Show PROMPTING I 1 THAT WENT MISS AMISS unfortunate finger gota gots its ovner owner into trouble herbert F cowles bashier ot of the amheist national bank at amherst mass tells the following story on himself As a boy he attended district school with charlie now known as doc Shurn shumway way he was very deficient in reading and charlie who sat behind him w was in the halt of prompting him when he came to hard words be he could not read one morning it was his turn to read the bible aloud at devotions he got along finely until he got a difficult passage when he stopped and the lord spoke unto moses whispered charlie who was behind him looking over his shoulder and the lord spoke unto moses repeated cowles aloud put your finger down gol dern yer whispered charlie as cowles finger was in the way and the lord spoke unto moses put your finger down gol dern yer repeated cowles needless to say cowles got a good licking boston herald |