Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1888 — The Small Boy’s Revenge. [ARTICLE]

The Small Boy’s Revenge.

Arthur, who is forbidden to speak at the table, had his revenge the other day. As dinner began he was uneasy, but finally said: “Ma, can't I speak just one word?” “You know tbe rule, Arthur.” “Not one word?” “No, Arthur, not until your father finishes the paper.” Arther subsided until tbe paper was finished, when he was asked what he wished to say. “Oh nothing; only Nora put the custards outside the window to cool, and the cat has been eating them ur>.”