The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-25
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
tBy Lee pa2e,

1 " >77>-> W N-<~>[SN< N Yestidday my cuzzin Artie was al
 my house for suppir, wich vile WI was going into the dining room I sed | Lets pertend we both bin bewitchet | by Merlin the grate magacian and al
 we can say is Squee
 No. Squaw. Squaws better thar 1 Sauce, sed Artie, and I sed, Wy is it and Artie sed. because it sounds more
 bewftched, and I sed, We'll, lets per. tend you can ony say Squad and ]
 can ony say Squee. Wich jest then my sister Gladdis put her he'd out ot the dining room door, saying, Are you coming in to suppir?
 Squees I sed.
 Squaws sed Artie Fools, sed Gladdis. And she went
 and sat down agen and me and .rtie went in and sat down agen and me and Artie went in and sat down, ma
 saying. It's a wonder you 2 woodent
 come down wen you're called l Squee, I sed
 Squaw, 1sed Artie
 Heer, wat way of tawkings that ?
 sed ma.
 Squee, I sed
 Squaw, sed Artie Do you young men wunt suppir this evening? sed pop.
 Squee, I sed
 | Squaw. sed Artie. Very well, mothir. sed pop, let them eat their squees and tbair squaws till they come to their sent ses, meenwile III have some more of
 those very fine mash potatoes if vol,
 don't mind. And me. and Artie kenn on setting there shaking our heds ana pointing to our mouths to show we was bewitched, and pop and ma and G1addis went on eating as if thev dident1 even know we was there mutch less bewitched, and after vile I<sed, Herray, the spell is lifted. I can tawk agen. Herray, me to. sed Artie.
 Can we have some suppir please. ma, sed. III think about it. sed ma. And she went on eating for a little vile longer. and then she gave me and Artie our suppir, wich by that time we serteny needed it. was setting on the setting room floor and pop was setting in a. cbair shocking, and I sed. Pop, I've awt of grate invention. There's, menny slip twix the thawt and thep atept offiss, sed pop. How many feet in a mile? sed Are we still on the same subjeck {? sed pop.
 Yes sir. I sed,' and pop sed, 52so feet
 We'll do you wunt to know wat the
 invention is? I sed, and pop sed o
 Id rather know how to hipnnotize tba
 high clost of living, but my mind is always open to the interduction of
 new nollege. no mattir how humble. Its invention to tell you how far
 youe wawked every day, I sed. Good, good, bully ideer. a. Ions
 felt want, sed pop, I've spent nite | after mite without more than hours sleep meerly because I've lane awake
 wondering with teers in my eyes how
 hutch distance had covered doorine
 that days comings and goings. Yes sir, do you wunt to know how
 to find out? I sed. bern with curiosity, sed pop. and l sed, You jest take a peece of string a loot long and tie it to your ankles. and then every step you take will mezzure ixactiy one foot, and you keep on counting every step tiI1 va,
 come to 52sO, and then you'll knou you've wawked one mile. and after that you start all over agen. o, sed pop, well, don't deny that the ideer has merit, but I think if wood involve less mental ware and tare to simply call up messinger bow and let him wawk behind and count for you.
 That wood be too Expensive, I sed
 We'll perhaps 1t wood, maybe your
 'istem wood be the most practicabiI
 'or man in moderate sercumstances
 liter all, sed pop. And he started to
 eed the paper and went out to hunt
 or the fellows.