Jeptha Wade has a winter home in Thomasville, GA

A Hint to Father.

Jeptha Wade has a winter home in Thomasville, Ga. One of his sons is an amateur balloonist, and occassionally makes an ascent from Thomasville. If the family fail to hear promptly from him, they set forth in a motor car and search until they find him.

One day, when the roads were slippery with mud, the automobile skidded and slipped part way down a bank. It brought up without damage against a large tree. Mr. Wade could not get it back on the road, and appealed for help to a farmer plowing in the field below.The farmer hitched his team to the front axle and soon pulled the car out of trouble.

Mr. Wade looked back, and said: "That tree saved me from a bad accident; if it had not been there, we should have turned over and been badly hurt."

"Yes, suh," drawled the farmer, "that cert'nly is a useful tree! This mornin' a young feller in a balloon got stuck in it, and I had to h'ist him out."

"Why, that was our son!" exclaimed both Mr. and Mrs. Wade, excitedly.

The farmer looked at them for a moment with a puzzled expression, then his face lighted up with a smile, and he said:

"I reckon you folks would find life easier if you would stay home more."