Show copyright hy dally story pub co say saad tommy did I 1 ever tell iou about the circus we had at our ho ise the other nighta 0 o gald I 1 settling back in my chair let her rip ell continued tommy it was a pea cherine considering that the cen ter of disturbance was nothing but a china bathtub like a canary bird s or a hotel vegetable dish same blame thing only larger well as I 1 was saying it was on a saturday night and I 1 came home very arly about aa m I 1 gasn wasn t barly anxious for the folks to know what time I 1 got in as the dad had had i notion to mow down my allowance or a couple ot moons past he s al ways preaching about early worms and birds and opportunity and things 1 could see my fond parents wait ing up tor me with tracts but I 1 braced the game and in I 1 went noth ang doing no parental greeting bouse like a tomb then I 1 heard a abott peep from the head of the stairs tommy Is that youa sure says I 1 were you looking or some one elsea come on up says sis there s a lot doing in a minute says I 1 I 1 located the ice water tank and imbibed generous ly then with some difficulty I 1 a bended to the upper deck the proud and happy author of my being and the publisher 0 the same were doing some kind of a splash act 0 tommy says sis I 1 m so glad you ve come we re all going to be drowned sis was skylarking around the main cabin in a mosquito netting she called a bath gown and the fond and dutiful parents were likewise attired thomas says the governor it is three clock and you may as well spend the rest of the evening profit ably we are all much wearied with the unaccustomed exertion with this he hands me a pall the city s reservoir was backing up into our tub and the family was dipping it out and pouring it into the 0 to sweep the dust off the lake says I 1 sarcastically washbowl I 1 could see what would happen it we dian didn t bail it out the ranch would float down the street in about two hours by the clock the more I 1 bailed the 1 good it did I 1 took about 97 palls of water out of that thing and it was no joke either as my root was full of bats from the evening s merriment who found if asks I 1 me says sis when I 1 got read to hit the sheets I 1 came in here for my evening s swim and found he tub filled up of its own accord I 1 blew the the whistle and piped all hands on deck of course that gasn wasn t her ex act language but its the idea I 1 balled tor two hours straight with sis encouraging me and begging me to omit mutilating the english the hinge on my back got rusty and my brain cells began to work see here says I 1 to sis you ball a while I 1 going after a plumber or some thing plumber scoffed sis what plumber would come out here at half past four on a sunday morning 7 it 11 be five by the time that I 1 pipe his says I 1 and plumbers ought to be up early even if it is S in day morning the early bird catches the worm money 11 bring him and he can look to the governor tor it all right says sis bail while we went on talking the tuo filled itself again the water rose in distinct jerks or tides and I 1 coulden couldn t seem to make any headway sis said that when I 1 had a good start she d yell tor help and get the rest of the family at it again they d been sleep ing now for two hours net well I 1 hiked off down the avenue without the slightest notion of the plumber ter I 1 woke up a druggist who cussed me good and plenty and then some when he found that I 1 only wanted to look at his and he banged the door in my map without giving me a look at his sainted book then I 1 piped a jay to port rolling towards me and as he looked respectable I 1 flagge 1 him kind sir says I 1 can you put me wise to a pipe specialists 9 says he young man I 1 don t understand you I 1 am throat doctor myself that dont fill the specifications sais I 1 I 1 don t want a bachel la sharp only a lead pipe doctor 0 says he and be located a joli t for me chere the plumber slept over his offee Is there a night bella says I 1 donno says he you 11 have to rap I 1 picked up a brick to rap with and set sail I 1 made more noise than one of those steam organs I 1 pounded and rapped until I 1 wab horse then a drowsy voice asked from the inside did some wan rapa some wan did says I 1 I 1 want a plumber double quick what fora asks the voice 0 to sweep the dust off the lake sas I 1 sarcastically come out I 1 ead aal biml after a long discussion inside the condescended to speak to me I 1 can t on a says be its the rules of me union union be smothered says I 1 five people are drowning its twenty for ou it you will come and save our lives come says he fer the bake iv the errand iv mercy he wanted to stoke the sugar first but I 1 told him that my filthy lucre was in my other vest on the piano so he hooked up his kit and we started he went to sleep four or five times on the way but we finally made the harbor and dropped anchor on deck there was no change in the scenery author publisher and sis were still balling when I 1 introduced the i lumber thomas says the governor you are a credit to the family sis flew the coop on account of not being dressed tor company how long have you been doing thise asks the plumber since 11 p m last 11 p m says the governor mopping his marble brow why ddn t ye put in the plug lay a on top iv it and go to beda asks the plumber never thought of it says I 1 feel ing foolish the plumber got his kit nu screwed the trap of the washbowl and gave something a push to the right ler trap was stomped up says he and that sent the water to the tub the same water says he ye can see how soiled it Is from balling it 69 frequent wouldn t that get your goat we d been transferring the same water all night from the tub to the bowl and back again give me the twenty says the plumber not on your tintype says the governor gov einor getting red the young buck promised it says the plumber otherwise I 1 wouldn t have come its the rules iv me all right says the governor you shall annex it it 11 come out of your allowance thomas I 1 let the man out and he says can I 1 leave me kit out in the entry till I 1 come back I 1 suppose so says I 1 feeling grouchy where are you going I 1 m going to early mass says he to praise god fer me brains top th mornin to yer honor cheap no name for it I 1 felt like a bargain counter shirt that had been marked down to 69 cents |