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Show i ti if Little, benny's mote Book j Q By LEE PAPE j I '-'as up in the setting room reeling sorry 1 had lo do my lessins, and pop was sinoaking and reeding the spoart-ing spoart-ing page, and ma was reeding the middle mid-dle part out or the paper, and I sed, G, ma, g03h. pop, I wish I had a dime. I wish I had a few hundcrd shareo or Standard Erl stock, sed pop. I wish I had 50' dollars to spare, sed ma. Well, G, pop, gosh, .ma, I wunt to give it to sumbody. I sed. Mecning the dime, and pop sed, 0, our son is gel-ting gel-ting to be a fillanthropist in his old age, who do you wunt to give it to, Benny? Meening the dime, and I sed. Some man with a lame leg and 2 teeth out, he serteny looks as it he needed it, all rite. Well now, Willyum, sed ma, I think its a reel good sine in Benny to start to feel charitable at his age, and I lb ink we awt to incurrldge him. Do you reely think he awt to have a dime to give to this frond or his with a lame tooth and 1 legs out? sed pop. Now Willyum I hardly think its a subjeck to Jest about, I reely think we awt to let him have if, sed ma. Meening the dime, and pop sed. Well who is this unfortunate persin, Benny (iuzzent he werk? Sir? I sed. O, theres a sir attntched to it, i." there? sed pop. I asked you iu cleei if not clarion tones weather this per sin with the absent teelh werks. Yes sir, he werks, yes sir, 1 sed. Wot docs he werk at? sed pop. He sells lickits at the movies, I sed, O, sed ma, the mislery is ixplained, Not to say uncovered, sed pop, well as Benjamin Franklin or some frend of his sed, money saved is money crned. Meening the dime. I |