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Show l'roiililln' IiIpb of Noro. ' ! Seven-year-old Franklin Is ono ot lH thoso bright and alert youngsters tH whoso fathers would llko to tell all about them if they dared, but who fear tho wratli ot their fellows ami . B hold their peace. Franklin goes dnlly, to n Camden (N. J.) school with his older sister, who is in tlio eighth grads und knows a lot nbout undent history, M and things which muko wonderful stories for tlio Ind to hear. Sho was telling him the other day nil about wicked Nero, who fiddled whllo Boms burned, nnd tho boy wns duly lm pressed. At dinner thnt night, in order to discover whether tho knowledge Impnrtod had taken root, tho sister usked the boy: BB "Who did I tell you nbout to-dny?" "Nero," readily replied the youna BB lenrncr. BB "Who was hoJ" was the next ques- Hon. Thero wns a bit of hesitation, bill finally the answer camo out with a twinkle: B "Oh, ho was n bird." 4 BB "Well, what did ho do?" "Ato worms," was the unexpected ) reply, which gavo tho tableful of din- jBB ers something of a shiver. I'hlladcl phla Becord. BB |