The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-08
THE SCRAP BOOK

Surprised the Minister.
The new minister was making his
first call and was waiting for mamma
in the drawing room. Little sister and
her elder were holding an earnest
confab in the hall.
"You dassent." said the elder In
tense, small tones.
-You just sec," said little sister
proudly. And she danced OF into the
drawing room. an angelic figure In
daintiest, white. her big blue eyes In
nocent and condding.
When mamma appeared, just - lit
she thought the expression OF the
minister was rather curious and that
he seemed TO be making an effort to
control Il; also his manner was en-
barrassed and his call was very brief.
The small maiden was forthwith sum.
moned and asked what she had talked
about with the minister.
Nothing much" she faltered.
Tell me exactly what you said to
him." mamma demanded sternly.
Tit wasn't neutrality-suspicious.
Z little story Edith and I made up to
tell the janitor's little girls. They
were down there in the yard when
you made US come up yesterday. and
they told US such yarns, mamma. You
never heard such things So we made
up story to tell them, and Edith
dared me to tell it to the minister,
and did"
And what was it, Tell me exact
~ what you said"
1T wasn't any-anything-much."
the small voice faltered. II just told
him that my papa came home last
kicked my mamma over and jumped
up and down on her stummick. And.
mamma. the minister did look SO fun.
ny and s'prisedv
Easy Come. Easy 60.
A passerby ut Broad and Lombard
streets. fl Philadeiphia. once heard
tie following dialogue between a Ia
borer who was digging In a sewer and
stout. beaming lady with capacious
market basket on her arm:
"Ah. good marnin' to you. Pat" said
she. leaning over and looking into the
pit. And what are ye doin'?'
Good maFnin'. Bridget" he replied,
looking up. "I'm a-earnin' alimony for
yees. And what are you doin'r'
Sure, I'm a-spendin' it." replied
Bridget airily As she trotted on.-Lip-
The Ambitious Hen.
ambition" said IN inventor. "ac.
complishes daily miracles. Remember
the ambitious hen.
This faithful creature always laid
an egg Of the same size AZ the porce-
lain nest egg used on her az decoy.
"Perceiving his hens intense ambi
ton. the farmer put a porcelain goose
egg In her nest. She laid a goose egg.
Then the farmer. greatly pleased,
put In the nest . whitewashed foot
ball The next time he visited the
barn he found in the nest an egg as
big - the football. but no hen was In
sight.
~He took up the egg and saw en-
gTaved on It:
I'm NO ostrich. but I've done my
best"
Under the Mistietoe.
She stood looking at him so inno-
Gently from under a sprig Of mistletoe
that had been left hanging in the par
Tor since Christmas She was so pref
t., and she was under fhe mistletoe
and be couldn't help the had kissed
her 1t was an niy and IN
kindly thing to do. He knew that now.
as he remembered her frightened.
startled look and the miserable ex-
cuses he tried to stammer out-yes.
and the tears In her eyes. and the lit
tie choking sob with which she had
received his stumbling apology.
who could think she wouIa feel
nke that about it,. he thought Dear
little innocent-
And ne. after be was gone-she lag
DOWN On the sofa and cried:
7 like him % much, and. nOv-to
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