Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-10-18 | Page 15 | Little Tommy Tinklepate Plays Pingpong Section

LITTLE TOMMY PLAYS little tommy well he can appreciate ft any new and lively game so he said it was a shame that when he indoors must stay he at play balls were kept from tommas tommys hand for as you can understand games are costly things balls in tommas tommys hands have wings one day when his folk were out tommy hunted all about when the box he found roughly tossed its contents round after while there came to call tommas tommys chum an urchin small come said tom come on and play now while every sped by rackets here and there balls went studding scudding scud ding through the air COPYRIGHT 1902 BY CAROLINE WETHERELL yes excitement ran so high that the boys forgot to cry though they barked their youthful shins bruised their arms and gnei and chins window panes were smashed to bits puss was frightened into fits soon disputes led on to blows tommy punched his neighbors nose when his mother came at last she with indignation gasped for the room was ruined quite and her tommy was a sight for his chum as tom could tell had chastised him long and well all the sat was lost from his bank tom paid its cost till his bruises went away he was forced indoors to stay now says tommy Is a game I 1 hatel