The Ordway new era., 1912-09-27
UNSTUDlED EFFORTS OF
ANANlAS AND SAPPHIRE

Ananias and Sapphire clumped up
the back steps OF the neighbor's
house. whooping joyously as they
clumped. Outside the screen door
they paused for friendly Hcufiie.
The neighbor pushed the door open
and they catapulted through the
opening.
swell. said the neighbor. "what do
you want?"
I'VE want a drink. Give US
dring." they chorused.
"You do. do you?" inquired the
neighbor. "What do you say when
you want people to do things for
you?"
The well-mannered sapphira looked
up at her with big. pleading eyes. Il
say please" she cooed.
$50 do !. So do l." shrieked Ana
MAS. "Please give us Q drink"
The neighbol doled out the water
with sparing hand.
'What do you have the water in q
bottle for?" inquired sapphira. "Why
don't you give us the water that runs
out Of the spout?"
1T might make you H." returned
the neighbor. 1T has microbes
in It,"
"Has IT," Ananias asked. eagerly.
s'Give me some. Just love 'em. My
mother gives me lots Of them. And
once she gave me some water out
of the spout and It had snakes In 1t
and I drank them" :.
The neighbor hastily retired into
the pantry.
"My mother gave me some out Of
the spout" said sapphira ruminat-
ingly when the neighbor had returned.
"and It had ait had a-potato in
It. Give me some more. please"
she added. II want It full up"
"Oh. you don't want any more."
the neighbor assured her. you've
had all you need. You couldn't drink
any more.'
"once." said sapphira. fixing her
eyes dreamily on nothing. II drank
whole bottle full without stopping
. minute. with my eyes shut"
IT drank a whole pond full once."
boasted Ananias. "with-with-my
mouth shut"
After this crowning effort he went
and sat down upon tho hreless
cooker.
'1s this a nreless cooker?" he
asked.
"Yes." said the neighbor.
"We've got one at home Just like
It, only forty times as big. It's big
enough to hold pig. Once we
cooked q COW in It,"
I'VE cooked q nelephunt In ours"
sapphira chimed in. "A great big
pink nelephunt."
"How remarkable" said the neigh
Dor. impressed. Il don't see how you
got him in"
I'VE Just shooed him in" said Sap
phira, airily. And he was great
big nelephunt"
We've got a great big tremendous
tiger" Ananias said. briskly. land
we keep him in the dishpan and he
has green tail and blue head and
purple feet"
Our tiger" said Sapphira. casual.
ly. "is lion and we keep him in the
flour bin. and he wears yellow trou-
sers. Can have a pianna?"
"A piano?" repeated the neighbor.
looking puzzled. Il haven't one to
give you.'
"Yes. you have" insisted Sapphira.
''Those yellow ones on the table"
The neighbor took up one Of the
bananas and looked at 1t. II think
it's too green for you to eat" she
said.
II love them when they're green"
responded Sapphira. "Why. mother
gives me six piannis every day and
they're Just as green as that grass
out there"
my father" said Ananias refiec-
lively, makes my mother eat four.
six. eleven. eight piannas every day.
green ones with red and white and
blue spots on. and they make her
awfully sick, but he makes her eat
them"
The neighbor opened the screen
door. "shoo!" she said inhospitably.
Run along home. You're making
me lose all my moral sense"
Ananias and Sapphira tumbled out
of the door as cheerfully as they had
tumbled in.
Well come again tomorrow and
get another drink" they assured tho
neighbor kindly as she sped the
parting guests.-Chicago Daily News.
At 4 London Weddinu.