THE LODGER'S REVENGE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 26, 1 April 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE LODGER'S REVENGE.

Johnny squirted a lot of dirty water through banisters on the lodger's head. Now that lodger was a nice young man—a very nice man — so he did not say nasty tilings to Johnny or to his father. Hut, on Johnny's birthday he bought a little card of tools, comprising a hammer, saw, screw-driver, etc. Together with these lie purchased some tin-tacks, and, putting them into a small box, he glued the box to the card, and it looked very neat, as if it were part and parcel of the outfit of tools.

''Now,'' he said to Johnny, "you wiU he able to make things for yourself. See how you will he able to drive tacks in," and suiting the action to the word lie drove a tack into a piece of wood. "Now you do one," said he, handing the hammer to Johnny, and, of course, Johnny did. Later he drove another into his father's armchair and into the drawingroom table—in fact, wherever thero was wood to receive them. Before Johnny's father wont to bed, the nice lodger scattered a few tacks on (he stair-earnet.

Later a peal of ''language" sounded through the stilly night. The next morning when Johnny's father saw his furniture, of course he understood all, and he called his little son to him. And the nice lodger opened his door a little way and listened with a satisfied smile upon his countenance.