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Show HE NAILED HIS SISTER DOWN. (Ilnme Journal-News.) Tommy Teal was 6 years old. Today was his birthday, but instead of having hav-ing a good time to celebrate such a grand event he had to take care of the baby. His mother had gone out on some errands and left him all alone with his little Filter. Tommy felt very, very badly to think such a thing had to happen on his birthday, and besides, little Nellie cried a great deal. He did not know what to do with her; of course he loved her dearly, but did not enjoy taking care of her when she was fretful. As he stood at trie window Ned Brown came out to play on the sidewalk. side-walk. "Come out. Tommy.'" he shouted. "I can't." shouted back the little prisoner. pris-oner. "I've got to 'tend the baby." "Shut the door tight, then she can't get out," screamed Ned. Tommy thought it over. He knew more about babies than Ned Brown did. He thought Nellie might burn herself on the stove, or pull the cover off the table and break the lamp, or some other things that babies seem to love to do. Ah! a bright idea came into Tommy's head. He ran quickly to the closet, got the hammer and tacks, and then went over to his baby lister and drore three tacks right through her pretty little dress, fastening fasten-ing her down tight to the floor. When this was done he ran out of doors as fast as his little fat legs could carry him. In such a hurry was he to get to plary that he neglected to shut the door tightly. In about an hour Tommy's mother returned, and much to her surprise she found her baby daughter out on the top step. Both her chubby arms and dimpled dim-pled neck were bare, for she had no dress on. Her mother picked her up and carried her Into the sitting room. There was the little frock, nailed to the floor in a torn condition,' snowing how very hard baby must have struggled to get away, and of course It had to be put la the rag bag. Tommy came in soon after, and was very much astonished at what his mother told him. "I never did see such a baby," he said. "I thought you only wished to keep her out of mischief, and I felt sure the nails would do that!" Tommy's mother s?iook her head, as much as to say, "I never did see such a boy!" |