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Show HAD HIS EXCUSE PAT. Small Boy Remembered Hla Father's -j Explanation. j Jackson is a small boy of somo 8 or a 9 years of age, whoso father ls vory 1 anxious to mako a scholar of him. ,f Jackson's tastes do not scom to run if in tho samo channel, and, consequent- J ly, when tho monthly report Ib sent 9 homo, his averago ls usually In tho j 70s, with conduct marked vory poor. Finding that counter-Irritation did not "I produce tho desired rosult, his fathor I mado game of him In ovory concelv- 1 ablo manner, telling him that ho j would never amount to anything if ho Cf did not do hotter work. His romarks fl on thoso occasions became so often- fj 3lvo to tho child who was rather son- R sltlvo and did not relish tho Idea of a being ridiculed In tho presenco of l his brother and slstor, that ho said to M his father tho last tlmo ho brought homo a report: H "Fathor, why do you talk to mo Hko I this and mako so much fun of mo?" B His fathor replied: "Jackson, If I p did not know you wero capablo of do- I Ing better work, or If I thought you E wero dumb, I would never say a cross J fWprtk to you. about your, marks." V liast wcok Jackson handed in'fa ro- ( port with tho usual low avorago, and f boforo pater famlllns could start !n on J tho usual lnngunBo, spoko up vory quickly and said: K "Father, I'm dumb!" Boston Post "If |
