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Show - , a LITTLE BENNY I By LKE l'APE. This aftirnoon ma was out and I ' was down in tho hall seeing how j meny steps I could Jump down and , still land gri fill, and the frunt bell : rang and I .p abd the door and it a- Mrs. U inkle, saying. How do you do. Benny. 1 was pat-sing by and I thawt ,'d Jest stop in for jest a min-tut min-tut and see your mother. I reel have Verly little time but I roely wunt to see her about something speshll. A'nl she wawked rite In and went in thi parlor, me thinking, C, she dont even know ma aint In. I And I took 2 more Jumps and then , I wunt in the pirler on account of It , wouldent be polite to leeve her in Ihere all alone, and she was setting on the sofer hitting her foot on the j carplt like somebody in a hurry. Being Be-ing a long lady with a short noi-e, and I sat down net to the wlndo and she sed. How old are you. Benny .' !, I sed. Thais nice, wen will you he 1)? sed Mr. Hlnkle. The Nth Of Awgust, I sed, and she serf. Tin s;h of Awgust, thats nice. And she kopp on hitting her font agonst the carplt and looking at th door ns If she ixpected somebody to ; wawk in, me thinking, Ci, wouldent she bq serprized if she knew ma .as- ent even in. And she sed. Do you I go to skool ' and I sed. Yes mam, i and she sed, Thats nice, how do ycu get along in skool? ! Prltty good. I sed, and she sed. That3 nice. Proving she prober ly , would of sed it no matter wat I sed J on account of It being a habit moro than a anser. and all of a aviddln h' H d, Wat Hi the world Is keeping fB mother, did you tell Ler 1 was in H N'o mam. I sed. an 1 she sed. Wy H dldent you .' and I sod. She alnt In H and she ed. Well for land of mers sake, and me In sutch a hurry, dldent you say so before. You dldent ask me, I ed. Wlch she dldent, ony that did H prevent her from Jumping up and wawklng out Jest as mad as if ahe |