Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1878 — A Piece of Pie. [ARTICLE]

A Piece of Pie.

A couple of little fellows were overheard, as they sat in the sand on the sunny side of the school-house, talking as follows: “Say, Tommy, did you notice mother shake her head at me when she passed the pie at dinner to-day?” “ Yes,” answered his companion. “ What did she do that for?” “She always does that when we have pie and company. She wanted me to refuse pie. I didn’t, though, this time; and when I go home to-night I’ll get this ear yanked out about an inch and a half, and then comes the goldarndest larrupin’ on my bare legs—and all for that stingy piece of pie J ” - r