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Show AN IRREPRESSIBLE BOY it 1 i ti ' ' f j a h , . js. I J Is s 4 if fu M j-r )E WORRIED the cat, he playad WSfl k rat-tat-tat &sj"Sj On the roller skates a full hour by the clock. He tried roller skates where dishes and plates In jeopardy lay, till some fell with a shock. With an Indian yell on the doll's house he fell, And added poor dolly's scalp to his belt; Then knocked off Its toes and Its fair Grecian Gre-cian nose Which same was of wax he proceeded to melt. Two tubs he upset without one regret; He stood on his head till his face it turned blue; A curtain he tore and then sighed for more Inventively mischievous things he might do. He hid granny's specs, but that didn't vex; Her face brightened up with his fun and his noise. "One sweet kiss repaid all," so she said, Resignedly adding that "boys will be boys." But strangest of all at night's quiet fall How meekly, how" placidly, this rogue would say: "Good-night, mamma dear. Good-night, papa dear. "I've tried hard to be such a good boy today!" |