Show THE INDULGENT FATHER au account of e on ons that colonl colonel calliper knew in center vt speaking ang of indulgent fathers said colonel calliper reminds rne me of an old f bend ot of mine named silas zing took aiho w ho formerly hied in ed in Stor kville centre vt once when his little son baang wanted very much to alya fly a kite at a time when be he w m as not well enough to bo be permitted to go out mr Zing tock rigged up a contrivance whereby the youngster a desire could be gratified in the house he sat set up a blower in the back parlor belted it to an engine in the cellar below and when ei everything ery thing casall was all ready bo started he ho fan and produced a current of air that was as ample simple to float a kite it m i as great fun for young rufus to eit sit in the back parlor and fly his kite in the front and tor for a tune time e everything went mout all right but on an unfortunate day ruty not batis fled with the amount of wind wi n d the fan was blow blom ing undertook to make it blow harder m which la Is some thing that air Zing tock had expressly forbidden it seems that the blauer blow or and ill the boiler and machinery were all much larger than were needed to produce a breeze sufficient to float a kite hero b but u t mr Zing tock who mho though rich m vas as also thrifty had had a chance to buy this plant second band cho cheaper ciper than a new now plant of smaller size would have cost and so he took it and lia hit I 1 it set up and every morning he used to adjust it so that it would not go above a cor tain speed and several times he lie had bad cautioned his lis son never to touch it about one minute after sifter rufus did touch it on this morning when he want ed it to blow blom harder the big fan was go ing at a gait that set up a hurricane in tho the parlors it blow the kite against one of the windows and broke that the first thing and within a minute the pictures were off the walla walls and their glasses smashed tables were upset brie a brao was knocked into flin clors and the whole parlor was a wreck with tho the big blow blou er going at top speed and churning everything there into fragments and blowing the debris out of the windows that ended the father a in fulgence lul genoe gence new york sun an elephant can ca carry ria about three tons on its back |