Show l But John Was Birched 1 1 Ho had been in the habit of playing trant franc school lad he had beea mode I atjly lucky in setting out of the scrape 1 lint he was caught one lay and brought before be-fore the teacher Youre late Where have you bcen2 Ive been sick You dont look sick Well Im bettor now but Ive been Nth W sick all the same You go right homo and get a note from your mother or Ill punish you severely He went off and was gone about ten minutes It was pretty quick work and when he handed the note to the teacher she thought that the handwriting did not look altogether like his mothers She kept her eyes on him as she opened the note but he was as bland and innocent as the best boy in the world The note read Miss Please excuse John thismornin fur bin late cos he broke his leg MrsOraphle |