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The Omaha Illustrated. Bee
OCTOBER 9, 1004.
NUMBER 278.
Entered Second Class at Omaha Postoffice Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Co. Subscription, $2.50 Per Year.
Stories Aboul the
Late Senator Hoar
ITH a record of a 11 retime devoted
to the service of, Massachusetts
of which little more than a third
of a century was spent In na
tloruU councils, the late Senator
w
George Friable Hoar left a record of
statesmanship, Integrity and single minded
devotion to the publia weal rarely sur
passed. His scholarship, his earnestness,
his courage and Independence are a source
of Inspiration and pride for his country
men. His passing from the public stngo
brink' out a flood of reminiscences, anec
' dot and story, reflecting the various
' characteristics of the man his convictions,
Ms courage, his satire and his humor. A
fsw types, gleaned from many sources, are
her presented.
When Mr. Itoar refused to support his
party on the treaty with Spain which pro
vided for the transfer of the Philippines
to the control of tho United States, and
beoamo one of the leaders of the opposi
tion in the senate, there was a widespread
belief that he would sever his relations
with the republican party. His reason
for remaining a republican wus very
frankly stated. He believed thut the only
way In which a legislator could accomplish
anything In this country was by staying
with one party. v
"It Is a fact," relates the New York Bun,
that his strong personal attachment for
President McKJnley had much to do with
his action In supporting the republican
ticket In 1900. An Interesting exhibit on
this point Is the following statement,
dictated for newspaper publication by Mr,
Hoar on February 9, 1900, and never be
fore printed as coming from him: .
"It Is very well known to those persons
who are nearest Mr. Hoar and most fully
In his confidence that his devotion to the
republican party and his personal attach
ment to President McKlnley aqd his pur
pose to give him earnest support and to
advocate his re-election have not In the
least abated by reason of his difference
with the president on the grave question
relating to the Philippine Islands.
"He thinks that if the republican party
cannot be persuaded the cose Is hopeless.
He says there are many more democrats
In congress In favor of holding the Islands
than republicans against It. But one re
publican voted with him against the treaty,
while nine democrats and populist senators
now favor the president's policy. Probably
the proportion of democrats In the house
Is still larger.
"He says the alternative of Bryan Is not
to bo thought of for an instant, even if
there were a thousand other reasons
against It. Mr. Bryan earnestly labored
with his followers to seoure the passage
of the treaty, when otherwise lta defeat
would have been certain. There would have
been peace long ago and every desire of '
the opponents of the policy of subjugation
would have been accomplished but for Mr,
Bryan's Interference, which saved the
Pads treaty."
His Polities! Faith.
' Senator Hoar's political faith was em
bodied In a series of resolutions which he
Introduced in the United States senate on
December J, 18)9," and "which thus defined
his idea of the mission of this" republic!
"First To solve the difficult problem
presented by the presence of different races
on our own soil with equal constitutional
rights; to make the negro safe in his home,
'secure in his vote, equal in his opportunity
'for education and employment, and to
'bring the Indian to a civilisation and oul-
ture In accordance with his need and cay
paclty.
"Second To enable great cities to govern
themselves In freedom. In honor and in
purity
"Third To make the ballot box as pure
as a sacramental vessel and the election
returns as perfectly in accord with the law
and the truth as the Judgment of tho su
preme court.
"Fourth To banish U literacy and Ignor
ance from the land.
"Fifth To seoure to every working-man
and for every working woman wages
enough to support a life of oomfort and an
old age of leisure and quiet, as befits those
who have an equal share In a self-cover a
lng state.
"Slxtn To grow and expand over the
continent and over the Islands of the sea
Just so fast, and no faster, as we can bring
into equality and self-government under
our constitution peoples and races who
will. share these ideals and help to make
them realities.
"Seventh To set a peaceful example of
freedom which mankind will be glad to
follow, but never to force even freedom
upon unwilling nations at the point of the
bayonet or the cannon's mouth,
"Eighth TO abstain from Interfering
with the freedom and Just rights of other
nations and peoples, and to remember that
the liberty to do right necessarily involves
tho liberty to do wrong, and that the Amer
ican people has no right to take from any
other people the birthright of freedom be
cause of tho fear that they will do wrong
wttJa in,"
He wets BelllsoremC
IjlM Ta K r I trulv A - - -
tbe seoaco sur. ttftt remained away front
the White House. Ho did not go dare fop
months.
The oooaaion tor his first visit after his
long absenoe was the presence In Washing
tun of a distinguished EtigUsnnum who was
returning home by . way of the United
States after a visit to the far east. Be bad
spent some time in the Philippines and wag
' anxious to tell Psesldent in ley of con
ditions there.
The englishman knew Ms. Hoar and
asked the Massachusetts senator to present
him to the president. After some hesitation
Mr. Hoar agreed and duly appeared at
the White House with his friend.
The meeting was net apparently esabaty
rasalng to either tho president or tho son
a tor. After some conversation with the
LngUahmanvMr. McKlnley turned to VA
Hoar and askedt '
. "Well, senator and hoar as yem fees
Ingr
"Well. Mr President, X am feeling
little belligerent, was the response.
This brought a laugh from Senator Fry,
who happened to be In tho room at the
time.
"A Itttto belligerent- MA Pry, said
wltii emphasis on the second word, "WfclL,
I should say so."
Mr. sttfOaser Katled, too, sod then ho,
said earnestly!
"Well. Ms, Hear, whatever yuu bailer
end ssrs, I atUl believe in you and love
you."
This tribute front xth president pleased
Mr. Hoar greatly. It told the story man
times to bis Intends as ft Is given above,
Coorageoms Stand.
When tho American Protective asooola
tlon agitation was t Its height la Mass
cnusetts'la ItSJ-ewuator Hoar was one ei
the few men who openly combated It. lie
really destroyed tho political power of that
organization with bis courageous stand.
Having been attacked by the leader of the
organization hovddreMed to him a remark
able letter, In which he puked him a great
many questions. One of theso was:
"Is' It your cpinlon that Cfrneral Thlllp
H. Sheridan, were he living, would be
unfit to hold civil or military office In this
country? Or that his daughter, if she
entertained the rellclous bcilef of her
father, should be disqualified from being
a teacher In a public school?"
Tho concluding paragraph of Senator
Hoar's letter read:
"The American spirit, the spirit of the
age, the spirit of llborty, the spirit of
equality, especially what Roger Williams
called 'soul liberty,' Is able to maintain
herself In a fair field and in a free contest
against all comere. Do not compel her
to fight In a cellar.. Do not compel her
to breathe the dank, malarial atmosphere'
of dark places. Especially lot no member
of the republican party, the last child of
freedom, lend his aid , to such an efTort.
The atmosphere of the republic is the air
of the mountain top and the sunlight of
the oprn field. Her emblem is the eagle
and not tho bat." v .
One can almost see Senator Hoar In his
woodland retreat In Worcester gazing lov
ingly at his englo circling over the tree
tops as he penned them lines.
A Shot at Senator Hoar.
Senator Hoar was regarded by all his cot
leagues as an authority on history, lan
guages, literature and law. A dispute once
arose between William V. Allen, the popu
lar senator from Nebraska, and Senator
Tillman of South Carolina, over the pro
nunciation of the word id Infinitum. Allen
had pronounced It with the short i, and
Tillman insisted that it should have th
long sound, and he appealed to Senator
Hoar as on authority on pronunciation.
The senator diplomatically said that Mr.
Allen undoubtedly knew that tho word
should be pronounced with the long I, but
that he bad probably used the short sound
In order to save the time of the senate.
As Allen holds the record as the cham
pion long distance talker of the senate,
and at one time held the floor for fourteen
consecutive hours, the satire of Senator .
Hoar was appreciated. -
Pocketed the Knife.
The venerable Yankee was the uncon
scious hero of an incident which marked
the commencement exercises at the state
uftiverBlty of Iowa last, ear. The senator
delivered his address in a tent and his
manuscript threatened to blow away.
Colonel Oeorge R. Burnett of the United
States army borrowed a knife from Rev,
Dr. Oeorge L. Cady, chaplain of the uni
versity. This, as an improvised paper
weight ,the colonel placed upon Senator
Hoar's manuscript. At the close of a par
ticularly eloquent period Mr. Hoar's hand
came in .contact with .the knife, and ho
thrust it into' his' trousers' pocket The
audience, having noticed the incident
burst Into ' laughter. The speaker said
something about the "Jester never seeing?
the point of. a Joke,", and proceeded with
his address.
Later the senator was reproached by Dr.
Cyrus Northrop, president of the Univer
sity, of Minnesota, for "preaching honesty
to the boys of Iowa and then setting them
such an example of misappropriation.'
Then the affair was explained, and Sena
tor Hoar drew forth the "borrowed" knife
and a knife case as well. The latter con
tained an exact duplicate of the Instrument
he had taken.
Senator Hoar bad carried the duplicate
of the borrowed knife continuously ever
since he received It forty years ago, from
bis wife.
Catohlng sad Spontaneous.
Outside the senate chamber Mr. Hoar's
humor was catching and spontaneous. -
"Senator, I want one of your pictures for
publloatlon next Sunday," said a news
paper correspondent to Mr, Hoar a short
time ago.
"Certainly," he responded. "Garland, go
and sit for the picture."
Answering the look of astonishment on
the correspondent's face, the senator said:
"I always have Garland, my clerk, sit for
my picture, as he Is a much better looking
man than I am. When anybody wants my
autograph I have my other olerk, Ooodwtn,
write It for be is a muah better writer
than I am. When I am asked for my
opinion on any subjeot I refer the inter
looutor to my messenger Doherty. He
talks more freely than I do."
This same Doherty guarded tho door to
Hoar's committee room tor almost a
genatlon, and was the senator's factotum.
Some one, In describing him not long ago,
referred to him as Senator Hoar's "Ftdua '
Aohates."
"Do you see what these newspaper men
The Royal Personages at the
Jr t v ;A.
TEB CjUSHN-UIBS XDX S3B.KXNDA IXt,
have been calling you?" said Senator Hoar,
directing Doherty's attention to the para
graph. "What does that mean, senator?" anx
iously Inquired Doherty, as he read to him
the strange expression.
"I would not like to tell your Doherty,"
solemnly replied the senator.
Doherty Immediately started out to dis
cover the offending newspaper man, but in
telling his troubles to a fellow employe he
was enlightened as to the meaning of the
Latin words.
Tripped I'p on the Bible.
Senator Hoar knew the Bible from
cover to cover and drew on it for phil
osophy and illustration with groat facility.
One of his most striking uses of It was
when a southern senator denounced him
one day for "resurrecting the bloody sblrt."
Mr. Hoar made no denial, but retorted:
"The only point Ishere is the garment
and my question to this country Is the
same that Jacob's children put to him when
they took to him the blood-stained coat
of Joseph: "Know now whether It be thy
son's coat or nol' "
Only once in a great while was he caught
tripping In this field. One such occasion
was while the senate was discussing the
Chinese treaty of 1S8L He quoted against,
the exclusion policy St Paul's declaration:
"For God hath made of one blood all the
nations of the earth."
Senator Miller of California exclaimed:
"Go on quote the remainder of the sen
tence." f
"There Is no more of It," said Mr. Hoar.
"Oh. yes, there Is," rejoined Miller; "for
the apostle added to the words which the
senator has Just quoted, 'and hath deter
mined the bounds of their habitation.' "
His Favorite Dish.
In his private life Senator Hoar was sim
ple in the extreme. New England dishes,
baked beans, flahballs and the like -were
what be most liked. To each successive
boarding place he went be oarrled a care
ful list of recipes of these dishes, and in
slated on their presence.- He once related
with much glee the conversation hat had
recently taken place between two southern
ers, the first of whom had but lately re
turned from a trip through- New England.
Said the first man from 'Dixie to his friend:
,"You know those little, white, round
beans?"
"Yes," replied the friend, "the kind we
feed to our horses."
"The very same. Well, do you know
sir, that in Boston the enlightened citizens
take those little, white, round beans, boll
them for three or four hours, mix with
them molasses and I know not what of
other ingredients, bake them and then
what do you suppose they then do with
the beans?"
"They"
"They eat 'em, sir!" Interrupted the first
southerner, Impressively. "Bless me, sir,
they eat 'emP
Yellow-Back Diversion.
No other senator of Mr. Hoar's stand
ing lived so simply as he. In Washington
he did not keep house. Henoe, of course,
he did no entertaining, and took small
part In the social life of the capital. In
deed, his tastes led him very little In the
direction of companionship with his fol
lows. His leisure usually found him In the
dimunutive study for which he contrived
to find space In his quiet lodgings. His
favorite subject was history. But he
read something else besides history
genuine, yellow-back dime novels. Mr.
Hoar's favorite time for ''reading these
hair-raising productions was while trav
eling. Whenever he had a railway Jour
ney of any length to make he carried with
him a pile of literature of the "Deadwood
Dick," "Red-Headed Ralph," and "The
Ranger of the Roaring Rialto" type. He
read the stuff through from first to last
never skipping a word and got the keenest
enjoyment out of the plots and Impossible
characters. And he liked nothing better
than to dlsouss with his companions the
of Ak-Sar-Ben X.
t1 HE culmination of the annual Ak-Sar-Ben festivities is the
I jtrrn.Tid ball. This affair is always brilliant not only from the
ySiJeoronation of the king and the selection Vf the queen at the
standpoint of decorations and illuminations, but also from the
participation of the leaders of the best society not only of Omaha,
but of surrounding towns in Nebraska and Iowa, The distinc
tion of being chosen to serve as king and queen is, therefore, a
much coveted prize.
The King
The role of Ak-SarBen has this year fallen to Mr. Charles
H. Pickens, well known in social and business circles. Mr.
Tickens is one of the newly installed members of the Ak-Sar-Ben
governors and as such has earned by his work in Its behaJf. the,
distinction conferred upon him.
The Queen
The queen for the tenth year of the reign of Ak-Sar-Ben is
Miss Ada Eirkendall, the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Freeman P. KirkendalL Miss Eirkendall has not yet made her
.social career, being about to enter upon it with a debut the com
ing season. sThe wearing of the crown at Ak-Sar-Ben's night of
splendor is sure to emphasize the position of prominence which
she would, even without it, have occupied in the younger social j
set of this society.
curious working of the human mind that
can evolve such situations.
Like the late William M. Evarts, who
lived to a good old age, Mr. Hoar was a
testimonial to the beneficial effects of the
rest cure.
He never took exerolso. Other hard
working senators, who took their constltu
tlonals in walking between the capltol
and their homes, wondered how Mr. Hoar
was able to stand so much Indoor intel
lectual labor without physical recreation.
.Mr. Hoar always rode, usually in street
' cars, between his residence and the senate.
When he wanted the air, ho went out in
his carriage.
Hla pleasures wore essentially mental.
Just upon an adjournment of the senate
he was asked what ho was going to do
that summer for recreation.
"Rest In my library and read Greek,"
he said. It was his idea of a royal good
time.
Father of Technical Eduoatlon.
A little more than a year ago senator
Hoar was In Chicago and visited the
Armour institute, where he talked to "the
students.
"I feel as it I were talking to 1,200 of
my grandchildren," began the venerable
senator. "Probably you do not know it,
but I believe and take pride In the belief
that I am the grandfather of technical
education In the United States. I mads
the first address in behalf of such educa
tion. It was delivered before the Mas
sachusetts legislature years ago. X wish
to defend the honor that I feel In being
thus a pioneer In the field In which you
labor.
"Andrew D. Whit heard that Z claimed
to have made this first speech, and be
wrote me saying that he though he was
the fore-runner. He sent me the speech
ho mads and I mailed him mine, whloh
bore a date three years earlier that that
marked on his. I don't wish- to appear
egotistical, bat I say what I Lavs said
because I am Justly proud."
Grand Coronation
THE KING
Rise of Pa Rourke
Our Pennant Winner
m -US SCHMEI.Z and don't you all
G remember Gus nml the lovely
. bunch of whiskers ho wore Is
-2 primarily responsible for the wln
f1 nlng of the pennant for Omaha
in the Western league base ball race of
1804.
For, if it hndn t been for Gus Schmels
Tapa Bill Rourke might never have become
cur manager, or, for that matter, the man
ager of anybody In the baso ball world.
He might have remained a big, husky roller
of barrels and tumbhr of boxes and Crates
in the vegetable market at Columbus, O.,
and the base ball world wou'd have lost one
Of the greatest of strategists known to the
game. Hill was a lively youngster of IS
and had been teurlng up things around
third base for a seml-tJrofesslonal team at
Columbus, what- tlmos he was not busy
Juggling potatoes and cabbage on the mar
ket, when Schmelz pointed out to the man
ager of the MuBkego, Mich., club that
Rourke was a coming wonder. And here
began the long end successful base ball
career of Pnpa Bill. This wus In 1881. and
for twenty-four seasons he has been identi
fied with the gumo In a way that leaves
bo doubt as to hla interest.
His professional debut was mado with the
Muskego club against Cleveland In the
spring of 1881, and he made good; in fact,
Some of the older funs down around the
mouth of the Cuyahoga recall with delight
the afternoon a black-haired youngster
made fourteen assists and four put outs at
third base in one gamu, and that without
a blunder. Many of us who were not there
on that day cun recall the lightning work
Of Bill Rourke in the days when he still
played third. He was quick and accurate,
and ' had a "whip" that still remains
true and serviceable, and the battor got
little by giving him any sort of a chance.
When Pa Was a Boy.
From Muskegon in 1883 Rourke went back
to his native city and in 1881 played third
for the Columbus Americans, this being
Ms only experience In a big league. In 1885
he played with the Zanesvllles In tho Ohio
State league and helped with the pennant;
in 1886 he was with Duluth in the North
western and again helped win a pennant
In 1887 he came to Omaha and played
third for the Omaha team in tho Western
league, and the next season he was with
the Lima, O., team, and again helped to
win a championship. In 1892 he was one of
the owners of the Grand Island team In
the Nebraska league, his first experience
as a team owner. In 181(3, affor the State
league had come to grief, he came to
Omaha, determined to go further east to
engage again in base ball. Frank Bandla
Induced him to stay in Omaha, and in 1891,'
associated with Dave Rowe and, Tom Mc
Vlttie, Rourke was interested in the Omaha
team in the Western association. In 1395
he owned the Bloomlngton, 111., franchise,
which was later transferred to Cedar Rap
ids, la. In 189a Rourke played his last ball
with the team at Birmingham, Ala. For
three years he was a traveling salesman
for the Lorlllard Tobacco company and In
1899 came back to Omaha for good. The
Western league was forming that year and
be saw a good opening. "
Associated with Buck Keith, who had
been managing the Original team of semi
professional players, Rourke went Into the
Western league, and made a success from
the start. Just before the opening of the
season of 1900 he bought out Keith's In
terest In the team and Is now sole owner
of the Omaha franchise and all that goes
with it He has been one of the leading
spirits in the business of the league, as
well as on the ball field, and to him more
than to any other man the Western league
owes the fact that It is in existence today,
pa as Diplomat.
Without recounting again a story The Bee
has told several times, it will do to say
that when George Tebeau and President
HSckey decided to wreck tho Wbetern
league in the fall of 1900, Rouke stood out
against their plans, because he felt
bound In honor to the other members of
the league who would be losers by the
deal. He knew then and he knows now
that he would be a loser, financially and
otherwise, through his loyalty, but he had
given his word to his associates In the
business, and could not break it He was
offered a tempting sum of money, more
than he valued his franchise and plant,
If bo would sell out but declined to do so,
and by his unswerving honesty be saved
the Western league from extinotlon'. HO
opposed the warfare that followed, but
after the war was started, he opposed
ending It on the terms that wereflnally
aooepted. In this way he Incurred some
bitter enmities among Interested base
ball men, but he made for himself a nam
worth more than money in the base ball
world. The magnates of the country now
A" "" ': I 1
Mit CHARLES XL PICK ENS,
know that Bill Rourke's pledge Is made
to be redeemed, and that he place his
honor aboveprlce; something that la rar
enough in the base ball world.
Ills personal achievements have been
known to base ball men all over the coun
try, but outside of nls Immediate circle
of close personal frionds he rarely says
anything about what he has done. As a
matter of fact, he has trained some of
the moat famous players now in the busi
ness. Ned llanlon of the Brooklyn team
modestly accepts credit for teaching John
J. McUraw the game, but the truth Is that
"Muggsy" has won the National league
championship by putting Into use the pre
cepts Instilled Into his mind by BUI Rourk
when Bill was owner of the Cedar Rapids
team and McQraw was breaking Into the
business. Joe Kelley, who was Mod raw' a
partner on the old Baltimore team, and
who is now making a fine mark as man
ager of the Cincinnati Nationals, is an
other pupil of Rourke's, getting his first
knowledge of the finer points of the busi
ness while playing left field for Omahsr
on the old "cigar box" field In 1891 .
Pa. as a Chaperone.
And the big league rosters are full of
names of men who had their first Instruc
tion while working with or under Rourk.
Many of these have gone up from Omaha,
and every one of them has "made good.
In the National league Rourke has the con
fidence of such men as Hart .
of Chicago. Dreyfus of Pittsburg,
Robison of St Louis, and Hermann of
Cincinnati. Managers on the lookout for
material come to him for Information, and
Western league players who have been
taken Into the big league during the last
four years have all gone there with a
recommendation from Rourke.
Among the players he is Immensely popu
lar. First, he Is an easy man to work fort
snd sometimes easily worked; that is to say(
when a ball player is willing to play ball,
and to play according to the notions of
this recognized general of the game, ho
gets along without friction. Tho team that
has Just won the pennant for Omaha was
a happy family all summer, and when the
last game was played the players looked
forward to separation with decided feelings
of regret As most of them wifl be back In
Omaha again next season, the parting is
only for the winter. Eta. ah is Intensely
loyal to the toam, having oaught the spirit
from their leader. '
Another thing that has endeared Rourk
to the players Is that he is always ready
to assist them when in trouble. He pays
good salaries, and a player sick or Injured
during the season Is never docked. "Ad
vance money" is always forthcoming, and
in every way Rourke shows that his heard
is not all in his pocketbook,- and that he)
has the players' 'welfare In mind as wall
as his own, ' t
P as Himself.
About his own Share of winning tho pen
nant this season he is modestly retloent
giving full credit to the men who worked
together so well under him. "Every man
on the team was in the game to win all "
the time," he says, "and each was willing
to play the game all the time. That Is ail
there is to It Give me a good pitching
staff and players who are wjlllng to worlr,
onsllue rest is easy." But outsiders who
iiVn 'the game know that the victory Is
due to the magnificent leadership tho team
had from the bench. It takes a strategist
to plan and carry out a base ball cam
paign, Just as it does a military campaign,
and In this instance Rourke was the gen
eral staff of the Omaha forces in tho field.
He planned the attack and the defeat bt
each game, and his men executed bis plans,
and s well did they do it that after h
had the youngsters drilled into his way of
playmg ball, they simply ran away rom
the rest of the league. It ts to Bill Rourke's
great baseball mind that Omaha owes the
second pennant won by a Oate City team,
W. A. Rourke was born in Columbus, O.,
in 186s, and celebrated hla forty-first birth
day by winning a double-header from Colo
rado Springs on the Omaha grounds one
day last August He is called "Papa" B1U
by the "fans," but that Is the only claim
he has to the title, for he has never mar- ,
tied. Hie mother and sister make & horn
for him In Omaha, and with them he Is
oontent. He Is interested with his brothers
David and James, in other enterprises thaif
base ball, but gtves his undivided atten
tion to the national punt, allowing his
brothers to conduct the adalrs of the farm
and tho packing plant they own together.
Prattle ol the Youngsters
The carpenters were repairing the house
and their language was not alway of
th choicest One day, however, 6-year -old
Dlok used a word that wao not any too
select Hie mother beard hfm, and. draw
Ing him aside, explained to him th ms&n
lng and that It was swearing.
"But" ssAorned Dick, "it to a thm
Bible."
"When used in the proper sense It la all
right," replied his mother. "It Is the)
abuse and not the use that is vflclced."
Som days after Dlok cam In from plas,
wringing his hands and walling piteensly
B mad straight for his room and would) -e
do on. That night, when bed tim
same, h oaTled, "Mother, come her.
hav something to tell you. Oh, oh I pva
said something so wicked, and I cant
sleep until I tell you." At this h bete
lowed and begged for forgiveness.
"Hush, dear, and tell mother ail eboa '
it
4
"Oh, t-I sob, boTj), said anointed,
-Nancy's
mother had been explaining to
her that th word "nigger" was extremely
vulgar and that she wished ber little
daughter to say "negro." A few days
later she asked Nanoy if she knew who
had brought home the laundry.
"Tes," replied Nancy, with aignity, "It
was a nigger o."
Three-year-old Freddie was digging a hohj
In the dining room wall, for whloh h
received a sound spanking. The next dap
he began again on th hole.
Exasperated, the mother cried, "An rtght;
Jnk Vront. you com In through the hoi '
and nip the naughty little boy."
Ten minutes later she was astonished to
see her little son working at the hole with
cap and mittens on. g
"But, Freddy, dear, why have you youj 1
things onT"
" 'Causey" he answered stolidly, "Jack
Fwoki uui't doln' to bite me."
Little Miss Daisy was undergoing a cer
tain form of punishment which was par
tioularly unpleasant to her.
"But," remonstrated the kind but elderly
friend, "why don't you apologise to your
dear teacher for what you have done, and
then she will forglv you and It will all
come right again."
"Well, the reason I don't apologise to nry
teachers," she returned In a oonftdBUjl
tone, "is because It spoils tasoa-
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