Several Sundays ago a Philadelphia gentleman took his little son on a
railway excursion. The little fellow was looking out of the window, when
his father slipped the hat off the boy’s head. The latter was much
grieved at his supposed loss, when papa consoled him by saying that he
would “whistle it back.” A little later he whistled and the hat
reappeared. Not long after the little lad flung his hat out of the
window, shouting, “Now, papa, whistle it back again!” A roar of laughter
in the car served to enhance the confusion of perplexed papa. Moral:
Don’t attempt to deceive little boys with plausible stories.