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B hd ays c s 3 By RING LARDNER rv i To the Editor I Well Yell here it is the open season for tor picnics again and on Monday morning our front yard looks like the chautauQUa chautauqua chautauqua chau chau- had stayed a couple of ot weeks eek extra Last Sunday they was 10 or 11 of them little what nots from Detroit De De- Detroit troit parked in line along the ro road d and several se thought we must be having a auction or something something something some some- thing and come up to make and I was about ready rendy fo to get sore when a n kid about 13 yrs rs old that belonged to one of ot the pointed to our cow and says o oh look mamma they have got a cow cowan on that estate mad when Well ell you cant can't stay very they call your Jour Joint a estate and If one of them will pull something like that every ery Sunday I J will try not and and not make no holler about them upholstering upholstering the front Lawn with bread and sardine cans but I cant can't help from Irum wondering what that boy would of called culled the Swope place nest next door where they have ha got a 4 or GOO ft fL front and I suppose he be would of at nicknamed nick named It Asia Speaking about the cow this aint Flossie the one we had but a bran brannow now new one as Flossie had finely became just a n ornament The new V one dont don't seem to be no special brand and aint got no family tree or nothing She is plain black and when we first got her we left it to the kiddies to give her a name and they thought it over mer all nil one day and then give berthe her ber herthe herthe the name Blackie Kids will think of the d t d-t 1 t things But nut for some reason another er Blackie le dont don't seem to like her name at nt lease she acts mad rand all the time and has showed signs o 0 of t f a vengeful spirits It seems that on some parts of the estate theys they's quite a growth of what they call wild garlic gar lic He which now v cow could possibly enjoy eating it but Blackie eats it to get even en and I will say she gets getsI I even Sometimes you ou can shut your eyes wile Imbibing the oatmeal and pretend you are enjoying the table de hote hate at Madame GallisA GainsA Gallis Gains A few days of warmth and sun sunS sunshine sunshine shine certainly made the estate look beautiful when all the flowers and blossoms was out All told they was In bloom at nt one time 4 hyacinths 2 a 3 dozen tulips and the fruit fruit orchard The last named Is ly hid behind the garage garnge so as the picnic parties cant can't enjoy it Last yr r it yielded pretty near a strawberry strawberry strawberry straw straw- berry box full ull of plums which come comens as ns a big surprise as when we bought the place they told us it was a n cherry tree Annual work started last wk on the tennis court The men promise to have hn It ready by Sept this yr as ns they aint near as much to todo todo todo do to It as other yrs Frs as this winter only of ot It caved in 1 I aint In no hurry as I agree with the U. 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S tennis that a man cant can't write and play tennis both and It ItIs Itis itis is a whole lot less trouble to write because when you play tennis you half to wear special white shoes and pants and shirt but you can cnn write In Ina Inn ina a n and slippers and In fact act some of ot my best writings has been done entirely bare foot toot Three of ot the 4 kiddies was born In the spring sprin time so we been having quite a orgy of or birthdays and generally generally gen gene when theys they's one in sight we ask the hero of same what he would like for presents and most always us the reply Is a pony peny or a sail boat or a a parrot or something else that they aint no chance of him getting But the boy Is different and today today today to to- day Is his birthday and we asked him a wk ago what would he Hike lUke and he says he would like something that would clean the rust off of his bicycle That is the way he has always al aI always ways been and will always be the same way not wanting nothing and nothing is probably what he will get The Mrs decided a wile ago that It was about time we was getting a anew anew new vehicle to ride the kiddies back and to school and back as the theone theone theone one we had been using for that purpose purpose pur pur- pose the last 3 or 4 yrs rs was acting kind of sullen so we called up the theman theman theman man and told him to bring something around and so we asked him could we trade In our old one and he looked at same and kind of at swallowed hard but sa says s 's yes he would half to take it over to Port Washington to get It ap praised So we was scared to death for tor a day as ns Port Washington Is 4 miles from here and the betting was even en that the good old wagon wouldn't never complete the round trip but she done It it all right and the deal was closed and the papers signed and now the kiddies Is squawking because because be be- cause all the theun fun dun has been took out of ot their dally daily trips to and from school They always Insisted on setting In Inthe Inthe inthe the back seat of ot the old car and about 2 days o out t of every ery 5 the machine machine ma ma- chine would part In the middle either going or coming and when the driver got to school or borne home and turned around to let them out they wouldn't be there e but would be a mile or 2 up the road In the back 3 of at the car laughing at him That is about all nU the Great Neck news s only anI that everybody Is tickled ticked on acct of ot the spring ruins rains being over which means that the electric lights will wUl probably stay on pretty regular unless theys they's a breeze or Jr r It gets clou cloudy or something tt f C 1 by he Boll Bell lae AC |
