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Show The Classified Boy. ' You say," said Mr. Brown to bis son ck, "that Mr. Perkins has a son in ar school. How old a boy is he?" Oh, he's only a young kid, papa." A young kid! About how old is a rang kid,' npwr , . ; ' About six or seven." What is a boy after he is done being young kid?" " "Oh, then he gets to be a kid.' " What after that?" Well, he's a 'kid' until ho gets to be rat thirteen, and then he's a 'young ler,' if he's prett y big." Sono hut good sized boys can be cng fellers,' oh?: No, sir. Then , , they . stay being nag tellers until they're- about nine-' "id then they're merii" ' ",'. ... "Indeed! But how do you class them the other end of the line? Are' they ws 'young kids' after they are ba i" ' ..' ' ..' Oh, no, sir. First they're ' 'cubs'.'. (T don't get to be 'young kids' until ''get out of dresses." ". '. ; But when," the father asked, grow-jmore grow-jmore and more curious, "when is a opposed to be a 'lad?" ' We don't have any lads nowadays, We read about 'em in books, but don't have any. . I've always won-'4 won-'4 about how old a 'lad''was." : 'But you have 'boys,' surely?" ' .' 7 (- yes, sir. They're all boy's,, of lr. ' n il they get -to , be men.. Only aretno different kinds of boys."-e-'4's Companion. . ' '.. |