A Familiar Picture

The followiiig, taken froin the Ypsllantl Sintinel, is n truc t life, tlmt it wil] be remi wilh Interest, by tliose tavtog boys, especially . 1886, Kirst summer of the new "water works." Scène, a (lwelliiig in Ann Arxr with a large l.-nvn around it. Two joyg of the ages of ei}{ht and ten years liscovered : "Now, I say, Iet me have tlint hose ! You've been prlnklinjr fr the last hour, nul 1 huven't bad a chance (o hld it once." "I won't, go long you've bad it ua mucli as I have. Whcn I get done yon muy iave it." "You jnst give it here, now yon snid yon woiildn't take It bnt live minuten." ' I teil you I won't." The hose is seized, a strujrKle ensiles, the water flit'g in all direction, ;m.l the tourlst i;i-.-is out of' hearing. 1887, Sccoml suniiner. Seene the ame. Boy and water works a year older: "You tuUe thls hose now, and aprinkle :he lawn. I itin't going to t-priukle il all the time." "If the lawu dou't (ret sprinkled till I do it, it wlll burn up tbat ig all. I teil you again I slinn't touch the hose." "Father iaid you should tend to it half the time, and you don't dg it it all, and I un líoiiifí to ([uit." "uit as quick as you likt-, I ain't bolding you, am 1 ? " Down went the hose st.lll sprinklinjj, to lic there till "the old man" tinds it, and the boys take to the streets. The tourist walks on thinking on the different effects of novelty and custoni, and the flckleuess of boy nature.