Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-01

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Didn't Spoil the Fun.
"BilPs uncle didn't hang around and
boiler at US every time we shot off one Of
them to look out and not get burned. He
didn't even boiler when we set his coat
tails afire with big one that kind of
slipped out of my hand when was throw
ing It and landed in his chair while he was
reading the paper.
I'VE put his coat tails out after he got
his coat off. They wasn't much burned up
One of them was kind of bad but the other
was almost all right. BIZ said that maybe
we'd better hide, but Bills uncle came out
and hollered for US to go right ahead and
never mind because coat tails was nothing
compared to the Declaration Of lndepend-
ence.
so Bill dug hole in the garden and we
put in five of the biggest frecracl1ers and
set them all off at one time. 1t was grand
like blowing up mine. There was lines
and things like that that flew up higher
than Bilrs uncle house. only Bits uncle
honsekeeper she did foolish thing that
came near hurting her. she was working
by an open kitchen window and some of
the garden dirt flew in and fell in some
mess or other that she was cooking. You
would have thought she was killed by the
way she hollered At first me and Bill
thought ii was something serious and we
started to run in and see, and just then
nose and made long black mark there.
'BilFs uncle came along and he said that
maybe we'd better get away from there,
and he handed US a bunch of more fire.
crackers, and we went back OF the barn
and set them off.
1T was a mighty good thing for BilPs
uncle that we went there, too, you can just
bet We hadn't no more than got through
with them before we noticed that the barn
was afire. So we hollered and everybody
came with pals and things, and we made
living chains and passed the water. Say, II
was the peachiest sport you ever saw
Wfsh't YOU fellers would of been there.
I'VE put out the fire before the barn was
much burned. and Bill and me said to Bll!
uncle how lucky it was that We was there
lust in time and Bill said that he s'poSed
the tramp must have been smoking in the
hay and Bil's uncle he said that he knowcd
all right who done 1t. But he didn't tell
us. l guess that-he wanted to get all his
proofs good and complete so as to nail the
Teller and put him behind the bars.
The Powder Splash.
Say. you ought to seen the powder
splash we made. There was Bill, me and
another Teller, and he went in the house
and borrowed his pops can of gunpowder.
Near pound of it there was. And he
poured it out on the front stoop, only just
as he came out he spied his father coming
along and so he had to pour the powder
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poured il down beh.nd his fat uncle that
was sitting on the sJCop and kind of doing
off. And me or Bill L forget which. had
only just laid our lit punk down there, so
the powder went on.
ut was great 1t made us think of the
battle OF Manila BAY and all the people
came running and there was smoke CROUCH
So that II was bully ike war.
This other feilers fat uncle was hcller-
ing Ike anything, and first off We thought
that he was hoHering hurrah the way We
were, but he was hollering because he was
aiirc / don't see myself what else he
could expect sitting right there when
powder splash went Off
Somebody put the other fellers fat
Gle cut and then he ran after u.s. but he
gave il UP at the end Of the block and
went into a drug store and got himself all
tied up. The other Teller didn make near
as much fuss as his uncle. and yet he was
kind Of burned little bit. too. FIRST off
when he looked at his hands and seen they
were all black and looking charred sort Of
he thought maybe he was hurt and Bill
said he guessed they would have TO cut both
hands on he knew a man that had one
off, and had a hook there, and he had lots
OF fun with it,
But after a while when the doctor picked
the powder out and tied them up he came
out again and the doctor was a doctor with
some sense. He tied the other fener, for
get his name. up so that the tip ends of
his fingers stuck out. and he could shoot
off most everything except BINS pistol near
There was bully sky rocket that Bins
uncle gave US, and Bill tied brick to it
and we set her off. only after she got going
up good and high Bill said that maybe il
was a mistake to tie the brick on because
II might fall down when the stick got to
coming out OF the air.
We'll. It didn't hurt anybody. It fell on
top Of a mans greenhouse and he came out
and talked 20 BITS uncle about it for about
a half an hour. Bits uncle Is kind man.
you bet. I wouldn't let anybody talk 10
ne so loud If | was a judgeship. I'd lock
han UP quick, l tell YOU
What the Cannon Cracker Did
so then Bill lit cannon. cracker. one of
the kind that there's dynamite Ia. and us
fellers all stood OF the longest time aEd
she didn'; bust, so Bill he went To look at
1t ard she went of just then and kind of
blew up his face. It didn't take his eyes
out or anything. only just burned his eye
brows aud hair a little BIT but they're all
grown out again. IL don't do harm to burn
your hair OF, anyhow.
aBut l guess that maybe II came pretty
near hurting Bfll all the same because
when | told him he could fire OF one Of nay