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Show j SETTLE. BEN NY'S j WoieMooAi g By LEE PAPE fi Ma was reeding the paper last nlte, auu she aed to pop, Willyum, did you ( reed about tb.nl woman' thats bin : asieep for weeks and weeks and the dor.ktors cant seem to wake her up? No, I dident reed about her, but 1 she's a lucky woman to sleep throol the high cost of living, I wonder how aho does it? sed pop- Honl bo foolish, Willyum, its an o.-sident, o.-sident, sed ma. And this morning I voak up on ac-i count of ma calling me frum down stairs extor oud, and 1 tlmwt, G, fin going go-ing to pertend to be asleep like lhat lndy.and after its too late to go to skool 111 rako up. And I kepp on not anserlng and ma came running up stairs, saying, Eenny, do you wunt to be late for skool, wats the matter with you this morning? Me jest laying there with my eyes shut like a lady that nobody cant wake up, and ma shook mo hard as eny thing, saying. Wake up, wako up, wake up, my goodniss sake. Wich the more she shook the more I dident wake up, and ma called Willyum, Will-yum, will you come up heor a mlnnit. Wich pop did, and ma sed, I cant seem to wako this boy up, do you sippose enything can be tho matter with him? And pop shook mo about twice as hard as wat ma did, on account of being a harder shaker, saying, Hay, shake a leg, shako a leg, this is no cemetery. Me jest laying there with my eyes shut, and ma sed, O goodniss, Willyum, Will-yum, sumthing must be the matter with him. I think I know wats tho matter with blm, sed pop. Me thinking, Gosh, ihe thinks I got tho same thing (he lady had. If he's not up by tho time I count 3 sed pop, Im going to take this glass of ice wattir and pore it rite down his neck, 1, 2 Wich Jest then I quick opened my eyes, saying, Did onybody cnll me? O no, you must of bin d rooming, sed pop. Him not having a glass of wattir at all, and 1 sed, I must of bin sleeping sleep-ing like that lady. Tell that to the marines, sed pop. Meenlng he dident bleeve me, and ho grabbed a hold of my hair and pulled mo strate up and I quick got out of bed the rest of the way by myself without waiting for him to help me. |