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Show When the Worm Turned j j Spllklns la a man wlih a father Inlaw. In-law. He has not been married a gnat while, but being a philosophical sort of a fellow he has about the ssmn ret-srd for the opinions of his newly acquired dad as a country lH,y has for a bird s nest. This father In Isw is not a bad fellow, in fac t. I.e Is a very congenial sort of an old codger, who thinks the world of Spllklns. He likes his daughter's cm, king pretty well, too, considering evervthing and every Sunday he goes i,m to the newly new-ly wed couples little flut for dinner. din-ner. Spllklns' one objection to this father in law Is the stale old ),,Ues and stories he Is always working off as brand new tnnlerlnl. The old man has told the vmif. Mhiw the ,,, stories time unil lime stain. Ilurlng Spllklns' riiurtMilp he heard them repeatedly, re-peatedly, and sinc e. Ihe wedding Ibey have become intolerable. 1-ihI Sunday artcrnocu, the old nnlgor rang the bell at S.lll,ln' tint. Spllklns. .mi rln it a demoniac si senile, rushed to Ihe door, grnbhed the old fellow by Ihe arm and drauiticl htiu Into thn little parlor. "Oh, I n,ut loll you, father. I must tell you before I forget II. Hid you ever hear-no. you haven't. It'a at new one. Well -a young Irishman br the name of Pol--" j Spllklns stopped to Isugh. and thai j old man laughed loo. Then the young fellow continued his yarn. Mere, here." saul Ihe edel fellow, as aoon as he ree-osnied his fsvorim story, one lie bad told Spllklns a hun- , dr.-.l tiu:e-s. "Here. Mli.il are you try-lug try-lug on me now. i, you iacj 7 otie." ( "No, it s a brand new one," aald S;,lll.lns. ' Hut Ihe Kt.iij was lold and thea came another ore of the old most- J. crown yiiins, and li e,, hw asd , -till others, until the mi , -r ln law ba ; L gan to gel n little ru ", I. ) ' "t'liffoiin.l It. boy. ' Is the mat-. f le-r with .ton '" i.e :u... "Thosn ara ' t my stories. I'te told them all to you ; tltne and tlmc ai;aln." "Oh. bate you'" ssld Kpllklnn. "Then I t,eg our pardon. I'll aot ! I. ll nuoiher en e. but say, have jcoa heard sImiiii " "Vis. c. I've heard It." aald th old nisn. throw leg up his hande, "and j I'll neter I'll you another one either . i And Hplll.liis tecls rellevod. CbW catro Inte-r Oc.-nti. t |