The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-22
NAUGHTY OMMY.
He Sat on Papa's Hat, and then
Mamma Sat on Him.

Tommy is only three years old. He Is
to a great extent a reputable aud we'll
conducted citizen, his chief moral weak.
ness being Gas with many older and wiser
people, a passion for the forbidden.
Never mind what, only let some particu-
lar course of action or manner of speech
become vetoed by the powers above him.
and Tommy rests not day or night till he
has performed that action or spoken that
speech,
The other night he was being prepared
for his little cot, and while his mother
was b~uttoning his small night shirt, his
father passed through the nursery into
an adjoining room. He laid his nat down
/ ON a chair, saying to his wife, Don't let
that youngster sit in my hat, Mary"
That was enough; as the words struck
Tommy's ear, an expression of alert at
tention, mingled with dawning determin-
alton, crept into his round eyes. Want
to sit down in papa's hat" he presently
| announced calmly.
mo, Tommy" his mother said; ''you
heard what papa said. II GU touch that
hat | shall whip you we'll"
Tommy spoke not, Napoleonic deter
mination does not waste words, it acts.
But the moment he vas released from
his mothers hands he marched across
| the room. and firmly sat down in the hat.
Then Tommy's mother fulfilled her part
of the contract, and he was placed in his
cot a prayerless, supperless, sobbing little
outcaSt.
When his father returned, the case was
| explained to him. with the concluding
words, Tommy is a naughty boy, so he
doesn't want to say prayers tonight"
Instantly the sobs lessened in volume,
while the sufferer gave his attention to
this statement Of The case. He didn't
want to say prayers, didn't he? That
was all they knew about it. Presently a
| fresh burst of grief from the cot, min
gled with the information, Tommy
wants to say prayers"
Now Tommy's mother believes de-
voutly in the efficacy Of prayer, n al
though she had sehooled herself in ada
mantine firmness as to tho supper part of
the punishment, she was waiting around
the nursery, and folding all the tiny
| clothes many times ovef to give Tommy's
hardened soul a chance to reach this very
! point in its evolution. She went 10 the
| cot and lifted him out; he knelr upon her
| lap, and folded his fat little hands. He
was still heaving with the sobs of grief
| and astonishment at finding that whip
ping hurts = and to give him time to re-
cover, his mother reasoned with him on
the enormity of his crime.
docs Tommy wan to ask God to for
| give him, and make him a good boy2"
She asked, when at lengtn he grew
calmer.
'.Ess," he gulped.
"Then say your prayers like q nice little
boy" she advised.
Then he attacked the throne Of grace
with another gulp, and the following
form of petition :-"Please God, make
Tommy a good boy; and bless papa and
MAMMA, and don't let him sit il papa's
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come to Tommy in the night sake.
Amen.' A mixture of devotion and
diplomacy hat reached one nearer at
least with great directness, so that whe-
ther he was made a good boy or not l do
not know, but | am quite sure that "a
piece of bread and MILK came to him in
the night. L'Estrdnge, IN Hdrper's
Young People.
Henry's Mother-in-Law.
The Duke or Portland, who is an inyet-
crate smoker, puffs at his pipe while be
strolls arm in arm on the river terrace
with the Duke of Richmond; and the
Bishop of London only lays his pipe aside
when he puts on the Episcopal robe neces-
sary for a pre1ate to wear while he Occu-
pies his seat at st. Stephens. The Prince
of Wales, both his sons, the Duke OF
Edinburgh and the Duke of Fife are all
inveterate admirers of the short pipe.
| and smoke it whenever they are present
at concerts OF the Lyric Club or in the
privacy OF their clubs.
The only individual in all England who
seems to have any objection to the prac-
tice is the little lady who rules the land.
Henry of Battenberg was banished from
the presence Of his royal mother-in-law
once for two months because he absently
lit his short pipe in the throne But
it must not be supposed that the queen
has entire objections TO the short pipe;
on the contrary, she nov permits Henry
of Battenberg to smoke his, provided he
keeps well away from her apartments. It
is the sort of tobacco he smokes that the
queen really objects to.-L0ndOn cor.
Philadelphia Times. +.