I:!r. Fry: Edith, tell mo the■ principcil pr.rts of freeze,
Edith Holt: Freeze, froze, frizen.
Iv!!r. Crnipe wis explaining thr;.t you cc.n only subtract objects
of the s'.ne denoninati on or kind* A hand went up in the
back of the roon,
Mr, C'’-nipe: ’^'Jhat is it, Orge?^’
Orge C. : ’’Ple^^se - can’t you subtrc.ct tv/elvo qu^.rts of
riilk fr.xi tv;o co'ws?
Jiiuny
go.
ha If
nev^ boy,
One of Life’s Little Comedies
The boys v/ere s7/im[t;iing and splashing
around in the "Ole Swimmin’ Hole", and
laughing :,nd shouting could be hc-.ard for a
long distr.nce. Butch v/r.s shov/ing off as
usu: .1,
"I’m going to duck Jimmy, boys I Come
on raid see the fun I" shouted Butch, Jimmy
v/as a small boy v.tio cuuld not sv7im»
"Aw, lemme alone, Butch," whined Jimmy.
’^Haw,hav/1 You ain’t afrr/.id of a little
water are ya, kid?" bellowed Butch, Butch
alv/ays enjoyed bullying the little Jimmy,
He jumped upnn Jimy’s shoulders and sub
merged him three or four times,
pl'3(Lded, but Butch would not let
"Can’t yea see th-at the kid’s
drowned, Butch?" asked Hose, the
All eyes were focused on Hose,
"V/ho pulled your chain, buddy?" asked Butc^h angrily.
"Hands off thr,t kid, iDUtch," warned Llose.
"Come out on the b.^.nk and I’ll tec.ch you a thing or four,
smart guy," challenged But oh, scrambling out of the water.
"I’m comin’ out fightin’," yelled Mose, climbing out of the
water. Butch rushed on Hose and landed a haymaker on his ohin.
Mose went down. He v/as up agr.„in in ci second and was hammering
Butch in the fr.ce. They fought a few minutes, each doing his
best to score a K, 0« Mose slarjied three fast jabs into Butch’s
face and f: hard, straight right into his storx.ch. Butch, thrown
off balance, fell spra.wling into the ;vc..ter. The boys howled
v/ith delight at his plight, Mose mde dive into the v/:.ter on
top of Butch, carrying them both to the bottom of the 3Dond,
Mc5se ducked Butch ton successive times, ond Butch struggled,
sputtering and gasiting for brec.th, t'-^ the bank,
"Enough! Calf-rope I Uncle I" shouted Butch, grabbing his
clothes and running for h^Tmo, All the gr.n congrr.tulc.ted Mose
on^is victory, and then the I:-".ughter i nd swimming wore resumed,
~ by-S. A. Bof^Zij
One of Life’s Little Tragedies
i«»W
v;as very
' ""fMt
by
\7. C. Correll
Littlo Mary’s cat, Tobby,
sick and she didn’t knoiv what to do
about it for no one was at home. Her
mother wc.s visiting and her brother
Tom, who was supposed to be taking
c;..ire of her, had slipped off somewhere.
Mary wr.s a very independent little
girl, S3 she decided to cure Tobby
herself. Going to the br.throom v^rhere