West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-01-04
CHAPTER II.

TIE tAD EOl AT WORK ACAISs
or course all boys are not full of tricks,
but the hest OF them are That is. those
who are tho readiest to play innocent
jokes and who are continually looking
for chances to make Rome howl are the
most apt to turn ont to be first class bust
mesa men. There 10 n boy in the Seventh
ward who Is 50 full Of fun that some
times II makes him ache. Ho is the same
boy who not long since wrote note TO
his father and signed the nanc Daisy to
II and got the old man to stand on n
corner for two bours waiting for tho
girl After that scr;,pe tho old man told
the boy that no had no objection to inno-
cent jokes. such M would not bring re-
proach upon him. and ls long as the boy
confined himself to jokes that would
simply cause pleasant laughter ana not
cause the finger of scorn to be pointed
at parent he would be the last one to
kick. So the boy has been for three
weeks trying to think OF some innocent
joke to play on his father
The old man is getting little near
sighted, and his teeth are not as good as
they used 20 be-, but the old man will not
admit it. Nothing that anybody can say
can make him own up that his eyesight
Is falling or that his teeth are poor, and
nc would bet 500 that he could see as
far as ever. The boy knew the failing
and made up his mind to demonstrate to
the old man that he was rapidly getting
OF his base. The old person is very fond
of macaroni aud eats II about three times
a week. The other day the boy was in
drug store and noticed in a showcase u
Lot of small rubber hose about the size
OF sticks of macuroni, such as IL used on
nursing bottlesa and ether rubber utensils.
1t was white and nice. and the boys mind
was mado up at once. He bought yard
of 1t and took it home When the maca-
roni was cooked and ready to be served.
he hired the table girl to help him play
1t on the old man. They took a pair Of
shears and cut the rubber hose in pieces
about the same length as the pieces of
boiled macaroni and put them in saucer
with little inacaroni over the rubber
pipes and placed tho dish ut the old mans
plate.
Well. we suppose II 10000 people could
have had reserve seats and seen the old
man struggle with the india rubber mac
aToni and have seen the boys struggle I D
keep from laughing they would have had
more finn than they would at circus.
First the old delegate attempted to cut
the lnacaroili into small pieces. and fail
ing he remarked that 1t was not cooked
enough. The hoy said bis inacaroni was
cooked too tender. and that his fathers
teeth were 80 poor that he would have to
eat soup entirely pretty soon The old
man said. Never you mind my teeth,
young man." and decided that he would
not complain of anything again. He took
mp a couple of pieces Of rubber and one
piece OF macaroni on fork and put them
IN his mouth. The macaroni dissolved
easy enough and went down perfectly
easy. but the flat mncaroni was too much
for him.
He chewed on 1t for minute or two
and talked about the weather in order
that none Of the family should see that
be was in trouble. and when he found
that the nacaroni would not 70 down
ne called their attention to something
ont OF the window and took the rub