The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-21
strategi.t of a Chicago Fiat.

The two boys in the fiat above We're
having their regular game of leapfrog.
and with every jump they Jared the
house, says the Chicago Post. The
man in the fiat below growled and
glanced upward. His gaze travelled
to corner of the ceiling and then he
smiled. 40, 41H 4
This thing must stop" he an
nounced.
1T certainly is an outrage" admit
ted his wife, land 1 have complained
to their mother, but she says they
can do what they please in their own
fiat. Then l got the agent to speak to
her, but that didn't do any good, eth
er. I've tried in every way to stop
it, but l can't. Sometimes in the aft
ernoon the racket is worse"
The man still gazed at the corner of
the ceiling in a contemplative way.
THE trouble with you is that you are
not resourceful," he said. You have
no originality about you. Now, sup
pose 1t never occurred to you that
this is an old-fashioned building, with
pull bells instead of push buttons and
electricity"
What has that to do with the
HOlSe! she asked.
Nothing for a matter-o wo-
man." he replied, but everything for
the strategist. OF course, it never oc-
Cured to you that the wire passing
through the corner of the ceiling up
there is attached to their door-beIl. +"
What of it," she asked.
watch he answered. Keep your
eye on the strategist!" He got a bit
of string and tied it to the wire. Then
he sat down with the end of the string
in his hand and waited. When next
the house was Jared he pulled the
string. They heard some one go to
the door of the fiat above and then
come down the stairs to the front door.
Funny" commented the man at the
door. I'm sure that bell rang"
He returned to his own fiat, and the
game of leapfrog was resumed, but
with every jar of the building the man
in the fiat below jerked the string.
The man from above made two more
fruitless trips to the front door, and
then he was mad. He hid behind the
door and waited, but there was no
sound. The boys had stopped their
play to watch their father catch and
whale the practical joker who was
ringing their bell. The boys grew
weary of waiting before their father
did and went back to their game. The
bell rang. The man from the fiat
above rushed out of the door and down
the street, but he caught no one.
Mighty strange!" he muttered as he
came back. BY the time the bell had
rung twice more he was worried and
came to the door of the lower fiat.
Has your door bell been ringing mys-
teriously?" he asked
Not mysteriously," replied the man
in the lower fiat. lying cheerfully in
what he considered a good cause. Its
only when the building is Jared that
it rings. All the bells ring then, but
we've become accustomed to it,"
The man went back upstairs. eff
there's any more rough play In this
fat" he announced, "I'll whale YOU
boys good and plenty. Just remem-
Der that! Any time that bell rings and
no one is at the door you get a lick
ing"
The man below caught the words
and chuckled. That's strategy" he
told his wife. 1--WE have the matter
in our own hands now. I'll leave the
cord there, and if the boys forget
themselves, all you have to do is to
ring the bell. Well have peace" And
they had it.