Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1890 — Spelling for a Mouse. [ARTICLE]

Spelling for a Mouse.

Mrs. Banks was in the habit of spelling out such words as she did not wish her little girl Jennie to understand when she was talking before her to Jennie's papa or to Betty in the kitchen. One day, when Jennie was at school, Betty came running into the sittingroom where Mrs. Banks was sewing. Betty was in a state of great excitement. She had still In her hands the flat-iron with which she bad been at work. “O Mis’Banks!” she exclaimed, “where did you put the t-r-a-p? There's a m-o-u-s-e out there just a-runuing round, and I want to e-a-t-e-li it!”