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Show He Went Up One. In n school In n small Flfeshlro village vil-lage the other day Die teacher wa giving ,a lesson In subtraction. If hns taken the class somo tlmo to master mas-ter tho mysteries of addition, nnd in this rulo she found them no less dull. Drlvon to dospomtlon by tho stupid It y of their replies, alio rashly prom-Iscd prom-Iscd three -wholo pennies to tho child who gave her tho smartest answer. "Of course," sho explained for tiro twontieth time, "you can only subtract things of tho bnnio mime. For Instance, In-stance, you can't take eight marbles from 1G years, or four horses from soven pence." A hand shot up at the hack of tho clasa und tho teacher brnlco oft to -Inquire what was the matter. "Please, miss," squeaked n small boy's voice, "can't you lako three pennies pen-nies from one purso, then?'' |