Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1885 — A Famished Boy. [ARTICLE]

A Famished Boy.

Tommy Witherspoon, whose father is famous for his stinginess, went to dinner with a neighbor. “Now, Tommy, just do as if you were at home,” said the lady of the house. Tommy began to cry. “What are you crying about?” “If I do just as if I was at home, I dassent eat half as much as I want ter. 800-hoo!” said the poor boy. The lady then told him to eat just as if he was not at home, and, with a bright smile on his open face, xommy stowed away enough provisions to last him for a week to come.