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Show JUST FOR FUN A Few Exceptions. There, was no loc lost between Jl'i-ftis Jl'i-ftis and his teacher. Rufus thought the leacher was a severe and occasionally occa-sionally unjust person, who had never known what it was to l young and lull of fun, whlli the teacher considered con-sidered the llitl? darky both stupid and mischievous. "You arc not attending to what I k:iv. Uufus." said the teacher one day, lu'lhe midst of an addtess to hor cIsikh. "Yes. teacher, irulv I la." eald uufus. uu-fus. with th reversion to the speech he had lemr.ed at home, which often, accompanied great eBrnefttuexs. "You should never nay "I Is.' " commanded com-manded ihc teacher. "I have told J'O'i that a hundred times. Yu know the correct form. There are no exceptions ex-ceptions to Its use. (Jlvc mc two examples ex-amples at onco." "Yeu'ui." said Rufus. meekly. "I am one of do letter of do alphabet. I am a prounoun." Youth's Companion. Com-panion. A Str-king Simile. George von I,. Meyer, the secretary of the navy, praised at a naval dinner In Washington the old sea drg. "One of these typical old sea dogs." he ended, "was persuaded one day in Philadelphia to attend a tea. I met him n short time aflervvjird and said: "'Well, Marllnsplke, I hear you have been doing tea parties In Philadelphia?' "'Yes, 6lr,' Hip old salt replied. 'I did go to one ten party, sir.' "'And how did you feel there among all those ladles?' T asked. "I felt like a sperm whale doln' crochet work he replied." Washington Washing-ton Star. Still Unreformed. Mrs. Elizabeth n. Grannls, at one of the dinners following the conservation conserva-tion congress In St. Paul, said of marriage; mar-riage; 'it Is true that sor.ie girls, marrying marry-ing men to reform them, succeed. Some girls, too, fail.' The hostess at a tea once said a beautiful sad-eyed wonnn: "Are you fond of spoils, Mrs. Blank?" Mrs Rlank smiled. Her sad eyes twinkled a moment. Then she sighed and answered: "Well, I surposo I ought to be. I married one." St. Paul Dispatch. A Field at Home. A Boston gentleman was showing a West African, who Is Interested In missionary work, a number of photographs. photo-graphs. 'What Is this?" asked the visitor, gazing in wonder at one of them "Oh. that's a snapshot taken during dur-ing a football scrimmage at tho stadium." stad-ium." "But ha3 jour church no missionaries mission-aries to send among these people?" was the quick rcjolncr Boston Transcript. Tran-script. Disappointment. "Why are von disgusted, Dennis?" "I just hear'rd won man call another anoth-er a liar. And the mm that was called a liar said the other man would have to apologize or there would bo a flcht." "And why should that make you look fco sad?" "The other man apologized" Tit-Bits. Tit-Bits. No Reason for Pride. "Wo won't print any such stuff as that." said the editor loft My as he handed back the manuscript, "Well, you needn't he so haughty about It," retorted the Irregular Contributor. Con-tributor. "You're rot the only ono who won't print it." Tit-Bits. An Unjust Charge. "You were trying to evade the law by operating an automobile without being qualified.' "TrIng to evade the law, nothing! Didn't I run right Into an officer?" Kansas City Journal. |