They Missed The Boy After All

Jack was not a ba I boy, but he vriw a tcrribly niischievous oue, and his parents "nnlly lelt relict" at tlio thought ibat he was to start for bonrdiiiir-school tho ext day. Il is fither thought ot' it when he (blind Jack bad uscd his razor to wbittle a kitc-Btick. Ho thought so agsiin whenlio disooveretl that Jack's ball had ione througli the parlor wimlovr. .THors mother thought so wben slw (Oimd imidily footprinU all over lb: nnrlov oarpel and a great on tbc piano leg. They bot4i tliouht so when tbeir cliat at the ■ suppüf tibie was inU'i-ni)ted by wliisLling and the uisoi.iiii4 of the pitcher and they told Jack so, wben, al'ter lv.iviiu driven alinot wna nis rauier, who was ■ tü reail the cvciiin newspaper, by ge.tthig up a fiht betwceu the dog and the itf sat down on hi3 mother's uew bonnet she tuul just beet 'flxing aud utterly ruiaedit Eariy the noxt moniiiy Jaok was pac UeJ óff. Oh! what a relief tVom noioe iintl tmuble it was. llis father's razurs reniaine.1 uuuisturije.1, no soun.l of üreakiug glass was lieur.i, the parlor carnet was uustftiiied by HiuU. Uut soinehow tlie liouse didu t seoiu very cücerful to Lts occupantt. - H was a "long üay. Tea was servca.- Tnore was no whistliiy and upseUi.igot disliea to inturrupt Uie conversaüon, but the Luik di.in't scem lo run so smootlily ulïer all. Am vvhen it caniu 10 wauhig tho evening paper and fixiuf up anolher bonuet, tlie tloj' aiul cat slept seivnely on Uie Learth-ragt ana uu disturuaiicö iuterrupted Lhe proeec.iin0s. 'lliat's tlie diilerencü betvveen having a boy in the house uud lmviug hnu away, in i the geiitlcnian pt down llis paper and renwrked as luucll to lus vvii'e, rt -lien no uotieed a qutrering aboiit her ïnouth ana lwo )l urups ou her cueeka, and there was á kind of niistiness abuut his eyes tli:d Doiuered hna auoutseeiug. "Tes," she answered; t - is mee- and quiet; uli, uh, on, u-u I ' and he got up and went to ' tiio wiudow and lookoa out and bluvf llis nose lor twulve inimiies sieauily.