Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1891-02-17 | Page 6 | A Mighty Mean Trick

A SDghty Mean Trick I A 6yearold child with a large appetite and a special fondness for pancakes and maple sirup arrived at the breakfast table the other morning and forthwith demanded demand-ed cakes Eat your oatmeal first said her father How many cakes can I have said the greedy young lady The father who is given to practical I jokes cogitated for a moment and then said I saidIf If you eat one plateful of oatmeal you 1 I can have three cakes but if you eat two I I platesful you can have four cakes and if you eat three platesful you can have six I I cakes I I The child accepted the arrangement I I promptly and one plateful of oatmeal disappeared dis-appeared in a twinkling then another plateful followed slowly and a third was consumed with evident difficulty The cakes ani sirup were then prepared The youngster had been growing more solemn every moment and when one mouthful of cake had been disposed of suddenly roared out in anguish My tummys full of oatmeal and I cant eat any cakes at all boohoo Chicago t Ledger