discourtesy ?"

"I thought he wath Dr. John Hall."

"Dr. John Hall!" exclaimed the exasperated publisher "Don't you know
that Dr. John Hall is dead?"

"Yeth," returned the little editor with earnest sincerity. "That'th
what bothered me."



_Willie's April Fool on Mamma_!

Little Willie had a very pretty governess, and on April first he
rather startled his mother by rushing in to her and saying:

"Mamma, there's a strange man upstairs who has just put his arm
around Miss Wilson's waist, and kissed her several times----"

"What?" said the mother, as she jumped up to pull the bell for the
butler.

"April fool, Mamma!" said Willie, in great glee. "It wasn't a
strange man at all. It was Papa!"



_Full Particulars Given_