Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-03-06 | Page 5 | Little Benny

4 . i LITTLE BENNY . I By LiCE P.VPEU I i I went to the store to get a spool of red silk for rna and on the way hom" I went past Mary' Watkins house, on arrount of It not being very mutch out of my way, and sh was setting at the parler windo with u wite bow In her hair looking all rite, and I waved tat her and" went post on account of not having anything special to stop for and wen I got past I thawt of something special an 1 I wnt back and yelled to her ihroo the wlndo. Hay, Mary- d' you.wunt to see a grate trick? Wlch she shook her hed yes and opened open-ed the wlndo and I held up the spool of silk, saying Ladh-s and gentlemen. I have heer a orderncry spool of silk, and I will now tat It. And I put It In my mouth and then quick terned erround and took it out and stuck It inside my coat erround my stummiek with a little hunk of Hired slicking out between 2 buttins land thi n I terned erround agon mak-lng mak-lng awfill faces like somebody swallowing swal-lowing a spool, and then I sed, Ladies and gentlemen. 1 have now swallowed the spool of silk and it Is now in my Btu'mmlek, and 1 will now prove it by pulling it out. Wlch I started to pertond to do. taking a hold of the end of the silk and staining lo pull the thred out and it came out fine like a reguler trick and after 1 pulled out about five yards I looked at Mar.. Wutklns and she looked as disgusted as cnything. Sny-Ing. Sny-Ing. Bonny Potts I think vou are per-feckly per-feckly horrid, and I never wunt to speek to you agon as Ions an I live. And she quick slammed th- window, win-dow, mo thinking. G. gosh, good nitr Ami I wound tho silk back on the .-pool agon, trying to wind it Just like I il was at ferst. but won I ot home ma saw tho dlffero.nts rite away and gave i me a foarse crack. I Proving some tricks sound bettor 1 than wat they reely are.