JACKO GETS BUSY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 20 (Supplement)

JACKO GETS BUSY

Adolphus had a very good opinion of himself, lie was more conceited than ever when he had done rather well in a football match, amd everybody was talking about him. “Just look at this!” he cried, waving a telegram in the air. “Here’s the Monkcyvillo Chronicle wanting to publish my photograph!” But it looked as if there would be r.n photograph to publish lor Adjolphue didn’t think any one he had good . noufih to scud to a newspaper. “They don’t do me justice,” he declared, looking at them all in disgust. “AVhat about this one?” said Jacko with a grin producing a photograph ho ha«l found in AI.-s Jacko’s writingdesk. But as it showed Adolphus crawling ou a rug at the age of three Jacku only got a cuff for his pains! “1 really don’t know what 1 shall do!” wailed Adolphus, looking at the photographs again. “Sonic of them make me look too fat and others make my ears stick out!” “AVell, have some more taken!’’ said Jacko; but just at that moment there was a rat-tat-tat at he door, and another telegram came to say that the newspaper was sending along its own photographed that very afternoon. Of course Aidolohus was overjoyed. He spent the rest of the morning trying on all his clothes and deciding which suited him best. In the end he chose a frock-coat and some verygrand, striped trousers; and he even managed to got hold of some flowers for his buttonhole. Ho certainly looked very fine, and be was so afraid of getting untidy that after lunch he settled himself carefully in an armchair and waited for the photographer’s arrival. He felt rather sleepy after a good lunch, though, and soon his head wai nodding. AVhen Jacko came into thi room his brother was fast asleep.

“Coo! he has made himself look a guy!” exclaimed Jacko. “I wonder if I could do anything to brighten him up a bit?”

A few minutes later Adolphus stir red uneasily in his sleep. Homethinf was tickling his face, but it wasn’t enough to wake him up, and he kepi on snoring till the floor opened and ii came the photographer. Adolphus jumped up like a shot, smoothing the creases out of his beautiful trousers. The man stared at him with his mouth open; but Adolphus only smiled conceitedly, thinking that his fine clothes were creating a very favourable impression. However, the man kept on staring he began to feel rather uncomfortable, and at last he lookecd,' in a mirror to see if his hair was untidy. He had the shock of his life. AVhile he had been asleep somebody had given him a big inky moustache!

There was no need to ask who the somebody was. Adolphus made a dive at Jacko. But the young rascal wns too quiek for him.

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