Father’s Day Tricks!

“PLAYING A TRICK ON PAPA.”

Mother’s Yellow Fairy Tale Book.

Arranged by Laura Dent Crane.

Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1905.

Patricide – His Son the Burglar!

“THEN I STOOD OFF AND TOLD HIM TO HOLD UP HIS HANDS.”

I told my chum Pa was a coward, and we fixed up like burglars, with masks on, and I had Pa’s long hunting boots on, and we pulled caps down over our eyes, and looked fit to frighten a policeman . . . I put the cold muzzle of the ice revolver to Pa’s temple, and when he woke up I told him if he moved a muscle or said a word I would splatter the wall and the counterpane with his brains.

Peck’s Bad Boy and His Pa.

Written by George W. Peck.

Illustrated by True Williams.

W. B. Conkey Company. 1900.