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Show He said he was bashful, and blushed painfully, and asked her if she could spell bashful. She said she could spell bashful. She said she might do it on a pinch, and spelled it b-a-s-h-f-o-o-l! Then he looked uneasily at her and began to wonder if she was unutterably ignorant or superlatively sarcastic. <br><br> Just as a Brooklyn citizen called his five-year old son into the house the other day, a playmate gave the boy a slap in the face and he ran to his father for protection. "My son," said the fond father, "when a boy hits you like that, you must always strike back." "Oh, papa, I did. I hit him yesterday." |