Coalville Times | 1909-09-24 | Page 7 | How He Did the Chores

HOW HE DID THE CHORES Wound Up the Mutic Boa and Put Hn Corkicrew In the Barom- i eter. j "Von needn't wmt for me." explain' 4 Hi,- lead oi Um house; I have ndlfrl tu r c ui'iiio-iueiit, an tmportatit bii.-t-l le ss nn.ili. and no ilniibt I shall W kept llltte lute " At briakfasl next morning nn main, ma-in, ,un silence hail fallen upon all. Tin head id the bouse had no iipprtltt an, I was evidently far from fctllni well. After a painful silence the lm hand, without meeting bis wlfe'ae.; essayed to start conversation ( It s funny uluuit that dork In said. it s slopiH-d. and I'm sun I wound It last night." "Von are mistaken," said hie vift.! icily; "vou wound up Willlea tauslcl box Instead and It played 'Hon. Sweet Hi ' till daylight. The clock In the ball lias aim slopped, but I fin that ou screwed your corkscrew Into the barometer "