| Show N lq Dql 1f > fiy i j J1 ra T loll eels a n TUNGj BY HARRIS FRANCIS NOAKE DIFFERENT CALLINGS FIND SAME GOAL There once was a Swift young Torrent by the nnnio of Terrace whom the Doctor had Nearly Given Up A Postmortem was not necessary to convince his Folks that some of his Wheels were Missing Somewhere back in his Teens the Gambling Instinct got a Half Nelson on his Better Judgment and those who Knew said it Kmanatcd from his playing Marbles for Keeps At any rate the fact remained that Terrace had a Storage egg heat to a Froth when it came to being Had His parents only slept between Efforts to Hoist him out of the flullcy On the other hand they were somewhat Consoled by tile HightcouaneRs of an older Son Billed as Cosmo which by the way is Not an Abbreviation for Cosmopolitan Although the Parents didnt play any Favorites they Unconsciously saw to it that Cos got most of the White Meat His Graft was a Casbicrahip in a Trust and Savings where ho was Respected and looked upon as a Credit to any Bible Class Jri truth I I he Headed the young mens meetings 4 meet-ings every Tuesday in which brother broth-er Terrace was always a Noncon P testant When Terrace Boiled up 1 f the Avenue all Neighbors were i careful to Hide their Offsprings for fear he might teach them the Shell Trick In contrast to this t Lt 6 = when brother Cosmo turned the Corner all the Kids rushed on him doing a Muscle Grind around I his Neck and feeling Free to gO through his Pockets One night t J Cosmo I took hold 1 I of his Drifting x 1 Kelative and Shot into his System the old Gag about Honesty being r etc but Terraco had long before J Signed with tho Hard Maples andre and-re med to give up any Syrup Brother Cosmo even offered to find A CREDIT TO ANY BIBLE CLASS him a Job but Terry didnt s chow c-how he could Bank any money or buy Russian Kimel on six fifty Per All the Good the Talk did was to Prove that Each had a different Taste r the one Nectar the other Dark Brown Terraces acquaintance covered most of the Sporting Fraternity including the Yeggs and Lookouts He had them Panting when it came to Juggling the Gold brick and l could have given anybody lessons on how to Gather tho Hay without Mow I ing One day Tcrrjs father overheard him bet a Cabman that his Plug bad False Teeth This was the Pointed End of the Limit so Pop got m Correspondence with a firstclass Reform Seminary determined to Lodge Son securely behind the Grating for fear he might reach the next Stage namely Throwing Vitriol The ensuing en-suing week brother Casino Propelled tl Terrace to the train instructing the r Crew to Beware of tho Little Pea I When fairly under way Terry thought he could collect a little easy money so Crawled over the Coal Bin into the Pilot house and bet the fireman fire-man Two hits that the Engineer could knock his Block off Terry won but rode the rest of the way in a Padded Cell On arriving at the Reform Works he was taken in tow by a Proff who knew Terrys father fa-ther and to whom Pa had called to show no Mercy and to kick tho Lining I ing out of Son if he started any Sun Dances Terry laid low only long enough to Measure up a System for TERRACES ACQUAINTANCES putting the whole Institution into Dry Dock While these Plans were Budding brother Cosmo stayed home Eating his way info the Heart of the Bank until he was awarded the Captaincy Imagine the parents Joy on learning that one son held the Tiller in a Coin House while the other was safely Chained up Terrace was far too Good to bo True so finally he Crept into a Faculty meeting just as the Session was getting nicely under way and Ducked under a table waiting for a favorable time to light the Fuse Tho Knowledge Tanks were discussing Pro and Con mostly Con an important point in Incubation when Terry the Turk bobbed up and loudly Bet that none of them could tell why a Chicken preferred n Hound to a Square Perch After which there followed something that sounded like a heard of Trader Z 5 Pit during a Bull Market The p 4 Limit sof the bet was the Roof therefore the Profls not wanting k x to appear ignorant Pooled 1 a sum r equal to about Nine thousand 1 1 made up mostly of Mortgages t Watches other Knickknacks and F r 4 r Eleven dollars in Money I The understanding i rr un-derstanding was that whoever among them guessed the Squib + should Divvy with the Rest Plunging g t Plung-ing Terry produced a Wnd about the size of a Sack of Oats only a = j larger laid off Three bills to I Cover then Pushed the Balance lta back into i Darkness One by one the Heavy Thinkers threw in tho 311 JUST AS COS STEPPED FROM Sponge and when they all Ran THE BLUE BUGGY up tho For Help Flag Terrace put one Glove over the Currency and with the other made Signs which meant You Buy This Retort nearly near-ly caused a repetition of the Boer Will and was only averted hyI IVeny s explaining that Chickens prefer to Lay Afterwards they founiVTerruoB tIll t-Ill a 1 thick Wood going over the Securities to see that none was jsent In the meantime Cosmo had gotten too Numerous with the Shekels and bad departed without saying where to Forward his Laundry So Pa wired for Terrace who got homo just as brother Cos was stopping from the Blue Buggy into the Court house Deduction The Black Sheep of the Family is Sometimes Underestimated Under-estimated t I Copyright IOCS by Hurrlion linnets Notice w l |
