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Show WHAT SHE CALLED IT. fM Little Girl's Definition Not at All jH Pad One. B Margaret Is still a fow months un- H dcr 3 years of age, but sho Is old sssH euough tr he observant and to put H two and two together. For a good H part of her short llfo hor fathor has H been away from home, and sho haa H moro familiarity, therefore, with let- H ters and letter writing, probably, than H most llttlo girls. Sho had never bean H permitted to uso Ink, but had often H watchod tho older ones writing with jH It and using tho blotter. H Tho other day sho was wrltiug a ft)aH usual with a poncil, or making tho Hi marks on the paper which Bho calls IH writing, when sho saw a blotter lying; jHJ on tho desk out of her reach. Of H courso sho wanted It, but sho did not H know tho namo of It. Sho thought 9 about It a little, and then said, "Dad- H dy, Elvn ran that please." Hi "Give you what?" asked hor father. H Sho pointed a fat finger at tho blot- Hi ter and replied, "Olve mo '.hat ink nap- H kin." Harper'B Magazine H IIIIHt-mft'LB bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbTbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH |