Eureka Reporter | 1909-09-24 | Page 5 | How He Did the Chores

HOW HE DID THE CHORES wound up the mus c box and put his corkscrew in the aarom eter you needa t wait for me explained the head of the house I 1 have a din ner engagement an important busl busi ness affair and no doubt I 1 shall be kept quite late at breakfast next morning an om inous silence had fallen upon all the head of the house had no appetite and was evidently far from feeling well after a painful silence the bus band without meeting his wife s eye essayed to start conversation its funny about that clock he said it s stopped and 1 I in sure I 1 wound it last night you are mistaken said his v rife afe icily you wound up willie willies s music box instead and it played home sweet home till daylight the clock in the hall has also stopped but I 1 find that you screwed your corkscrew into the barometer