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Show HIRED TO DO CH0n.CS. Soma er th Slrant Adtenlnres Which There) wn. onco ft boy Ho was lilreel n fow weeks ntjoby nWashlnglonliotumtvlfotodocbores. AmoriB other iliitlc of n InlscelUv noon eleiicrlpllon lie wait oijioctnl In nttcti 1 to tho f urnncn help tho cook nnd run trmiid. In short lio as to mnko lilmwlf BOTorally usoful Bo Iio did Tor llio llrrt twenty four lioura of his ingngcmunt kM jpcrfomianco wax ndmintblo. Tlien things Imk an to ro wrong Ho fi II out witli tlio cook nnd ect a ivriM ol Imoby trniiHover tho doors for lict bencllt Tonpiao liorfor tlilsout-raso tlilsout-raso Iio ofTert-1 her a irlf t nonlly done tip in whllo nrmr Hho oib-iiiiI It, nnd lludlngn lltii mouw in-lilo went Into n (It of liynurtoa wlileli nbrmoil tho hoiiM hold Filially, lalng pent out with tbo baby airriago lioilul not return, nn I tlio iunotent Infiint wo foun 1 in Oupont tirtJo ile-wrtoL Tlio boy enmo lurL 1 iter and mlmllti! (lint ho liild forgotten nil nliout Ills chartje being IMnwny by nRninool pru'iiUti! inarblt-), wlileli tixik lilm down to rnrntgiit Kuro 1'robablj tho Idea migrfostod Itself to lilm tlierptijHin that Iio .03 likely to bo elbchnn'oil Any way, nt nbout C o'clock tint ovtjnliijr Uio se-couil day nfdr Ills iHKBgeiiu'nt llio mistress of tho bouwavaa 6tartIoiJ by a nolso as tbo 1 renklnK of iToekery below hlie trlpll tf lly down stairs, nnd look iuf,' into tho dining room Iwhehln "wetnclo which fno bcr aritli liorrl flexl ninnxa-mcnt Tlio youthful np prcntlco, who hail lioen onlctatl by tho cook to rat tlio trljle, uai.p formlnK tho task nftor his own i cnlhr fnieliiou htandlni; n little illstnnco from one end of tho t tide, wiiU a, tki n jilntes tiudcr libi left nrm, bo was ilUtrlbnt-Ing ilUtrlbnt-Ing Uimn ujion tho Isxtnlbytliootlng them in rosit lilra quolta. Just nn the tnMiwt lookeil In n pinto, tlimtvn with sllglrtly too much force, went (iff tlio end of tho tallo nnd fell lo tho floor with a numb, breaking it Into frogmenis. "That it ouo ot I ' paid tho boy, Tlio next plato landed snfcly, bul tho following ooo was broken on the floor ' That's another ono off," aald till! boy I'resumably tills would hao con tiuuc.1 until tho armful of plates was exhausted hail not tho lady nulled In and c-rabbeel tho young n probnto by tho collar "It h only n gaino I wns plajin," lie eTplaiucel, In reMponso ti) a iorotit slmko ' Yon ojtrcfeous Ilttlo racnl I" she naltl "Lonio my liouso nt onco, and noterlitmo eoo j ou ng-tin I ' Wio told tho ouok to e;iro lilm Ills dluiier nnd send him up for tlio money duo lilm An hour niulnlialf Ivtoi bo liad not apperreil and sho ning tliolwll. Ilueaino clumping up the stairs, cliotvihf; lolently. "Hat cii't ) on Unbbctl your dinuci yctt ' tho nskiil "I m just trying to got a mouthful, ma'am," ho replied An hour inoro passed, arul shornng tho bell n,pila. TTio boy catno ut staire, still ehowlng energetically. "Hat en tj on got through dinner ycM" nlio inqulreil. "Just trying to got a bite, ma'am," ho answered Another hour and n half went by, nndnabiuliorangthobclL Hucamc up munching n lie fore, "You don t mean lo any (lint J ou liacn't finished jour dinner jctl" sbo exclaimed ' Only n tnoiitliful, ma'am " Tlio lady lumded lilm hU money nnd bado him liegouo To make raro that bo obeyed alio rwoorted lilm herself to tlio door. Then nlio spoke to tho cook, and learned that Iho aoutb hail tiucn skating on tho front eldonolk for tho jiast four bourn, coming Into tho kitchen nt intervals to ask for more bread aud butter. Waslilugton btar. |
