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Show I I LITTLE: BENNY'S E0teU00M By LEE PAPE Last weok my sister Claddls bawt a Wcojy board, and every time Mr. Parkins comes to see hor they set bn the sofer in tho parlor and ask the Weejy board questions, and last nito I got the hammer out of pops tool chest nnd went In the parlor and crawled under tho sofer with It, and prltty soon Mr. Parkins came and him and Gladdls sat on the sofer without ony idocr who was underneath It and started to ask tho Weejy board questions, ques-tions, ,Mr. Parkins saying, SIpposo we try to got in communication with a splrrlt tonlte, Miss Potts. O Mr. Parkins, Im afraid, sod Glad-dis, Glad-dis, and Mr. Parkins sed. Irn not, Weejy, is there ony spirit that wunts to communlcato with ub? O look, look, its pointing to Yes, set! Gladdls, and Mr. Parkins sed Who Is It, Weejy, wats the splrrlts name? O, its spelling sumthing. Smith, It speled Smith, sed Gladdls. Are you there. Smith? sed Mr. Parkins. Par-kins. Wlch Jest then T hit the floor with tho hammer 3 times. O, wat wan that, O my goodness, Im frightened, sed Claddls. Did you hoer It too. hcwlnn, that was queer, wasont it? sed Mr. Parkins, Par-kins, and Gladdls sed, Lets stop, I dont like splrrlts, O deer. Wlch Jest then I nocked 3 more times and made my voice mysterious as enythirtg, saying, Let me in, I wunt to come In. O, yo.llod Gladdis loud as enylhlng. That voice, sed Mr. Parkins, meen-ing meen-ing he reckonizo'd it, and he lookod under the sofer and then started to reetch under and I quick crawled out and ran out of the room and Gladdls Glad-dls got mad at Mr. Parkins on account ac-count of thinking he told me to do it. and she wouldent bleeve him wen I got tired llssenlng and went out to soe if there was anything doing. on |