Show young aull g it diplomat I 1 0 m a by D J leonard w NU features A W GEE me mal I 1 I 1 dont want to ado r do the dishes im goin fish fishan with sam sain hes waltin 11 now get right ahead stacked in the pan mrs mr sin cortoni Mor toni t busy fingers were stear stemming g ot atta 4 W berries into a preserving kettle frankle stood on one foot and rubbed the other against the call calf ot 0 his leg he twisted his freckled face ay into a woebegone pout and gazed gaze out the doorway on the Quor doorstep step a spotted terrier sat guarding a birch limb fishing pole and a can of 0 worms mrs morton JM orton smiling tenderly glanced sideways at him now son remember dad and I 1 are giving you a bicycle for your birthday so 0 o cheer up better wash your hands handi too before starting at mention of the bicycle frankle sprang into action washed his hii hands and tackled the dishes only once in a long while he had to admit was he required to do anything outside ot of running a message or cutting the grass only a few plates remained to la be wiped when a shadow fell across the doorway he notice the golden haired child until she took her finger out of her mouth and aal said hlo frankle frankiel hlo eunice it was an all time low in enthusiasm the child finger in mouth advanced and stood beside frankie her head just reached his der francies Fran kies dish drying activity had slowed down almost to the vanishing point mighty embarrassing T jp 94 ills mother called him back to do the dishes aw gee ma ala im going fishing with sam he thought tor for a fellow to be caught doing this kind ot of work Wh atcha doin frankie inquired eunice not disdaining the obvious tor for the sake of at starting thi the conversational ball rolling want so methin countered frankie brusquely the curly golden head nodded as a sent well im gonna be a juggler in a circus when I 1 grow up are ya frankle eunicee Eu nices big blue eyes shone with admiration sure I 1 am dadja ever see a jugg juggled jugglery lerI oh yes he throws u up P balls slid and plates and eunice clapped her hands jumped up and down yelling let me see you do it let me see you do it frankie glanced quickly around his mother was still in the pantry he ha looked at eunice the admiration shining out of her blue eyes warned him he could not disappoint a lady he took the last plate and al applied the dish towel thoroughly finally the plate gleamed and glistened and he could pretend no long er that any damp spot remained suddenly he took the bull by the horns and tossed the plate upwards eunice shrieked as the plate whirled in her direction mrs morroa bobbed her head out of the pan paa try just in time to see frankle frankie fall toward forward and clutch the plate beton before it hit the floor my stars frankie what 03 earth are you doing said mrs arl morton frankie got to his feet brandis lr ing the plate to show it broken gee ma I 1 was just eunice how I 1 can juggle a and ad I 1 slipped but its allaf all right IM 1 through her now well I 1 should hope so sighed mrs morton as she packed tin the dishes in the kitchen cupboard from further experiment oh frankie I 1 just remembered something declared eunice mama made some ice cream ts for lunch and theres a lot left sir told me to ask if come over and eat it will I 1 shouted the recent es e of the art of juggling WW ill even help your mother dry thi dishes I 1 dishes frankle frankie teased til bb mother frankie thought fast that tion of ice cream had made bifi hia talk too much certainly ma bf 4 laughed and commenced to malt ma juggling motions with his hands I 1 just love doin dishes now thil im to be a juggler I 1 cis ct hardly wait to get my hands 40 those plates get out of here you you poter pote 4 bial dIPlo diplomat matt commanded mrs k morton and help s I 1 proudly as she watched h him 0 r ing across the back lawn head cad tor for ice cream |