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Show H BOY'S .IDEA OF NERO. . Not Entirely According to Teachings H of History.,, H Sovon-yonr-ofd , franklin ,1b pno of PH thoso bright and alert, youngstera H whoso fathers would liko to' toll all PH nbotit them if tlioy dnrcd, but who PH fear tho wrath of their follows and PpH hold their pence. Franklin goes dally PH to a Camden school with his older PH 'sitter, who Is In tho eighth grado and PH knows n lot nbout nnolont history PH nnd things which mnko wondorful PH stories for tho lad to hear. She was PH telling him tho other day nil about H ricked Nero, who fiddled whllo Rbmo PH burned, nnd tho boy was duly Im- PH 'pressed. At dinnor that night, in or- PpH dcr to discover whether tho knowl- PH edge Imparted had taken root, tho sis- PpH tor asked tho boy: PH "Who did I tell you about to-day?". H ' "Nero," readily replied tho llttlo PPH PJH "Who was ho?" was tho noxt ques- H H Thcro was a bit of hesitation, but PpH finally tho answer camo out with, a PPH twlnklo: PH "Oh, ho was a bird." , H jjm - "Well, what d Who do?" B" v "Ato worms," was tho unexpected H reply, which gnvo tho tabloful of din- PH .crs Bomothing of a shiver. Phllndol- PH phla Record. |