Show tackle bf BYRON WILLIAMS little wlllie little was busily engaged la jumping on the sofa when his mother arrayed she shrieked dont you know you will ruin those walking on the sofa like that get down this instant looped another loop and then having satisfied himself there might be something to investigate in the package bis mamma had just brought in he tumbled off the sofa and began to tear a hole in the paper to see what was inside this won him a vigorous slap from mother and he ran crying into the dining room where he found the cat just disappearing under the table bhe was all under but her tall which was sticking upright wlllie grabbed this and the cat yowled when the maid had settled him for this overt act in the settling of which he bad grabbed the corner of the tablecloth and pulled the cut glass water decan ter onto an uncompromisingly hard floor willie was feeling somewhat abused he sniffled tor ten minutes then seeing a door ajar slipped through into the yard thence into the street and ran away down at the corner was the dago man of whom papa bought peanuts and taffy tor with a shout of joy the youngster loung ster headed for the italian s stock aal made two grabs before his onslaught was stopped one fat little hand was filled with peanuts and the other with rock candy when the big policeman got him and shout ed ye young rascal what s yer willie meekly answered the now much affrighted child u aughee the cop waving bis club in mock anger what morgan which Is it me bye peeped the truant again faintly where d ye ave wlllie pointed and ten minutes later the lost boy was safely at bom again ma lisped the minion exultantly I 1 se been down town an got rested rested by the p ceman papa scares me bif an be s jes th bertest man I 1 know after an unprecedented reign ot quiet during which time ho was enair ly lost in thought ed ma why is a p ceman to eat bad little boys that run away unblushingly answered bis fond but weary parent he dian didn t even bite me like pussy does mamma persisted the youngs ter mamma where does at attio toot come from at Is in the dago man peanuts oh I 1 don t know don t bother mea mamma none 0 my peanuts ever make a boiss like at can oo 00 make a noise like a peanut mama 4 wlllie do go out in the kitchen and play I 1 just too tired to talk with mamac you iso answer mama silence mama they ain t no rock candy like this in our stone pile be they mana why don t papa keep a dago ath the rock candy in our qu irem wlllie be still mama what makes a speckled flog 0 o reply mama oh mama bridget goblins Is ahlbin in our attic la they nothing from mama but a cold gilt ter steals into her eye mama frankle says 1 the same thing as a kindlan splitter Is they it was at this juncture that wlllie papa carce home and found his better half diligently engaged in warming wll ta women dont seem to have much patience with boys he grumbled aa be accepted the better part of valor and went oft to the library where only the t cl oes of the storm could bo heard now and then as wlllie bowled his displeasure at being put to bed before alora speak gently to the mothers they need calm and sympathetic words to sweeten their irascible tern pers 4 A new york woman was billed on her way to church by an automobile it Is suspected that the automobile was sent out by a modern newspaper to teach the public there Is danger in doing anything else on sunday but read the papers 0 4 4 forty nine cents 1 said that women wear the breeches that should be worn by men the gar brutes but say let s ask the little witches who iss it wears those marked down ui ion suits A gitein SPOT IN TUB CITY while the winter lasts we will not be struck by lightning anyhow that Is unless the coal man suddenly and unexpectedly presents hia bill tor col lection w 4 the chicago inter ocean saya the emperor ot korea dares not say hia seoul Is his own the ravages of war are indeed terrible |