On account of ma saying T was kind
of bad today, I sed, and lie sed, Ix
ackly, you have a truly remarkable
memory.
Meening it wasent eny use me ask
ing him if I could go out. so I started
to think of other questions to ask
him, saying. Hay pop, do you think a
little chickin that w’as hatched in a
incubator would try to follow the in
cubate around afterwerd* on account
of not having "eny hen to follow?
I dont know’, Im sure. 111 haff to
look that irp, pop eed.
And he l*pp on smoking to himself
and after a wile I sed. Well pop. wat
do you call that sticky stuff in trees?
Do you mcen sap? pop sed.
Yes sir. I. sed. Well pop, if I hap
pened to get mad at Reddy Merfy and
called him a big sap and then quick
told him I ment tree sap, would he
have eny rite to get mad? I sed.
Wat w’as the very ferst question you
asked me? pop sed.
Do you meen about weather if I
could go out? I sed. and he sed, Yes,
thats the one, I couldent think of it,
well, the anser is yes if the proposi
tion is taken advantage of lmmeeditly.
Meening if I hurry up and went.
Wich I did.
Lessons in English
BY ff. L. GORDON.
Words often misused: Don’t say
"she called Friday." Say "on Fri
day."
Pronunciation: Economical. The
”e” is pronounced as in "he,’’ or as
in “let."
Often misspelled: Literary: ary.
Synonyms: Pretension, pretense,
assumption, affectation, disguise, pre
text. semblance, subterfuge.
