Evening journal., 1893-03-02
A BOY AND HIS RATTLE.
An Interesting Picture Of Home Life with
Half an Hours Exposure.

An Interesting Picture Of Home Life with
Half an Hours Exposure.
They were all sitting In the library--the
mother, her two grownup daughters, her
sonin-law and her boy Chester, who was
"going on 70" One Of the girls was SOW
ing; the other was playing chess With the
son-in-law, The old lady herself was read.
ing her Bible.
Chester, as usual, was making a nuisance
Of himself He had a toy watchman's rat.
tie, and every now and then would set It
agoing just 70 torment his sisters and
brotherin-law
Chester, DEAR" pleaded the unmarried
sister won't you please stop that noise"
~ amt maxim no noise" answered the
young reprobate and he wasn't just then.
A minute later be gave the rattle another
whirl. and then IL was that his married sis.
ter demonstrated.
Chester" she said, 81 should think You
would be ashamed Of yourself TO make such
Aracket when you know how il disturbs u.s.
Il amt maxim no racket" answered the
Roy, and he was not
But the sound Of his words had barely
died out when be made a noise with the
rattle that seemed almost as loud as bunch
OF cannon crackers could make.
Then the son-in-law spoke up. Look
here, Chester" said he, what are you
making such an internal hubbub forg"
81 amt maxim no Internal hubbub," re
piled Chester as he folded his hands across
his breast and took on an injured look
Thirty seconds later that old rattle went
"crack crack. crackety crack, % again max
ing noise louder than ever.
Then the old lady said something She
had been sitting there apparently absorbed
In her Bible, and one would have said that
she hadn't heard any noise at all But it
seemed that she had heard at least some Of
IL, for turning 20 Chester she said, Don't
crack that rattle any more"
81 amt crackin no rattle" said the boy
A shade passed over the old lady's face,
and she made amotion as though she would
put her Bible down, but she didn't do it,
but went on with her reading.
Presently Chester let off another round.
The old lady closed her Bible taking
pains to put a mark 10 il, took Off her spec
tacles and slowed them away in the leather
case, got up on her feet and shook out her
apron and gave a little pull to her waist to
stra9hten out the wrinkles in it. Then
she walked over and took Mr.. Chester by
his right ear and said in the sweetest and
Rentlest way possible, Come, Chester"
Chester followed his ear, and in course of
time reached his mothers apartment just
over the parlor.
1t wasn't long before the two sisters and
the son-in-law heard boys voice yelling
"Owl owl she's KILN men and the cry,
with some variations, was kept up for
about FIVE minutes.
Soon after It stopped the library door
opened again, and in came the old lady
looking as placid rs "A cup of tea. She said
nothing, and nobody spoke to her, though
all there watched her. She proceeded at
once to her seat 10y the table, put her spec
tacles on took up her Bible and began to
read
The daughters and the son-in-law ex-
changed glances ana smiled. The son-in-
law was very near laughing aloud, but his
wife restrained him
But she didn't restrain him nor herself
when 10 minutes later the old lady, havinf
finished her chapter, put her Bible dow.
again, went over TO the corner whence shc
had dragged Chester by the ear, picked up
the young watchmans rattle OF the floor
and tossed the thing into the CRATE FIRE -
New York Times.