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Show The Hammer and Hammering. j Johnnie rushed into the dining room' his- voice lifted to a long, quavering wail. He ws giving a star exhibition of the art of separting himself from' tears and trills. j "What's the matter?" asked mother.' Johnnie removed both fists from.tfil eyes and explained mournfully: "Papa was out on the back-porch nailing down a plank, and he had a big hammer, an awful big hammer. Then he missed the nail, and hit his thumb." "Then what are you crying about?" asked mother. "Why didn't you laugh." Then Johnnie told the whole story thus: "I did." Popular Magazine. |