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Show FOUGHT WHEN TRUTH OUGHT NOT TO BE TOLD i ., Willie came homo from school the other day with his fists and knuckles bruised and swollen to almost twico their normal proportions. Mamma straightway Inquired In-quired what had been "doing." Willlo at Hint refused to answer, but finally, upon being threatened with paternal chastisement, chastise-ment, the youngster agreed to "fess up." "It was like this." tho boy begun. "You see, Johnny Jones and mo were comln' homo from school and he started talkln' about promotions. Ilo said ho believed Dora (Willie's sister) cheated. I punched him a couplo and knocked him down. Then I got on top of him and beat his head and faco till my lists wero nore. That's how I got these marks. "Nov." momma." continued the little fellow, hla voice rising with Indignation, "nobody enn say that my slsleu. cheats. J bellove mv-self mv-self that sho does or sho never would been ahead of me, but no foller can 'oil me that, evou if It is true." The explanation was deemed (.atls factory. |