National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-13
JAKY's EXPLOITS
How He Entertained His Visi pr Frankly
The Reaulta


Mrs. wylie and her boy ErankJ came over to
spend the day with Mrs. Watts last Tuesday
Jaky Watts stayed home from schIo that day tC
visit with Frankly. Jaky is about a year Older
than Mrs. Wylie's boy, and consequently treated
him in a very fatheriy manner. He took hiu
down to the kitchen FIRST and shovel how familiar
he dared be with the cook. Then he took him
up stairs to the attic and played "hjun;" q game
in which the wylie boy wandered i6out the room
persOnatiDg q soldier, and every tine he passed
certain trunk, Captain Jack, whose part was
hind It and pounce upon him, jobbhg him with a
comb, pulling his hair, and otherwise carrying
out his conception Of the great CHIEF. After sew.
be Captain Jack for while, but 1sky guessed
he didn't want to play any longer. He only
wanted to teach him the game;
After trying all Of Mr.. Watts new spring
! clothes and looking through aud commenting
upon the contents Of Mrs. Watts bureau, It be-
came so dull that Jaky was put to his wits end
liant idea thrilled through him. which resulted
10 his enticing Frankly out into the wood shed un.
der the Pretence OF showing him an ostrich, and
JaEy went into the house, leaving the wyIle
boy knocking against the door with stick OF
wood and screaming for Jsky TO let him out, and
strolled into the parlor, where his mother and
Mrs. Wylie were sitting, feeling very indignant
because poor widow Richards was trying to catch
another husband, and exchanging some very in
teresting facts concerning her past life. Jakyex-
planned that Frankly had gone to take walk
and then sat down in the corner. Presently he
rolled over on the sofa, turning red in the face,
ard attempting to cram handkerchief down his
throat as he heard family in the distance some
body humping away against door: why,
alarm. Nothing, ma, only l was thinking Of
something the minister said last Sunday" Mrs.
Watts, with look OF pride walked across the
several more demonstrations on Jaky's part every
time faint sound of hammering hoated into the
apartment he left the room, in Orderto give freer
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for Mrs. Wylie to 20, and Jaky was sent out to
look for Frankly. He returned after half an hour
had passed, which he had spent at the corner gro
Gerry, trying TO explain to the shOpman that some
thing was going to happen, and going of into
explosive fits Of laughter as he thought Of
Frankly banging away at the wo0d-shed door, and
told Mrs. Wylie that he couldn't find Frankly
anywhere, but he had heard that eistern round
on q street had been left open; perhaps 1t might
be a good thing to go round there and see.
Mrs. Wylie ran around to q street, but soon
returned and asked Jaky to 20 with her and show
her the cistern. He said that he didn't know
where it was: that was what he heard. He fur
Their suggested that as there had been fire, per-
baps Frankly had been fool enough to get run
over by a steam-engine; but he cOunseled Mrs
WYlie to keep cool, as such things happened every
day.
After several expeditions Of the whole family
and every one else that could be pressed into SER
vice, up and down the neighbOring streets-during
which Journeys Mrs. Wylie insisted upon wander
ing up into every alley and wildly calling upon
Frankly 10 make his appearance If he was In the
vicinity, and overturning every barrel and box
and poktDg q stick into every pile of rubbish
some one suggested returning 10 the house and
searching the premises. On the arrival of the
party, which now numbered about i've hundred,
the cook came out and said that some one was
raising "Old Ned" out in the wood shed, and upon
investiga alton Frankly was released, much to his
own satisfaction and the great qualification of his
mother.
Jaky was very much surprised, and said that he
remembered then that he locked him up, bat he
thought It was very curious that 1t mad entirely
slipped his memory.
Mrs. Wylie went home in a very snappish frame
of mind, with her little boy sucking a stick of
candy, which came near choking him every time
his little diaphragm jerked up and down in a sob,
as he remembered the cruelty that had been prac-
ticed upon him. Jaky's own cries rent the air
shortly alter, when his father came home. and he
was thoughtful for the rest Of the evening. He
told his mother as he kissed her good night, that
he guessed he'd be good and try to be President
some time; but somehow or other he couldn't help
going down to the kitchen before he went to his
room, and telling the cook that she had better 90
up to her room and see If she could recognize the
man who was hidden in her closet, because II IL
wasn't any Of her friends she might be frightened
II he came out during the night.