The record-union., 1898-11-16
FUN FOR TOMMY.
Lark Of a Boy Who Resembles his
Sister.

Lark Of Boy Who Resembles HIS
Sister.
One small boy in this city is In ueep
disgrace and his sister stoutly refuses
to forgive him The sister is remark
ably pretty girl, and the brother LOOKS
like her. but there the reSempiahce
stops, for in spite of his eheruplc Iace
he is an imp of darkness, and PROVIDES
entertainment not only for his family,
but also for the whole neighborhood.
One day. not long ago, he made HIM
self SO intolerable that his mother losI
patience and ordered the maid to take
him upstairs and lock him in his SIS
ter's room. The sister would probably
have vetoed the plan, but she had gone
out for the day, so Tommy was hauled
upstairs and locked in the big front
room on the third floor
For a while he entertained himself
fairly we'll by playing drug store, ana
mixing medicines of tooth powder. I'm
ger nail paste soap and perfumery; but
at last that palled upon him, and he
looked for new worlds to conquer. The
closet door suggested possibilities. ana
he pulled out one of his sisters dainty
frocks and arrayed himself in it. Then
he put on her best hat. The result
| pleased him.
He made a most attractive girl; and
even at his age he knew pretty girl
when he saw one. He admired himself
| for a few minutes, but he realized that
he was worthy Of a larger audience
He was too good a thing to waste his
sweetness on the desert air, 80 he went
| to the window and looked the land
scape per-
| An electric car line runs past the
house, and a car happened to bowl
along while the youngster leaned out
of the window. Ire motorman looked
idly up at the front of the house. The
boy in the window wriggled with ex-
citement as he saw chance of appre-
citation. The next moment the motor
man was dazed, for in a front window
of a handsome house a pretty girl
stood smiling at him and genially wav-
| ing a handkerchief.
| Before he recovered from the shock
| the house was blocks behind him, but
the conductor had seen the vision also,
and the two compared notes with great
| interest.
/ The conductor and motorman on the
next car had the same experience and
the game went merrily on until word
had been passed along the line, and ev-
cry man on the road was on the look
out for the house and the girl Some
of the men said she was one of the
servants. Others, more observing, de-
clared that the hat and the leisure
disproVed the servant theory.
| When the car came within a block
OF the scene. of action a thrill of ex-
citement ran from. the front to the rear
platform. The motorman did funny
things with the motor, which sent pas
sengers tumbling over one another, and
if one wanted to- leave the car the only
way to. attract the attention of the con-
ductor was to knock him down. Both
men hung over the gates and directed
idiotic smiles at third story window,
and the passengers dislocated their
necks in trying to see the cause of the
excitement. When they did see, the
women were shocked and they were
/ amused.
The fun Waxed fast and furious and
Tommy was having the time Of his
life, and playing his part with verve
that would have won him fame on the
| variety stage. When he reflected that
he might have been locked in a back
room and have missed all that lark, he
would have wept tears of gratitude, If
there had been time for it between
smiles
But the situation was too blissful to
last. Unluckily for Tommy, one of his
mothers friends who lived next door
was moved to seat herself at her front
window, and her attention was at
| tracted by the phenomenal behavior
of the people on the cars. She couldn't t
see what caused the excitement; but,
after watching for half an hour, she
decided that some one was at a third
story window of the next house. That
was Mollie's room; but Mollie-O, no,
| that couldn't be possible. It must be
one of the servants. She stood the
uncertainty as long as she could. Then
curiosity was too much for her. and
putting on her hat, she hurried over
to call on Tommy's mother.
The rest of the tale is sad, very sad
Tommy was caught redhanded, and
punishment swift and dire was meted
out to him. The car men stretched
their necks in vain, and lamented that
the Joy had departed from Israel and
Il deadly mOnOtOny ndu once iIIOIe lslIci
on the street car business. Doubtless
they still dream of the radiant ane
/ gracious vision that frightened ar
afternoon for them, but Tommy knows
the thing was nightmare, and ths
story goes that he still stands up te
eat his meals and sleeps face down
ward.
AS for Mollie-well, the heather may
rage. but she could give them points
She refuses to be propitiated, and in
sists that her reputation Is ruined
Nothing can persuade her to occup,
her beautiful big, front room. and sh'
has moved her lares and penates to s
stuffy little room overlooking the bacl
ward. There she calls down ma1edic
tions upon the head Of her small broth
er. who feels that enough malediction
have descended upon another part o
his anatomy to appease even his wors
enemy-New York Sun.
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