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Show ! LITTLE BENNY j I By LRS l'APE. - I wawkerf in the parlcr after supple sup-ple last nlte nnd wal wss standing on the tablS but a little wltc candy bag with 5 chc.ekllt carmels In it, me thinking. 05. Bov And 1 tbaut. 1 1 wonder who they belong to. I wonder If Ihey belong to onbody? And I sed. Hay, whose carmels Is! these " Not saying If exter loud prob- erly belnK one of the reasons wy no- body ansered, me thinking, 0 well, jfi the dont belong to enbody. findings ! is Keepings. And I ate one and It was so good I I ijulek ate another one. aid I kepp on that way till nothing wasent left but the paper bag, me thinking. G wat j goods that with nothing In lt And I : dulck stuck It In my pocket Jest as my I sister filaddK calms out of the dining room and started to wawk erround the p irli r like somebody looking for ome- thing, saylna, Now ware did 1 put that, i was sure I put It on this table, Ben-ny, Ben-ny, did you see enythlng of a bag of I carmels'' A hole bng of them? I sed. and she i -ed. No, not s hole bag, but wats that koi to do with It. did you see it or did en I vou ? and I sed, Wat kind wat they, vanlller? Not wunting io admit 1 took them untlll I was sure, nnd I iladdls sed, N'o, chockllt O wnts tho I dlffrents wat kind, a persin mre think' the hole house was strewn with bags' of candy to heer you tawk. you either! saw it or you dldent. did you or dldeni ' you ? How meny pee, e vv.is In the lag" I sed. . 9-163, sed Gladdis mad. Wlctt iiei then pop came In and (JIaddl- sed. Father, will you make Benny tell! I me ware ny candy iS? I wunt t ro' i up in my room and reed and f cant' i reed yvithout candy. j Wats this, wnts all this. Benny? sed j j pop. and 1 sed lfow did I know It was her candy, I asked whose it was Land nobody sed it was enybod M B,nfl I I I dident uunt to stand there and see i I li get stale, so I ate it. there wss ony I !i peeces. holev smoaks. Iir.ni you i onsider ." lneny'1 sed pop ! and I sed. N'o mi and pop sed. How fortunate for you. because lm going to give you 5 cracks with my slipper. Won he did. seeming like s rjood i m en - - |