\"I feel just like a fat'er to that kid,\" said Chico with an attractive, shamefaced laugh. \"Ain't it hell to be a fat'er! Allus worryin' about him, how to keep him from learnin' bad and all; allus thinkin' he's gonna get one of these diseases that kids get.\"
\"Like infantile paralysis,\" suggested Madge softly.
\"Oh, God! that's the worst,\" said Chico. \"Fair puts me in a sweat just to think of it. And they say there's an epidemic comin' on.\"
\"I feel just like a fat'er to that kid,\" said Chico with an attractive, shamefaced laugh. \"Ain't it hell to be a fat'er! Allus worryin' about him, how to keep him from learnin' bad and all; allus thinkin' he's gonna get one of these diseases that kids get.\"
\"Like infantile paralysis,\" suggested Madge softly.
\"Oh, God! that's the worst,\" said Chico. \"Fair puts me in a sweat just to think of it. And they say there's an epidemic comin' on.\"
