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Show J 5LITTLK BENNY'S WoteSook ;S By LEE PAPE 0 1 fl.;, Yestidday me and Sid Hunt and m Mil pm Cross wasent doin' envthing, and 8W Hunt found a unlit match, and he stru k it on his shoe. in. Heers " IHl war I see if Im goins: to lie to be a . old man. if it bems all the way to the Ji" , end that d'o-v- Im sointr ,0 live to . '4.1 j he a old man. jv 1 And as soon as the lite tot ncer j ' ' his Fingers he took a hold of the m I other end of the match and it berned fKIj all th'.' wa 10 the end. Sid saying. r' --. j Herrav, Im going to live to be a old , I ' man. bet 111 be 112 ( ' ' Cr. I wish I had a match, 1 sed, and Sam Cross said, G. 1 wish I had one. Lets ask sumbody, I sed. Wich Jest then a little man with a important ' "" ixpresslon started to 0 pass, and Sam 1 - v 1 n up to him saying, Would you mind please giving me a match, mister? $ I A match, wat for, you wunt to lite j ? , r. tt with It, don't ou? said the f j T little man. '14 No sir. I wunt to tell how long Im , going to live by it, sed Sam. 1 Ive lissened to some pritty poor ix-cuses, ix-cuses, but thats the werst. sed the t 1 little man. And he kepp on going f ? with all his matches, and pritty soon y liF la middle size man with yello shoes I went pass, and I went up to him. saying. say-ing. Would you please mind giving me LiKf a match, please, mister? - ' 'i j. Wat for. you wunt 10 smoak, dont v ,j t you? sed the middle size man. No sir, I wunt to find out ir Im go- j 1 incr to be a old man, I Bed; ' A. p Tell that to the marines, sed Lie s ill 1 I middle size man. Meaning he dldent ( ( jblee.e it. And he wawked away with j 1 all his matches, and Sid Huntt sed, G. ' 1 jest for that lets smoak enyway, I '; 1 knon ware I can get all the corn husk t , ' 1 wunt. Meening in frunt of a vegi- j table store wile the ledy wa-ent look- ' ing and me and him and Sam Cross each got a handful! and I got 3 matches match-es out of our kitchen and we rolled the corn husk In peeces of newspaper and smoaked it, prob'ily being very bad for us J |