Show I Diplomat Young By 81 D J 7 Leonard Features tt W GEE mal mat I dont don't want to todo todo 1 do the dishes Im I'm coin gob with Sam Hes He's Now get right ahead ahead they're they're stacked in the pan Mrs Mra Morton Mortons Morton's busy fingers were stemming strew straw berries Into a preserving kettle Frankie Frankle stood on one foot toot and andru rubbed ru the other against the calf of ot his leg He twisted his hil freckled face Into a woebegone pout and gazed out the doorway On the doorstep a e spotted terrier sat lat guarding a birch limb fishing pole and a can of ot worms Mrs Morton Mort n smiling tenderly tender glanced sideways l at him Now son SOli remember dad and I are giving you a bicycle for tor your birthday birthday so 10 cheer up Better Detter wash your hands handl too before starting I At mention of ot the bicycle Frankie sprang into action washed his ill hands and tackled the dishes dish Only Ont once in a long lon while he be had to admit was waa be he required to do any III thing thine outside of running a message or cutting the grass grata gras Only 01 7 a few plates plate remained to b be wiped Wh D a shadow hadow fell tell across acro the doorway H He didn't notice th the child ehUd until she took her finger anger out of her mouth and said add Hlo Hlo Eunice It was wai WI an time all low in III enthusiasm The child child finger anar in iD mouth ad ad- ad and stood beside bell de Frankie Her head Just reached his ghoul der Frankie drying dish activity had slowed lowed down almost to the t te e van van van- point Mighty embarrassing embarrass 1 9 V RaM st a III m His mother oaRed called ca him hick back b ck t to 0 todo do 40 the dishes Aw gee ree Mat Im I'm going fishing with Sam he thought t for a fellow tellow to be caught doing dOlne this WI kind ot of work doln Frankie FrankleT In Eunice not Dot disdaining th the obvious for tor the sake like of starting the Conversational ball ban rolling Want Wan countered Frankie brusquely The curly golden head nodded as aa sent lent Well W u Im I'm gonna be a Juggler In a circus when I 1 grow Irow upi up Are ya Frankie Frankle Eunice Eunice's big bl blue blueeyes blueeyes eyes shone ahone with admiration Sure I am ever see a Juggler Oh yes yes yes-he he throws up balls bald and plates plate and and and- Eunice clapped her hands hand Jumped up and down yelling Let me see ee you do it let it-let let let me see lee you do It It Frankie glanced quickly around His mother was still in the pantry H He looked at Eunice The admira admira- admiration tion shining out of ot her blue eyes warned him he could not disappoint a lady He took the last plate and ap ap- ap applied applied plied the dish towel thoroughly Finally the plate gleamed and gUs glis gli and he could pretend no long Ion er that any damp spot remained Suddenly he took the bull by bj the horns and end tossed the plate upwards upward Eunice shrieked as the plate whirled In her direction Mrs Mr Morton bobbed her head out of ot the pan pan- pantry try Just in time to see aee Frankie fall faU and clutch the plate before it hit the floor Boor My stars stare Frankie Frankle what on onearth onearth I earth are you doing dolne said Mrs Mr Morton Frankie got to his hi feet brandish brandish- brandishIng brandishing ing the plate to show how It wasn't broken Gee ma I was Just Eunice how I 1 can Juggle and I slipped But its it's all right Im I'm through show In her now Well I should hope so 0 sighed Mrs Morton as al she packed the dishes in the kitchen cupboard safe from further experiment Oh Frankie I 1 Just bored something declared Eunice Mama made some lome ice Ire cream for tor lunch and theres there's there a lot left lett She he told me to ask If U you'd come over and eat It lt It Will 1 It 11 shouted the recent ex of at the art of Juggling Why Wh Ill I'll even help your mother dry the dishes Dishes Frankie Frankle teased hi his I mother Frankie thought fast tast That men Non tion of ice j e cream had made men menI him talk too much Certainly ma he laughed and commenced to make makeI I Juggling motions with his hands hand I just love damn doin dishes now that Im I'm to be a Juggler I 1 can hardly wait walt to get my hands on those plates pia plates plates- tel tel- telI I Get out of here you ou you poten paten sal Ual diplomat commanded Mrs Morton And couldn't help smiling 1 proudly proud I as she watched him rac ran racIne raning ing Ine across the back lawn headed I for ice cream crum |