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Show Now, Then, Teacher. Drowsy and warm was the afternoon and the attention flagged considerably in the classroom. Grammar seemed such a dry old thing after the splendid battle that the boys had reveled in on the play, ground. The teacher's curt voice cut through these happy meditations, and the small lads pulled themselves together to-gether as best they were able. "Two crows is In the field," repeated repeat-ed the teacher, indicating the writing on the blackboard. ' Now, that sentence sen-tence is wrong. Can any boy tell rn9 why?" Wearily she looked over the apathetic apa-thetic little gathering. "Come, come! she cried encouragingly. encourag-ingly. One youngster with a latent spark of chivalry sought to help her out of the difficulty. "P'raps one of them are a calf, Miss," he suggested, innocently. Ex. change. |