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Show Now, Then, Teacher. Drowsy and warm was the afternoon and the attention flagged considerably in the classroom. Grammar seemed such a dry old. thing after the splendid battle that the boys had reveled in on the playground. play-ground. The teacher's curt voice cut through these happy meditations, and the small lads pulled themselves together to-gether as best they were able. "Two crows is in the field," repeated repeat-ed the teacher, indicating the writing on the blackboard. "Now, that sentence sen-tence Is wrong. Can any boy tell mo why?" Wearily she looked over the apathetic apa-thetic little gathering. "Come, come!" she cried encouragingly. encourag-ingly. One youngster with a latent spark of chivalry sought to help her out of the difficulty. "P'r'aps one of them are a calf, Miss," he suggested, innocently. Exchange. |