Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-10
DOROTHY ALIENS "SCRABBLE
GAME"

i m gong TO wipe the dlSneS to-
night, so we can have a scrabble
game same as Jessie Burbank and
her mother have" Dorothy Allen OBJ
served, as she followed her mother
out into the kitchen.
Don't get in my way, child;
haven't any time for games" the
mother said, impatiently, pushing the
little girl aside.
Dorothy's dark eyes filled with tears,
as she said in a disappointed tone:
Seems as if you have as much time
as Mrs. Burbank has; and Jessie says
they never miss a night since they
first began to play the scrabble
game"
Mrs. Aliens face began to take on
look Of interest and as Dorothy still
insisted upon wiping the dishes, she
remarked. as she set a cup to drain:
eff Mrs. Burbank worked as hard as
! do. she would feel too tired to do
much running about, come night"
ooh, mamma! 1t isn't running
about game" exclaimed Dorothy
with conclusive gasp between a
laugh and a sob. at is new way
Mrs. Burbank has invented to get
Jessie interested in her arithmetic
lesson. And Jessie says it is the
greatest fun"
well, for my part, can't see much
lconnection between 'scrabbling' and
Istudying arithmetic" was Mrs.
Aliens laconic answer
well it Is this way, mamma:
Numbers come very hard to Jessie,
and she has to work and work over
her lessons before she can get them
NJ I,
one of her dullest pupils until lately.
She was so surprised. one day, when
Jessie came to school with correct
couldn't believe Jessie had done
about it. Now Jessie goes ahead Of
scrabble game Miss Seaburg says
1T is"
The last dish was washed and wip-
ed before Dorothy had finished ner ex-
PLANTATION of the scrabble game as
Jessie Burbank and her mother play
ed it. BY that time Mrs Aliens face
armed with paper and pencil, she
seated herself beside Dorothy at the
little round table to begin the game
that l do, mamma" explained Dorothy
we will both go to work on it and see
tally on this piece Of paper. The
one who gets three examples done
first is the winner, and she can begin
to add her numbers up the other way
to prove them, you know. If you get
hnf
mine added the first time. am
BOBBY; and have to go over in the
corner alone. and do the one got
wrong over three times, SO as to be
sure know it perfectly Why, Jes.
sizes mother says she can add num-
bers twice as fast as she used to;
and Jessie-my! think she can beat
every girl in the class now and she
used to be SO slow! Had to count OF
her fingers most all the time"
why, it is eight o'clock, child.
How fast the time has gone!" ex-
claimed Dorothy's mother looking ut
the clock. after an hour had passed.
at their number work. IT ought to
have been at my sewing long ago
But believe your little scrabble
game has rested me, dear" she said
smiling at Dorothy, who was holding
up slate containing long rows Of
n':rlbers with answers neatly written
beneath them.
Il am going to make you a BOBBY
tomorrow night, mamma" declared
Dorothy, winding an arm around her
mothers neck. Jessie says 1t is
lots of fun when her mother is the
BOBBY"
ITO think that such a foolish little
recreation should make me feel SO
rested" Mrs. Allen said to herself, as
she sat down to her mending table a
few minutes later-Helen Richardson
in Mothers Magazine
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