Show THE RETORT discourteous A bright bittle little newsboy answers answer s a bady lady in sk smart and caustic manner A small and dirty newsboy worked a paying game for a week or so down in the shopping districts says chicago tribune he would don a most pa expression go up to a woman and say won t you buy a paper dis Is 19 my and I 1 ain t sold hardly any of 0 course be he would sell one in nine cases out ot of ten and would generally get a nickel and ba be told to keep the change he must have kept this up fully a week and reaped a bountiful harvest at last one young woman who had tired of the same story and who became rather skeptical on the subject of the stopped the young genius and remarked in tones lear enough to be heard some little cnstance instance see here little boy what did you say about your birthday 9 lady please buy a paper dis Is my and I 1 ain ala t sold but one paper to day whined the young rascal now little boy to my certain knowledge you have had a birthday every day this week aren area t you ashamed to tell such stories 7 he was cornered for a minute and stood with head cast down and every appearance of remorse at last he looked up with a most innocent espres sion and said well you see lady you en me we re different I 1 am ain t very old en I 1 thought I 1 d have a lot of barf days to doncet en den I 1 could quit havin em ein like you see she concluded he was past reforming and slipping a dime in his hand moved on sighing over the wickedness of the generation while the young sinner exe buted a pas seui seul of his own invention |