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Roswell Visits
The Life of Riley · November 3, 1945 · 29 min · 4,010 words
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Teal for a beautiful smile, the life of Riley for laughs. Teal, T-E-E-L, Teal, the amazing liquid denopress. That's it. T-E-E-L. The amazing liquid denopress brings you the life of Riley with William Bendix as Riley.
The number of friends for beautiful smiles is T-E-E-L-T-L, and just for laughs, it's R-I-L-E-Y Riley in the life of Riley. The other day Chester A. Riley's boss, Mr. Stevenson, had to leave town with his wife on a short business trip, and needed someone to look after his 14-year-old son, Roswell.
So good-natured Riley insisted that the boy stay over at his house, even though Riley knows from bitter experience that Roswell Stevenson is, shall we say, a problem child. It's early evening, and Riley has just told his family the frightening news.
Oh, no, Riley. You're not serious. The boss's son isn't coming to say with us. No, dumpling. I told that mischief maker. Roswell Stevenson, that demon. That little stinker. Junior, what's your language? Oh, Riley. How could you do a thing like this to your own family?
But, Pank, I was only trying to get in good with my voice. He would have had to take the boy out of town with him, but I insisted that he stay here. You insisted. Well, stop, Lyn. It's only for two days.
What harm can little Roswell do in two days? Look what the atomic bomb did in ten seconds. Daddy, remember last Christmas when he stayed with us? He put plaster of Paris in the icing I made for the cake.
What are you kicking about? It was my tooth that got broken. And wore a ball when he hooked up the metal chair in the kitchen to the electric circuit without telling me and then said, Junior, let's play last mile.
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