SOLVED THE PROBLEM.

Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4310, 13 November 1909, Page 1 (Supplement)

SOLVED THE PROBLEM.

A little boy went into the village stores recently and waited for someone to notice him. He carried a sheet of writing-paper in his hand, at which ho glanced from time to time. One of - the assistants came to liim finally, and the boy, reading from his paper, announced in a sing-song voice :—■ ■'My mother wants ton pounds of rice, fifteen pounds of sng-ir, twelve pounds of oatmeal, twenty pound; of " ■'Hold on!'' interrupted the assistant. ".Not so fast. Suppose you give me that paper and I'll fill out the order But the boy insisted on calling off the articles himself. Two other assistants wore pressed into service, and the three men proceeded to do up the various packages as tho boy called the articles off. He wanted all kinds of things, and he asked the price of each article as he went along, making a note of it 011 his paper. The assistants had the long oomiter stacked with packages when the boy wound up with ''eighteen pounds of flour.'' One of the shopmen called out the price, and the boy continued, in his King-song voice : "And how much money does my mother have to pay for her things P" One of the men counted up the total and announced it- The boy made a note of the total and started oat. ' Come back hero Where are you going?" they cried in chorus. "'Why," said the boy, as he made for tho door, "that's me 'rithmetic lesson. I have to know it in tho morning, or 1 11 get licked."

' Our dear bishop looks very stiff and dignified," remarked old Mrs. Croxley; "but I assure you he has a warm, kind heart boating beneath his gaiters."