Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-07-01 | Page 10 | Little Benny's Note Book

i I LITTLE BENNY'S Notebook By LEE PAPE Yestidday me and Skinny Martin wa,s wawking along jest wawkiLg along, and all of a suddln I saw sum-thing sum-thing shiniDg like go!d, and I qvurk picked it up and wat was it but a medal saying on it, Paffs Glngeral", Highest Award at G Expositions G, I wonder if its gold, I sed. Wacky if it is. I was with you v. en :ou found it. 6ed Skinny Martin And we took terns dropping the medal on the pavemlnt to see if it sounded iiV gold. Wich it did, and Skinny sed. Gosh, G, lets take it in a jewelry store and find out for sure, maybe Its WCTth about a thousand dollers. If its ony wrth about 500 Id be satisfied, satis-fied, I sed. Wich I would of, and we kepp on wawking till we came to a jcwlry store, and we went in and there v as 2 ladies in there alreddy and ;;n-a-iaya mm came in rJJ alter us. saytn? My soodniss, 1 cant wate, theres too meny abed of me. Being a tall kind of a huh. and the jewler sed, Jest a mo-menf. mo-menf. madam, jest a moment and I'll be able to wate on you in a mou..nl Being a little jewler with a worried ilxpression and more empty space than hair, and he waited on one lady and She went out, and the tall lady zed, Reely. 1 dout think 1 can wale. Jest a moment, madam. Jest a moment, mo-ment, I assure you, sed the jewler. !And he waited on the other lady and she went out, and the Jewler -d, i Whoso next Me. I sed. Us, sed Sklob M.irtln. , I canl wait-, : reely cant, thats all there is to it, sed the tall lady. And Ishe quick wawked out and the JewL-i!" worried ixpression got worse and he sed to me and Skinny Martin, Well, I Aat do you wuut? Will you please tell me if this is gold'.' 1 sed And he reetched up and put the medal on the counter, and the Jewler looked at it and his worried lixpression got t'earse, and he sed, Paffs gingerale, and ou made me lose a cus '"iiuT ajid mabe she wunted to buy la watch for all I know, it I get hold 'of you III teefh you manners And he started to come frum in back of tbt COUAter and me and Skinnv Martin Mar-tin skun out of the store as fast as enything and wailed outside a wile to I decide weather to go In Sgen and ask i for the medal back or not decir!lns I not. oo