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Show FATHER TIME NEVER BLUFFED 8ooner or Later the Old Gentleman Gets Even With Those Who Practice Deception. Onco upon a time thero was n lady who wished to havo her real ago kept a secret. In order to got away with It she Instructed her son, in case anyono asked how old he was, to knock off about 50 per cent. She told pooplo tho boy was largo for his ago and oxplalned tho gruff tones of his volco by saying that his tonBils needed attention. Ono day 'the rector of the church called, and while waiting in the drawing draw-ing loom for tho lauy to put tho finishing finish-ing touches to her make-up ho talked with tho boy, who was pretending to read "Little Lord Fauntloroy" for tho seventeenth ilmo. Tho boy volunteered tho Information that tomorrow would be his birthday. "Ah," safd the rector, "and how old will you bo then?" "Ten years old," replied the boy, as per instructions. "Indeed!" said tho rector. "I dare say you haven't any Idoa what your mother Is going to glvo you for a birthday gift." "Oh, yes, I have," was the unexpected unex-pected answer. "She promised to- glvo mo a safety razor." When the rector rushed Into the hall to seo what had caused the loud crash he had heard ho found tho boy's moth or lying on tho floor in a dead faint. Moral: Old Father Time calls all bluffs. |
