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Show TOMMY TODD'S TERRIBLE TRIBULATIONS. Tommy Todd had grown so milch during the night before his sixth birthday birth-day that he was awfully tired and slept late In the morning. When he stuck his head from under the covers his eves 'bulged out There was a sled light alongside of his bed, and It must have been verj fist, as 'Light nlng' was painted ncross tho top Hanging on one of the runnels was a pair of skates, and Is lug on the sled wasu regular boss suit with knee trousers and Jackets, and peeping out of one of the trousers pocketB was u two-bladed knlfo big enough for ans man. There were candy and nuts, but Tommy was ton big to cam much for anything of thit kind Tommy shouted for the rest of the family, and they came Hocking In Of course, they thumped him six times on tho back, and gave him an extra thump for good luck " Ills mother helped him Into his new suit, nnd when he had It on he Btuck his knife in one trouseia pocket nnd a piece of icecream ice-cream cundy in the other. W hen Tommy Tom-my entcied tho dlnlng-toom eveiy ono declared he had grown at least an Inch Tommy felt tho top of his head, and said he thought ho had gionn more than that. It was hard work to get Tomms to eat ans bieakfast, he wanted want-ed to try that new sled. Ho went out and slid ' h.lly bustel, ' and beat all tho big bos s. It was great fun. Tommy Tom-my stascd out until his feet ached so that It brought tcais to his cscs, ho wasn't crslng, it was Just the pain that brought the tears When ho went Into the house he sat by the lire and toasted himself. Aftct a while he tried to put his hands In his iwckets. but he couldn't. The icecream ice-cream cands hid melted lund his clothes wet a Btuck together. Tommy felt pretty bad oier this, nnd ha told his mother. She felt bid, too. but Bhe (hanged his clothes and told him to nevei mind she would liave the pocket washed and dried bo he could put on hi new suit when It wa time fur his birthday party. After plaslng with his sister for a while Tomms began to feel hungry, he hadn't eaten much breakfast. lie went to the cook and asked her for a piece of luead and butter, with lots of syrup bhe cut him a piece of bread and spread It with butter, but the sytup pitcher was empts. and she didn't have time to till It Tomms didn't say anything, any-thing, but he took the pli ce of bread and butter and went to the storeiooni to help himself to ssrup Tho Jug was on a shelf, and Tommy tried to get It down, but he couldnt, then he tiled to tip It over a little bit, but It fell with u clash und tho ssrup poured nil over Tomms. He had sstup on his hands nnd face, on his clothes and In his halt, so vi as covered with ssiup. He felt so "stuck up" that he dldn t enro to meet any of tho test of the family, bo he peel.ed Into the sitting-room, and, seeing no ono there, crept under the lounge to hide Tomms wis soon missed, and when be couldnt be found the fnmlls gatheied In tho sitting-room In tho greatest state of excitement. Tomms ran how frightened they were, and crawled out . hen the fnmlls oaw him dripping with syrup thes began to laugh All but his mother, She took him In her arms, ssrup und nil, and said: "You are the sweetest child that ever lived" Ills sister Lues said the guessed he was It was his birthday and his mother couldn t scold Tommy. Sho bathed hlin anl put an old suit on him. Vhn sho went down stairs sho gave a sigh and told Tomms 'a father she v as afraid 'lontmy had one of his spells, and that they would have to watch him all das. Hut Tomms seemed to gt along all right, plaslng with his slstei, nnd when dinner time came he had forgotten for-gotten his troubles and hud a good appetite. After dinner Tommy tried on his new skates and he could stand on them first rate, but he wns not sitlkfled to Hand around on the carpet. He told Lucy that there was a tub In the washhouse frozen over, and asked her to come out for a minute and see him stand on Ice He stood up splendidly nnd Lury clipped her hnnds with delight. Then Tommy thought he would trs to skate, but up went his feet and down came Tommy ln the middle of the tub, The Ice broke, nnd In went Tommy over head and earH The water was filled with blueing, nnd In lifting himself out Tommy put his hands oh the bottom ol the tub, wheie the blueing hurt settled, and when he nibbed his ese to get the water out, he opread a thick coating of blueing all over his hands nnd fnce Tommy (tumbled Into the kitchen He couldn't be tnken anywhere else, so his mother had a tub brought In the kitchen kitch-en and she ave him a good scrubbing, but with nil the scrubbing she couldn t get tho blueing off his hands and face. She felt terribly about It, hut she told Tommy not to worry nnd that It would wear off In a fen dass, but sho Hid It was too bad Tommy couldn't have hla party. Tomms wild he didn't care whether he was blue or green or yellow, be muted to have his parts. His mother was dreadfully worried, for she was afraid the children would ridicule htm and make him unhappy, nnd she concluded thnt ns tho children attlved she would make an explanation Hut everything turned out all right. The children ns they came In nnd saw Tommy shrieked with laughter. They thought Tommy had fixed his fice that way on purpose and Bald It vvaa hitler thin a false fare Tommy laughed louder than nns of them They danced and unit and plajed games. It was a Jolls party. When the children had gone home Tommy vns tired While his mother whb undressing him his little held kept nodding When Tommy una In bed his father came In to bid him good night 'Tomms." said hla father, 'you look rather blue, but I don t think you feel blue" Tommy had u drowsy smile on his face No I don t,' said he, "I fee-feel fee-feel boo boo-bully." And Tommy was sound asleep. |