Logan Republican | 1903-08-19 | Page 7 | The Little One's Reasoning

THE LITTLE ONE'S REASONING. Natural Defuetlen Made by Phy c tot's Daughter. Dr. W. T. BwU tela this story about a oountry surgeo who once bad three leg amputation caaei la a week. The unusual aumber of serious and similar operatic naturally caused talk In th eurgeoa'a household and hli UtUe dauctiter was greatly Interested. A few days after the last operation the surgeon's wife and daughter were rummaging rum-maging in tho attic. In n trunk was found a diguerreetypo depleting a girl of abottt eight years of age. Tho portrait, por-trait, through n peculiarity of pose, showed only ono leg of tbo subject, the other being doubled up under her in a manner truly fominlno. "Whoso picture pic-ture Is that, mamma?" asked tho surgeon's sur-geon's daughter. "Mine. It was taken when I was a child not much older than you aro now." "Did you know papa then?" "No, dear. Why do you ask?" "I thought mayoo you did, 'cause you've only got one leg." New Yortc Tlmc3.