Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1912-03-29 | Page 7 | Boy Had Noticed Things

1 Boy Had Noticed Things. The dear little office-boy had been detected in a lie. It was not one of the ordinary prevarications of the everyday world, and, moreover, to make the crime more grievous, he had persisted in adhering to his original mendacious statement. "Do you know, my lad," asked a grizzled clerk, in a kindly fashion, "what becomes of young lads who trifle with the truth?" "Aye," was the assured reply; "the boss often sends them out as travelers travel-ers when they grow up!"