Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-01
AIRED TO DO CHORES.
Some 81 tho Strange Adventures which
Housewife Had with "a 10y.

Bono OF the strange Adventures WhiCh
Housewife Had with 10y.
There was once n boy.
He was hired a few weeks ago by
Washington housewife to do chores.
Among other duties Of n miscella.
necus description he was expected 10
attend to the furnace, help tho cook
and run crTunds. In short. he was
TO make himself generally useful.
50 he did For tho first twenty.
four hours Of his engagement his
performance was admirable. Then
things began n go wrong. He fell
out with the cook and set a series OF
BOBBY traps over the doors for her
benefit To appoasc her for this out
rage no offered her u gift neatly done
up In white paper She opened H.
and finding a live mouse inside went
into fit OF Mysteries which alarmed
the household Finally. being sent
out with tho baby carriage hc did not
return, and the innocent infunt was
found In Dupont circle deserted. Tho
boy came back later and admitted
that hc had forgotten all about his
charge. being led away by n game Of
progressive marbles, which took him
down 20 Farragut square. Probably
the idea suggested itself TO him
thcroupon that no was likely to be
discharged.
Any way, at about 9 o'clock that
evening tho second day after his
engagement -- tho mistress Of the
house was startled by noise as the
breaking Of crockcry below She
trippcd softly down stairs, and look.
ing into the dining room behold
spectacle which frozo her with horri
fed ainazemcnt. Tho youthful ap
prentice, who had boon ordered by
the cook TO set tho table, was pei.
forming the task aftor his own 20
culiar fashion.
Standing little distance from one
end Of the table, with dozen plates
under his left arm. he was distribut
ing thcm upon the board by shooting
them across like quoits. Just IA tho
mistress looked In a plato, thrown
with slightly too much force. went
of the end Of the table and fell to
tho floor with smash, breaking 1t
into fragments.
That's ono OIL" said the boy.
Tho next plato landed safely, but
tho following ono was broken on the
floor
That's another ono OF, said the
boy.
Presumably this would have con.
tinued until the armful of plates was
exhausted had not tho lady rushed in
and grabbed tho young roprobatc by
the collar.
Its onlyu game was playin. " he
explained, IN response 10 vigorous
shake.
You outrageous little rascnlln she
sail. Leave my house at once, and
never lot mo sec you nganw
She told the cook 20 give him his
dinner and send him up for the money
due him. An hour and half later
be had not appeared and sho rang
the bell. Ho came dumping up the
stairs, chewing violently.
Haven't you finished your dinner
yetl' she asked.
TIN just trying TO get a mouthful,
ma'am. " he replied
An hour moro passed, and sherane
the bell again. Tho boy came W
stairs, still chewing theoretically.
Haven't you got through dinner
yet" she inquired.
Just trying to got n bite, ma'am,r
no answered.
Another hour and half went by,
and again sho rang the bell. Ho came
up munching us before.
You don't mean to say that YOU
haven't finished your dinner yctr
she exclaimed.
only n mouthful, ma'am.n
The lady handed him his money
and hado him bcgonc. 10 make
sure that ho obeyed sho escorted him
herself 10 the door. Then sho spoke
to tho cook, and learned that tho
youth had been skating on the front
sidewalk for the past four hours,
coming into the kitchen at intervals
to ask for more bread and butter
Washington Star.