The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-29
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTE BOOK
Bv Lee PaDe.


 was reeding in the papir about. different armies shooting spies and wen my cl1zzfn Artte calm erround aftir suppir last mite I sed no moo wun, Artie, lets play spies.
 How, sed Artie, and I ssed, O., jest look for spies, and as soon as we find wlln, shoot him.
 sAvl. rite, III be the wun that looks for him sed Aftie.
 No, that's wat I was going to be, I sed. was going to be the Inglish ar my.
 Then III be the F'rentch army and we can be the tl1tes and both hunt for spies. sed Artie. And jest then the doar bell ranf, andI sed, bet that's MT. Parkins, c, maybe hes Q German spy.
 And went and opened the doar. opening ftsverry slo as if I thawt thare was a bergular or sumthing out thare and Mir. Parktns sed, wats the mattir, wats the mattir, have you got the roomatizrn
 And he hung his hat up avn the hall rack and Artie kwfck took 1t awf agen and looked into it.
 vats the ideer, sed MT. Parlxins.
 jest wllntid to see it thare was eny inishils' in it, sed Artie. < And wat if thare was. for the luv of Peet, sed Mir. Parldns.
 Shh, secrets, sed.
 Eny time you kids wunt to enter ionertick asylum jest kum to me for preferences, sed Mr. Parkins. And he went in the parler and prftty soon my sistir Gladdis calm down and went in, and the Inglish army and the Frentch army got down avn the doar in the hall and startfd to 1issen un- dir the crack in the doar, and MT. Parktns was saying to Gladdis, No reely, Miss. Potts, reely think Ger many has a verry good chance. Hes spy, whispered the Inglish arr my, beeing me.
 maybe he aint tho, whispered the Frentch army, being Artfe. And both armies crawled into the parler aWp tharestuEnIs 1icks and wen we got han way to the sofer Gladdis saw us, saving, Beny, AEtfes watts the meen- ing of this.
 Hand ovir that spy so the Inglish army can shoot him, sed the Inglishs army, getting up awf of it's stum- And aftir that hand him ovir so the French army can shoot him, sed the F'rentch army. getting up awf it's stummick.
 III spy you. aw1 rite. sed Mr. Par l kins, and he Jumped up ana startid to serround the allies, but the parIer windo was open and allies excap- ed out of it with. nobody ded or wounded, exsept I got d bump avn the nee avn akkount Of going out so fast
 Pop was in the bathroom taking :. bath this aftirnoon, wich you can see the bathroom windo from the setting. room windoz, and it was pr1tty dark avn akkount of beeing cloudy, and pop lit the gas but he forgot to pull down the shade, and you cood see his shadder avn the bathroom windo, not looking like enyboddy in partickler. jest looking like the shadder of a man taking a, bath, ony- ennybody cood tell it was pop avn akkount of pop being the ony man that takes baths in our house.
 Aftir a vile Mrs. Wilson calm in to see ma, and she sat at wun setting room windo and I sat at anuthir wlln and aftir a vile went ovir to the bathroom and made a noize with the handil, saying Pop, pop.
 Well, Wats the mattfrs this is no time to ingage a man in conversay- shin, sed pop.
 jest wuntid to tell you Mrs Will son is in the setting room, I sed.
 Well. wat of it, sed pop. shes not asking for me. is she
 No. sir, sed, she tawking to ma
 Then wy in the nairn Of Ji1ktter P1oovious are you interrupting my bath with the interchangeable. sed pop. And he kepp avn splashing and I sed. Shes setting by the windo.
 Ware dug she jenreIly sit, avn the chandile leer, sed pop.
 No Sir I sed, ony you can see the bathroom windo frurn the setting room winde,e and you can see yure5 shadder avn it, and eIvry wunts in a vile she looks ovir 5#
 Wat, sed pop, wy the heck dfdent you tell me lawn ago. And he sed sumthing e1ts wich I'm not aloud to say and thare was a, kwick noize, beeing the shade Running down, and pop sed, Yung man, don't you let me catch you wen I kum out of heer. that's aw1, for yure own good keep out of my way for a vile.
 wich I did, proving that sunntines if you do a persin g. fayvor it makes them jest mad as if you was play ing them a derty trick.