Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-18
NAUGHTY LITTLE JIMMY.
Some of the Franks That Get Small
Washington Boy Into Trouble.

Some of the Franks That Get Small
Washington Boy Into Trouble.
One bright little Washington boy of six sum-
mers and a prolonged autumn has passionate
appetite for angel food The other evening he
CHANGED to be in the dining room at his home
reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
while the maid, in white apron and cap, was
setting the table for supper. When she had
placed in the middle of the board a large
round angel cake, with hole in the middle and
| icing all over it, the hope of the house hold
| transferred his interest from the book to the
delicious spectacle thus offered to his view
The woman vanished presently and did not re-
turn, her task being completed. she did
dangerous a temptation before the fascinated
eyes OF young master, whose mouth lmmedi-
ately began to water longingly. For some
time. being youth of naturally good princi-
pies, he resisted il manfully; but at length the
seduction overcame him and he made up his
mind that one little piece broken off the top
rim would never be observed. So he jumped
down oil his chair, and. approaching the table.
reached over and fetched away a fair-sized
bite between his fOrefnger and thumb from
the part most thickly covered with icing. Ou,
how good it was. He licked the thumb and
| forefinger with mnch gusto and then expressed
to himself regret that he hadn't taken a
Digger scrap. Happily, however,
1T Wac NOT TOO LATE.
A morsel of the edge Immediately adjoining
the portion that had been removed had been
somewhat cracked it did not look we'll, and he
made up his mind that it was desirable to re-
move 1t. His action in doing SO was a trifle
hurried by noise from without in the hall,
and thus it happened that he broke off this time
slightly larger piece than he had intended to-
de munched 1t hastily, as he jumped back upon
his chair and resumed the perusal of alice"
with seemingly absorbed interest. But it was
false alarm, and presently, laying the volume
down, he looked anxiousiy at the cake. Alas,
Its appearance was far more seriously married
than lie could have anticipated. The absence
of those two bites frightfully con-
spicuous. After considering the problem
for some time earnestly he determined
that there was but one possible way of restor-
ing the symmetry of the cake so that the dam
age might not be noticed. and that was to COM
plete the operation already begun by breaking
of-and incidentally eating-the rim all
around. This he proceeded to do with some
haste, lest an interruption should occur, and
thinking that the inside edge around the CEN
trail hole did not match the outside satisfac-
torily-he ate that off too. A final contempla-
ton of the result was not altogether encour-
aging; but he felt that there was nothing more
that he could do anyway, and so he went up
stairs, philosophicaly, to play.
RErRIBUrIoN.
Half an hour later all the members Of the
family, with two or three guests, assembled in
the dining room. AS they laid their hands
upon their chairs to be seated there was a sud-
den pause i'll the conversation and all eyes were
simultaneously directed upon the cake, which
looked to every one as If the rats had been at
work upon it, Then all eyes we're turned with
equal unanlmity upon little Jimmy, who was
waiting with an expression of admirably
assumed innocence to be lifted into his high
throne next to his mamma.
Pray sit down." said the host grayely;
Jimmy will not have any angel food tonight.
which Is only fair, inasmuch as he seems to
have had his share already"
And that was how it happened that Jimmy
was not helped that evening when the cake was
passed around.
JIMMY's REVENGE
One day, not long ago, Jimmy had squabble
with the cook because. very unreasonably, she
refused to let him help himself ad libitum
from the sugar bowl in the kitchen. So to re-
yenge the wrong he stole a whole cooked ham
with slice or two out, from her refrigerator
and stood 1t up for convenience in the corner
on the landing of the second floor. 1t hap
pened that the ham was not missed that after
noon or evening and Jimmy forgot ell about it
himself.
The next morning Jimmy's grandchildren
most dlgnined olu gentieman-was coming
down stairs to breakfast when he saw a queer
amOrphous-lookiug object in the corner OF the
second-story landing and proceeded to investi-
gate 1t.
''Of all things in this world 1 should least
expect to find upon the landing of my stair
way. stood up III the corner, Il boiled ham with
slice out OF it," said the old gentleman upon
joining the family at the breakfast table.
Then he looked at little Jimmy, who was
sent away from the table, and later on sounds
like those OF castanets were audible from the
nursery.
YOUNG HoPEFUL's GAMBLE.
Once upon time, not long ago-in fact, only
last Easter-Jimmy engaged the cook in
gambling speculation. He represented to her
that if she would lend him half dozen of her
eggs to pick with other boys he would win lots
OF eggs for her. Nor did he do so badly in this
venture. to begin WITH until he struck bad
boy who lived in alley and had d guinea
hens egg. The bad boy by this unfair means
won not only little Jimnys stock i'll hand, but
also hvo dozen more-the entire family sup
ply-which little Jimmy, i'll the desperation of
continued losses, obtained surreptitiously from
the refrigerator.
Jimmy is more cautious than he used to be
about filing his pockets with lump sugar from
the silver bowl, owing to a recent embarrassing
experience. His mother, upon undressing him
for bed one night. found his little breeches
fairly stuffed with the stolen deicacies He
had forgotten to throw the sugar over the
fence into the next yard. as had always been
his custom when he found himself loaded with
an unconsumed supply in the evening" and the
result was humiliating. For his father made a
great big cornucopia and having filled it with
the plltered lumps-quite pound i'll all-made
him present il formally to his grandfather the
next morning at breakfast before all the fam
lily, saving:
Grandpa, here is some of your sugar for
which have no further use."