When Your Boy Comes From School

What ají apprtite he has ! How toungry he is alwaysl How the cook(8 vanish and the gingerbread disappears before hi.s determined onalaught! He is all noise and impulse, a.ii(l warts and freekl-es! Hi.s hands are dirty; hds finger nails rimmed with black; he has stuek "a cud of gum" to the shclr in the pantry to clear the way for edibles, and lus ii-uusjrs are torn at tiio kuees and Qe amella oí íi.sh bait, and peppcrmint candy; but hs is your boy, and you love him. ïhe house is torn upside down immediately. He wants a string for hd.3 kite. He waats sooie lead. He wants liis ball mended. He wants money fw Jim to pay him the boot au the juck-kniie lie has swapped. He wants to go lishing with Toni and Jack. He cranis his mouth full oí bread and butter, and witli the jilly running out oí the orners he makes his wants known. "Ma, can't I have a bicycle? I want one. Wihere's pa? Wlio's been hf.ro with a carriage ? Where's my box oí worms ? I wish I liad a pitstol or a shotgun. Jim's got one. Say, ma, teacher saya I've been late twlce, and lts only just once. Jim's been late a dozen times and never got marked. I did ten examples today. I wish I had a new slate. Oh, ma, the circus is coming next month! Can't I go every day ? I wish I was a circus or a menagerie! Wouldn't I have jolly oíd times! Going to school is awfiü 6low. "Tonii's dog bit Mike Liuie. They think he's got the hydrophobia. It was in xh leg, and he had two white eaï-s and a whitetail, and lie'd sit up Hke - like - well, likc aiiything. I should like to have a dag! Say, ma, iiin't there any custard ? Torn has minee píe all the year round at his -house! Oh, Say, ma, can't I have three klttens ? Mike's mother's cat has got five, and they '11 give me three! Mike said so! Ain't they real good? Hallo! thíi-e come the boys! They've all got thcir pales! Where's my line ? Don't let Mlnnle eat up all the cake'. T shall want some when I get back! Ycm won't let her, will you, ma ?" And with a wtoop and a hurrah he dashes out of the house, and leaves a track of mud behind him and a gcaierally disordered room for you to