me. maybe
guess preachers like TO have fun the same as
other folks. Maybe he's got little boy of his
own that he has fun with too
When We got home dad wasn't home vet.
He went TO the again tonight When he
come home jumped on his leg again and he
saio, oucn, get on. you young ruffan I'm
cripple And l said why, and he said some
BODY must have walked all over him in the
BASKETBALL game and that it looked like next
Thursday night they'd have to call in the nolice
10 keep order because that gang was getting
tougher every day. Gee, I'd like TO On 10 the
and play basketball. I'm pretty tough. too,
A PITTSBURGH woman destitute. and de-
spislng charity, committed suicide nv swallow |
ing hundreds of pins.
ONE might point moral from that
R E. MIG.