THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 16, 4 November 1927, Page 15

THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY

Iienry was a good boy, particularly good at doing exactly as he was told, never waiting to be told a second time. Even his parents said he was a good boy, and they onght to know, for they have had him for twelve years. One day Henry was. busy in the kitchen hammering nails into his new rabbit hutch. His mother had a bad headache, and at last she said, "I can’t stand that noise any longer. Run away, there’s a good boy." So Henry, like the good hoy he was, ran away; but before running, he took half a loaf and some chicese, aud a nice mince pie also.

Then he started running, and ran till} he was tired. ‘Then he sat down and ate’ the mince pie, and started running: again till he was tired. ‘Then. he sat down and ate most of the bread andall the cheese. He got up and ran again. Only a short distance this time, ‘and then he finished the bread, and tried to run again, but couldn’t. Then he began to cry, A big boy camie along and asked what he was snivelling for, and did his mother know he was ovt?, Henry told him that she did, and the ‘big boy punched his head for being Presently Henry met another ‘boy, and asked his way home, and that bo told him to follow his nose, and ask a policeman, Henry could not see a policeman, so he foliowed his nose, "which led him into an orchard, Now some had. boys had broken into that orchard the day before and stolen some

apples, and the man that owned th orchard was behind a tree watching. Of course, he dashed out and grabbed Henry, saying, ‘"Now I have got you!" And Henry said, ‘"‘Yes, he had." The man said, None of your cheek. What’s your’ name and where do you live?" Henry told him, but the man did not believe him, and sent for a policeman, who put the name and address down in a book, and to make sure he walked home with Henry. By they time they got there all the boys in the neighbourhood were walking behind, but Henry did not feel a bit proud of heading the procession. Two days later Henry’s father got a summons, and when the Magistrate heard the story of how Henry had run away, and also about the mince pie and bread and cheese, he said he had no doubt that Henry was in the orchard for an unlawful purpose, and fined him. five shillings and seven shillings costs, which Henry’s father had-to pay. The magistrate also told Henry’s father to advise him to be careful in ‘future. Henry’s father did not give b’m any advice, but on the way home he bought a cane. and next morning Henry ate his breakfast standing up, as there were no cushions on the kitchen chairs. And the schoolmaster made a lot of talk about hvpocrites, which Henry could not understand, but as all the other boys looked at Henry and grinned, he thought it must be something to do with him. ° Qne day Henry’s mother was out of starch, sa she gave him sixpence and sent him to buy some, telling him to "Look sharp." Henry understood about the starch, but not about looking sharp. On the way down the street he passed a scissor grinder, so he asked him if he could tell him how to look sharp. "The scissor grinder was not a nice man, for with his finger and thumb he gave ane of TIenry’s ears a sharp twist. saying, ‘That wiil make you look sharp, now hook it.’ LIlenrv rubbed his ear, but as he had no looking glass he could not tell whether he was looking sharp of not. Besides he had been told to "Took jt?’ Seeing a man fishing in the canal he asked him politely, "Please sir, can yon tell me how to hook it." Now the man had been fishing alt day without even a bite, so he did not return Henry’s politeness, but called him a saucy young monkey, and twisting his other ear told him to "hop it.’? Henry was on his way for the starch at full speed, when he cannoned against a gontv old gentleman, and kicked his foot. ‘She old hoy hopped for a dozen yards. telling alt the world what he thought of boys. Henry did not stop to apologise, he was so pleased to learn how to hop it, that he continued on his way, onlv to find on reaching the shop that he had lost the sixpence. On reaching fiome his mother wished to know where he had been, and whether shie had not told him to look sharp. Henry told her all, and then she sat down on the nearest chair and advised Henry to wait until his father came home. Henry thonght it best to wait in bed, buat he chose to stand up for breakfast Again. (Yo be Continued.)