. St. Nicholas [serial]. WHICH? (The Baby Soliloquizes.) By John Kendrick Bangs. Somebody whose firstname is Pa came inmy room to-day, And asked a lady hecalled Ma how[ much somebody dweigh; And then he askedher if she thoughtMay was a prettyname; How soon some person could be taughtto play some sort of game; Why some one had nt any noseto mention ; at what store Somebody got the lovely clothessomebody always wore. I ve looked about the room all day,in hopes of finding out Who that somebody is that theyall talk so much about; And I ve concluded that that per-son certainly must be The lady whos
. St. Nicholas [serial]. WHICH? (The Baby Soliloquizes.) By John Kendrick Bangs. Somebody whose firstname is Pa came inmy room to-day, And asked a lady hecalled Ma how[ much somebody dweigh; And then he askedher if she thoughtMay was a prettyname; How soon some person could be taughtto play some sort of game; Why some one had nt any noseto mention ; at what store Somebody got the lovely clothessomebody always wore. I ve looked about the room all day,in hopes of finding out Who that somebody is that theyall talk so much about; And I ve concluded that that per-son certainly must be The lady whose first name is Nurse,or else it s little A GOOSE HUNT BY STEAMER. By Charles A. Zimmerman. The stern-wheel packet Time and Tide andthe propeller Nautilus were rivals for the pas-senger and freight traffic of the river St. amusing incidents took place in thehot and fierce competition for business whenboth happened to land at the same dock: onein particular I recall. During the excitement ofan attempt at a simultaneous departure withthe other boat, the captain of the stern-wheelerwas asked by a passenger to hold on a bit! Time and Tide waits for no man, was hislofty and prompt reply; but, espying at thisinstant a lady making rapidly for his boat,quickly and gallantly added, and only oneminute for a woman. The boys of the St. Croix Valley were strongpartizans and favored the little Nauti, for hertimbers were of our own sturdy Wisconsinoak; besides, we had seen her grow from herkeel upward on our dock at Lakeside, whilethe Time and Tide was brought from the Mis-sissippi to share the profits. Well knowing that it was o
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