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Show He Went Up One. In a school in a small Fifeshlre village vil-lage tho other day tho teacher was giving a lesson In subtraction. It hns taken tho class some time to mas-ter mas-ter tho mysteries of nddltlon, nnd In this rule she found them no less dull. Driven to desperation by the stupidity stupid-ity of their replies, she rashly proin-Ised proin-Ised three whole pennies to tho child who gave her the smartest answer. "Or course," she explained Tor tho twentieth time, "you can only subtract things or the snmo name. For Instance, In-stance, you can't take eight marbles from 16 years, or Tour horses rrom seven pence." A hand shot up at tho back of tho class and Hie teacher broke off to inquire in-quire what was tho matter. "Please, miss," squeaked a small boy's voice, "can't you take three pennies pen-nies from one purse, then?" |