The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-05
Uncle Jacks Story.

Uncle Jack. please tell Il -e8l EIaoEr SlOGy
cried Hal. throwing himself down he steps be
side his uncle.
Just little story about Il bad boy. Tsped
Lucy smuggling up beside her brother
Cncle Jack stretched hiuIsalf a little lqzJ[y.
Well I don't believe | ever knew any had boys.
hut | might I'll Euu bad stc-y a'0ut guad hoy
Do
Yes. 40, echoed Lucy.
Now Uncle Jack had told nI4Hy 81 Jries since
breakfast that he had not uaI- .iI02n ida.s IN his
head- SO he felt little like teasing The children.
He began ibis way:
Well cuce there hoy uaned Boz1ury
Teggs- He lived"
DO .Ou rmmn Tommy B-ggs ski Hal, e
little tiInidly.
why. yes 10 be sure I cid ,71t that 7-ro1g
Well. ibis boy Tommy started cut oue day 10 so 10
the Village lie carried 5en-qu1srt pail OF milk
m hand aud hand-saw In the other- He assnt
%aily sIoug- rnistIing and liz ing ueIls nl the
Why Uncle Jack did h4 st me mix Gown
cvgry ZINE =
~Whv .,z yes T think he 1lllss havz. zone ifrs4t
Well. he alorlg, looking Of ct the szea- lhat
ggy al BEHIND him
WsznTr 1T 'front.' }Sf him = sskpd Lucy eagerly
Nc. / dirk uot5 II said behind him He kept
enc eve he sea behind him and che @f the Long
IEme down which he was walking
But-- began Hail. and then. not aTshIng -
-uEsrrupt ha contentFd himself With trying 10 look
at tte door aud at the same time keep eye his
uncle
As he went aIong down the street he zs7 some
thing IN tree that attracted his attention. 1t was
: birds nest. He shaded his eyes With The saw
ard saw the nest. I must go lp >.Iu look n ,hat
nest he said. So he climbed up ssinby-7
He set his milk down, didn't he asked Hal.
@Yes, but he kept his saw becsuse he wanted TO
Uncle lack waited for the pair to laugh at this
mild Joke
He found that there we're throc eggs IN the
nest end as he was rather bad boy. ne thought he
would take them out, he reached III The nest and
took out the eggs and began to come down the tree
hand over hand"
But what did he do with The zaw." asked Lucy.
and how could he hold the eggs and come down
hand over hand Z" asked Hal.
THAT | don't know" said Uncle Jack, serious
Il. 1T IS strange that cannot explain that to
YOU 1t must have been that he could see by means
of the saw that he must hand over the eggs to has
pocket. On thinking it over. ] guess that was IT. ,
well. go on" said the children.
'EWel. he thought he would like to give the eggs
10 his mother so he set down the milk and the saw
under the tree and sat down beside them to watch
that no one stole them while he was gone, and he
ran back as quickly he could down the lane"
but he was under the tree" exclaimed Lucy,
who was trying to help matters all she could. lie
could not run home while he sitting there.
Uncle Jack rose up on his elbows and looked a.
the children in establishment. Thai is quite true
he said thoughtfuly. He could not have done il
-and-in that case it could not have happened and
thus-there is no story to tell. is there I" and Uncle
Jack opened the magazine he reading if
that were quite the only way out of the difficulty.
The children waited patiently.
But what about the birds nest" questioned
Hal
We'll if the boy could not have done what |
said. he could not have climbed the tree. and i'll
l,,,,, Il, IL
and so there could not have been any see the
eggs there, and sowell it all seems to be very
likely. In fact, | don't believe any of it, do you.
now, on your honor" Uncle Jack looked at them
with smiling eyes.
Lets play horse. Lucy" said Hal.
I'm be the horse" said Lucy. Stories are
silly"
After this Uncle Jack, who rather tired Of
stories. read his magazine comfortably
Wight Saunders in Youths Companion.