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Show His Theory and Practice, During a school tea a kindly lady-sat lady-sat regarding one of the young guests with evident alarm. Undismayed by the lady's glances, the young hopeful demolished plate after plate of bread and butter apd cake. At last the lady could stand It no longer. Going up to the urchin, she said: "My boy, have you never read any book which would tell you what to eat,, what to drink and what to avoid?" "Why, bless you, ma'am," replied the young gentleman, with his mouth full of cake, "I don't want no book. It's very "simple. I eats all I can, I drinks all I can, an' I avoids bustin'." London News. |