Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-13 | Page 5 | Little Benny's Notebook

LITTLK BENNY'S ; Note Rook By LEE PAPE Ki i 1 i f ; Satiddy nlte after suppir was in! Sam Crosses house, and me and him was playing dominoes and after a wile his mother called up stairs. Sam, lm afraid Benny will haft to go home now, its your bed time. Aw wy. aw no, aw G, 1 dont wunt to go to bed, aw heck, aw no, wy do I all ways bafl to go to bed, aw no, sed Sam. Sounding as If he was going go-ing to cry eny second, and hist mother called up All rite, all rite.' dont carry on like that, you can stay J up a little longer, for meisey sake i And she called up about 3 more I 'lines, and each time Sam ackted as if he was allmost going to cry, and she lei t him stay up longer each' lime and last nlte I was up in our1 Betting room reedins Fred Feernaw t in I Africa in a Aireoplane, being ixciting as enything, and pop was smoaking and reeding ihe spoarting page, and ma was nilting with no ixpression. and my sister Oladdis was writing a! letter to sumbody, and pop sed, Benny. Sir? I sed. Bed, sed pop. and I thawt, I won- der if it will werk with pop like it werked with Bam Crosses mother? Lfl And I started to tawk as if I was going to i r. , . ayine Aw pop, aw ., pop, do I haff to go to bed, I dont wunt to go lo bed, pop, aw heck, pop Well, for the love of Peet, sed pop. And he dropped the paper on the , floor and looked at me, and ma sed. Well I never. Lenny Totta, wat on erth has got into you'' This must be surathing new, this must, sed my sister Claddis stopping writing and staring at me. And I quick jumped up, Baying Im going lm L-oinu'. I was je I ing a imitation of Sam Cross. bbbih Well 111 jest give a little imitation of Nero, Kaiser Willheilem of Ger-minny, Ger-minny, ihe former Zarr of Russia and Simon Leggrce; Bed pop. And he cave me i fears, kracks some place w ih- I was going past. PiIIh Proving wat mite work in one family mite not in another