MOTHER AND THE KIDS. TO BE HEAD QUICKLY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11581, 13 October 1900, Page 4 (Supplement)

MOTHER AND THE KIDS. TO BE HEAD QUICKLY.

[from the Bulletin.] At six in the morning mother begins : * Jick, are yon up yet? Well, yet up then or I'll shift you with the strap — tl>i-» biffed fir« I can'c light it — Rube, iKiiisj sonic shavins or I'll break your TK-ik. There' 9 ilie baker — take the bread fust. Bert— Btrt ! — why don t you inswr itu? Aren't you dressel yet ? — liurry up then and bring some water for this kettle. Rnba 1 I don't waut them now the fire's alight — fill this luttle »nd put it on the fire. Bob, Lave that pup alune and get _\onr boots laced or I'll thrnab you. Tnere's the milk — and not a clean ju~ iv the house. Tnero's the dipper — 'that'll do. Put it m» the table and shut tha'< door — con found it 1 '* Jack ! Huld this pan and don't let the meat burn. Watch that toast and tell me win>n the kettle boil I.1 '. Look ' what yon are doing, now — or I'll srnnck yon on^iliP ear. R>ibp, look at that fowl on the tab'e — ut the bread ! — shoo — shoo — Therf ! — the only butter— !ish is broken ! Who left that door open ? Rube, why didn't you put that bread away? Did I tell you? (" Nn/ ) Yon'll contradict me, will yon? Tike that, and that, and that. Lay still — 8 '>p howiinar (biff) or I'llmurder you — stop, stop ! ! (biff') — now go outsi.e. BB j rt, pick up that broken glass and throw it outside anil don t cut your finders.' Bob ! Bob ! Where's that kid ? Bob — 1 11 make you come quicker another time — did you clean your fattier"? lios? Take them into him then. Is t'i'it boiling ? Empty the teapot then. Quiok ! your father'll he late. Come mi, D».i ; sit down — your breakfast'll gpt cold. The milk's in the dipper. Jack, sp* i: the paper's come yet Well, you fol — briog it in, your father wants it ; shut that door and roll up the win-dow-blind, home of you, so your father cm see. Stick a pin in it then — what a fool the kid is 1 Bick out of the road and come down — 1 11 do it myself. Bring the teapot off thu hob and don't scald yonrself. Now find yonr father's hat and tucker bag. That's not his working-hat ; find the other. Now yo an' get washed the lot of you. Here, Jack, get that letter off the mantlepiece — don't knock those vases down — and give it to yonr father to post It's no goo! that way — get a ptamp out of the clock, and pat one on it, and see yoa don't stop the clock. I dnnno where the soap ia — go and loot for it. Here you boys — blacken your boots before you wash — Bert, find some paper, to wrap your father's lunch in. Bob,*how many times have I told you not to b'acken your boots on the doorstep. Pick up that school-book — think I've got nothing else to do but buy books to throw about on the floor ! Take it off the dinner-table, and put it in your school bagr. Hnnt that fowl out — shoo! — 3nd shut that door. Arcrit you washed yet ? Hurry np then, or you'll get no breakfast. There 1 your father hasii'c that letter low — Jack, see you take it when you're poing to school — don't forget it, or I'll hammer yon. Sit up in yoir places, now, and get your breakfast. Did you comb your hair, Bert ?—-veil,? — -veil, go and do it. Bob, take your elbows off the table — Jack, don't be feeding that pup under the tableHave you done your breakfast, Bert 1 Weil, go an' feed the fowls. Rube, what have you got your hand to your head for? — let me see? Well, you shouldn't be a naughty boy, an* mother wouldn't beat you. Never mind, there's a penny to buj some crackers with. B'jb, take that collar off and put a clean one on. Rube, yon get your bag out. Jack, where's your hat ? Have you got that letter ? All right, now— off you go to school. It's hal'-pasfc 8, and yon'll be late again. Good-bye, Jack — good-bye, Bert — good-bye, Bob — goodbye. Rube (kisses him) ; there, innnumy didn't mean to hit you so bard. Run off to school, now, like a good boy. Shut the front gate, and don't let tho pnp out. Good-bye, all. Well I'll have a cup of tea meself now." " The Beggar."