Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-07

His mother was very Iona Oh MIN
The good ones name was Johnny Black,
He had beautiful fur upon his back,
And he never went near the railroad track
But Dandy Jim,
Alas for him
Heran away,
One summer day,
Over the hills and far away;
And his mother sought for him far aud near,
But never a word of Jim could she hear;
Far crossing the track,
The railroad cars ran over him,
And that the end OF Dandy Jim.
But Johnny Black,
He always came back,
Whenever he went from home away,
He knew that at home was the place TO stay.
He minded his mother where'er he might he,
He thought that his mother knew better than he.
TOMS DELUGE.-Once there was
troublesome boy, named Tom, who was
always in mischief. Not only that. but
you never knew where to have him, for
he was an original youth, and broke out
constantly in unexpected places. He
put the cat in walnut-shell boots and
painted her pink and green in stripes.
He took the wheels out of the parlor
clock to make penny spinners;" and
even that was not the worst thing he
did.
One day his mamma and grown-up
sisters went out, and Master Tom was
left all alone in his glory. They didn't
often commit such an oversight, since
there was no telling what might happen
before they came back. However, at
first he happened to do nothing more
than to sit on the cover of the sewing
machine, drawing horses all over the fly
leaves of his sisters favorite copy of Ten
nyson.
All at once bright idea struck him.
He slapped down the book and jumped
off the sewing machine, exclaiming:
GOOD! | know what Pll do! /
mean to set the water running in the
bath-tub, and play with my Noah's
ark"
Thereupon, Master Tom jerked open
the drawer where his toys were kept:
ierked out the ark, examining in several
stray animals that were kicking up their
heels in various corners, and scampered
down to the bathroom, talking to himself
all the while.
"Now, then, | must turn on both
faucets, so as to hurry up the water as
fast rs possible. "Goody. how deep it
is getting Make haste, Noah don't
stop to count the grasshoppers, but pile
into your old ark and shut the door
quick! There-now you're off; but it
ought to be raining-if you're Noah in
the ark. Ohio! I'll start the shower-bath
going" and presently highly respecta-
BILE shower was pattering and rafting
down, while Tom jumped up and down
in perfect ecstasy of delight.
All at once the front door-bcll rang.
81 wonder who that is?' thought Tom.
lie listened.
--Qh t there Uncle George ?" he cried
"Pm going down to see him this min
ute" and forgetting all about poor
Noah, away he scampcred, slamming the
door behind him, and leaving the water
still running.
His uncle, with whom he was great
favorite, was waiting in the hall.
"Well young monkey" he said, as
Toms curly head appeared at the top OF
the stairs, "do you want TO take drive
10 lHc PARK Will Hlc
ooh, don't | thought" cried Tom.
"PIease, may | drive the buckle" by
which he meant being allowed to hold
the reins where they were buckled to-
gether.
"Ycs Just as you like-only hurry. !
don't want to keep the horse standing
Away flew Tom, but only to appear
again in two minutes, and to scramble
into the buggy like lamplighter, when
off they went.
Meantime, the water was rising higher
and higher in the bath-tub, and pres
emily brimmed over and began to trickle
slowly upon the floor. 1t ought to have
passed off through the top drain, but, un-
luckily, the day before Master Tom had
amused himself by plugging up the little
holes. Soon 4 slow but steady stream
was creeping under the door, and making
little alternate puddies and waterfalls
down the front stairs. And still nobody
came home.
After about an hour of this, John, the
black waiter, came into the dining room
to lay the table for dinner. He was just
standing by the sideboard arranging an
elegant pyramid OF, fruit in glass dish,
when crash bang. down fell big, square
yards of plaster on top OF his poor pate,
and Knocked him fiat upon the floor.
The water had gradually soaked through
the boards; and plaster ceilings will
melt, you know-if not us easily as sugar
yet just as surely, if you keep at them
long enough.
Up rushed the cook, leaving the roast
ing turkey to take care of itself; and
when she saw the condition of the dining
room, and poor John lying senseless on
the floor, she began to scream murder,
fire and thieves, at the top of her voice,
which so alarmed the housemaid that she
dropped her best buster into the parlor
fire, and rushed all the way down the
street calling for the police, before it
occurred to her to find out what was the
matter
At this moment Toms mother and sis
tiers returned, and when they found the
front door wide open, and 4 stream of
water running along the entry and down
the front steps, they were nearly petri-
fed with establishment. Just then came
up Tom and his uncle, who were coming
home from the stable, where they had
left the horse and buggy.
"Why, what is the matter here %'
exclaimed his uncle. "Have your pipes
burst that you are all overfowed like
this?"
Poor Tom he turned as red as beet,
and then as white as paper, but he was a
truthful little chap, with all his faults,
and in a minute he burst out with:
ooh, mamma! oh, uncle | did tits
my deluge! oh, oh !"
"Your deluge?"
eyes; / set the water running in the
bathroom to play deluge with my Noah's
ark, and l went out to ride and forgot all
about it."
odd ever hear-w shouted Uncle
George; and rushing up stairs, two steps
at time, he flew into the bathroom
and turned of the deluge in double-quick
time.