The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-23

W II T. ana | always said
|\U that grandchildren would be-
wonderful 10 have around
the house. They don't come for a
visit. of course. unless they are per
fectly well. which lnsures you
E against worry about them. They 20
home before bedtime. SO you don't
have 90 think up animal stories to
put them TO sleep, although. come
T 20 think ~ a. never knew a Kid
who would shut an eve while an
animal story was being told They
are az their best when they are
away from home. because they are
little afraid of elderly relations
such as grandparents. and are more
likely 10 be on their good behavior
And you can feed them candy and
things they Ike with Impuulty. be
cause the doctor hasn't given You
any dietary for them. and they
won't get the stomRchache TIN after
they get back TO their fathers and
mothers. anyway.
That was What my wife and
always said But we don't say u
any more. Sunday our daughter had
chance 10 run down 10 Atlantic
Clty for the week end. and won
dered II we could look after the two
xlds. We Were delighted. OF
course We could. we said. bring
hem right over 10 would be- bully
20 have them. Just send along a list
of what What they were allowed 20
eat. aud leave the rest OF II 20 as.
The youngsters. aged three and
one and a half arrived. under IS
cort the following afternoon II
Was thought best not % tell them
that their mother was going away
50 while the hoy. Cubby. vas anus
lng himself by chasing the cat. she
slipped OF. Hardly had she gone
before Sister. the girl. asserted a
joint claim 90 the cat. and attempt.
ed 10 enforce Il By laying a firm
hold on It's tail and wreuchlng IL
away from her brother. A crisis oc-
Cured instantly. Distrustful of a
person who would attack him In the
rear the creature elung TO Cusby.
sinking her claws into the sleeves
of his little jacket. through which
they protruded just far enough 10
bring a terrific howl from him.
The iodine that We applied to the
scratch brought forth another and
louder howl. but several selec.
tlons from a box OF candy ! had
brought home was balm FOR the hurt
wound. Meanwhile Sister concealed
herself under a reading table. from
which she presently emerged with
an angelic smile and headed for the
dining room, where she began In
vestlgating a bowl OF gold fish.
arrived just In time 10 rescue these
creatures from being dumped ruth
Iessly on the floor.
By this time | was beginning TO
wonder II II had been the best OF
judgment TO entertain these young
people. Il also occurred 10 me that
the idea that you could take young
children or leave them alone wasn't
so good. or course we had gone
through the same kind OF an expert
ence with our own offspring. but
that was, so TO speak, under com
pulslon.
The afternoon was difficult. For
a time the angels would be playing
In perfect harmony. and agreeing
like birds In their little nests. Then
Cubby would, for no fatbomable rea-
son. tweak his sisters ears. and she.
though only a year and a half.
would retalIate with any missile
that came TO her hand, such as a
wooden horse or a toy umbrella.
We began TO look forward TO night
fall. But that blessed relief still
lay beyond a sea of troubles.
They arrived in the midst Of dis
agreement over the possession OF a
banana which Cubby had discovered
In a foraging expedition TO the
kitchen. In his view finders were
keepers. But his sister dissented.
she had few words, but she used
these with eloquence One Of them
was mo. MOI" which she screamed
at the top of her voice every time
Cubby sanding aloof on a chair
sought 10 take a bite ont of his
prize. The other was "Baa Baa"
which we learned afterwards was
not an attempt to initiate a sheep.
but which was to be translated as
Bad! Bad!" The callers affected
to be amused. but one of them
suddenly remembered that she must