Washington County News | 1908-06-11 | Page 3 | Had Done His Best

had done his best representative adam beda of aln desota is credited with the story of the boy with the disreputably dirty face who was sent to the town pump by the teacher with the scriptural in junction to wash and be clean he returned with the chin and lower part ot his face looking rather pale but his cheeks and forehead remained as as before the children roared at his comical appear ance and when the teacher asked him why he bad not cleaned his en tire face he answered I 1 washed and wiped as high up as my shirt would go