Show sure of ills III ground it was examination day in an indiana india ni graded school and the president of 0 t the 1 I 1 e school board bo ard ft a large pompous old fellow was present A reading class was called and a bright little fellow arose and in a monotone drawled through a paragraph about a massacre in the time ot of nero ahl urn urill interrupted the educator will ivill you please have the little boy read that verse again the paragraph was given again precisely as before ahl vm urn exclaimed the wise man smiling in gue like a pleased chimpanzee why do 10 you pronounce that word massaker massa maiwa kerl ker the youngster bung hung hla his head lead and made n no 0 reply it should be pronounced amassa massa cree continued the board member benignly Ili guly there was wim a painful silence for a moment then the teacher teather meekly said excuse roe me mr blank but the fault Is mine I 1 think if that word is mispronounced noun ced I 1 have told the class to pronounce it massaker 1 11 but why irby sir air may I 1 Inqui inquired rel 1 I beliele believe webster favors that punctuation impossible sir air well that is a matter easily nettled here la is a copy of websters unabridged suppose we refer to it the educator seized the dictionary and hurriedly turned to the word for A moment his big face was a feudy then he lie removed his glasses slowly wiped thern on a red bandanna handkerchief and replacing them said very solemnly 1 I a am in perfectly astounded sir bir that mr webster should have made such a mistake as t that hat chicago mall |