Show rnm o Utnn JJQf1DC1 I POLITE A POLITE BOY Case Where He Carried Out His In structlons Too Literally A small boy whoso chief fault was that ho would Interrupt his elders had been repeatedly corrected by beIng be-Ing told dally that ho should say At your convenience mamma I have I something to tell you Ills sister Llsl Cipriani relates In A Tuscan Childhood the results which ensued from tho care with which he followed Instructions In ono Instance Ono day toward the end of tho season sea-son my mother had taken Rltclito and mo to the baths at Leghorn The baths are built on piers and rotundas Into tho sea Wo havo no tldo at Leghorn Leg-horn and thesE piers are connected by bridges Before tho autumn storms begin tho boards are taken away so that only two long wooden beams and tho railings remain There was absolutely no danger In walking across these bridges on tho beams as we could have all necessary neces-sary support from the railings and It was great fun I had crossed one of these bridges quite a distance from where my mother moth-er and some friends were sitting When I started to return I forgot that the boards had been taken away and walked splash into tho sea Ritchie who was standing by me Instead of taking tho slightest concern con-cern of what would happen to me I rapidly crossed the bridge and ran to my mother Taking off his cap tho little fellow stood politely beside her for some time waiting till she had finished a rather long story she was just telling Then ho said Mamma at your convenience I have something to tell you What Is It said my mother approvingly ap-provingly for she appreciated that her efforts were being rewarded Mamma at your convenience Llsl has fallen Into the water What exclaimed my mother jumping up Has any ono pulled her out I dont know said Ritchie very politely but I didnt Interrupt your story and she can swim |