Show BAD BOY FOOLED OLD LADY got away with toy and left helper in somewhat embarrassing situation when a kind old lady in walking along a residence street beheld a small boy struggling vainly to reach something between tit the gratings of a tall iron fence surrounding a palatial residence she paused to watch his operations erat ions oil the object of hla his quest she discovered to be a handsome mechanical me chati toy an automobile that would run when wound up the boy had bad a stick with which ho he was trying to pull the machine toward him but as he could barely reach it the struggle was well nigh hopeless let me try it said the old lady my arm la is longer than yours all right replied the youngster relinquishing the stick getting down on her knees the old lady by dint of much stretching and careful manipulation gradually worked tho the machine toward the fence and d at last had the satisfaction of seeing the little boy grasp it with eager fingers now she sald said you must be more careful and not let it got get away with you again gee said the boy it never got away from nie me an all it rint aint gain to neither wh wh why faltered the he old lady with the dawning or of a horrible suspicion it yours you bet its mine now said the kid and awa he scampered leaving the good old lady alone with her conscience |