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Show . i LITTLE BENNY j By LRE PAPE. Last nito after supplr ma seel to pop. IWIllyutfl, 1 dont know how it Is, but I was down town shopping today and ' figure I awt to have 12 dollars left and I ony have 10. I dont know how I it Is. Vou were proberly robbed, and If you wero it serves you rite, nobody ever gets robbed except by their own ; earllBsncss. thaU wat Ive allways maintained, sed pop. Sutch a consolation, sed ma. I I had a tawjc on that very subjeck coming up in the trolley lonlte with I Lewis set pop, we nrere squeezed In prltty tits and Lewis made a remark to the effect that It woulel be a good place for pick pockets and Itold him that if it wasent for peoples own care- ,lissneBS the robbers would all starve. I told him I never lost enything for the I Simple reason that Im a lijtle caretll. and Hold him e ny man that gets tilings stolen from him ony has him- jsclf to blame, and by the time I fin-1: fin-1: hed taw king Lewis agreed with me, too. O youro one of the 7 wonders of the I world. If not the 8th sed ma. and Pop sit. Not at all. I dont claim to be a wonder, Im meerly a careflll man. Wlch he kepp on tawking about it and the doorbell rang ami I ran down to anser it and it was Mr. Lewis, saying. say-ing. Waresvour father. I wunt to see I him. haw haw haw. And he went up in the .settinic room, saying. Hello Potts. haw haw haw, heers your w ati h. I And he took a gold watch and chain out of his pocket, saying. Wats you looking so serprlsed about well 111 he darned, you never even missed it yet haw haw haw. Wats it all about, wats the oak? Md pop. And ho felt in his pocket ware- his watch awt to b". saying. Wat the !oosc- and Mr. Lewis sod. Haw haw-haw haw-haw this os one on you all rite, after our cute little speech in the trolley ear on the subject of pickpockets I Ject e-almly snitched your watch and h iln and you atood for it like a newborn new-born babe haw haw haw. Hee hoe hee. look whoa carcfill. bee hee, sed ma. And me and ma and Mr. Lew'is kepp on lafflug as if we thawl it was funny as enything and pop kepp on not lafflng as If he thawt it wasent Proving everybody is inlitled to i their etwn opinion. OO |