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Show BOY PAID FOR HIS WHISTLE Obeyed Father's Instructions All Right, but Made Ne Sort af a Hit With the Tsschsj. It all happened In a wayside village. She was the village echeolmlstrosa, prim and proper, but a bad hand at settling accounts with the local tradesmen; trades-men; he was ten yeara of age, one of ber pupils, and aon and heir of the village grocer. "Tommy," aha yelled In class one morning, "don't you know It's rude to whistle In the presence of a lady 7" Tommy waa not abashed nor chastened. chas-tened. "nut dad told me to whistle," be rallied. ra-llied. "Your father told you to whistle, Tommy?" queried the school teacher, la considerable doubt. "Yes'm. He said when he sella you anything we've got to whistle for our money." Tommy then took up a conspicuous position In the adjacent corner. |