Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1910 — He Got a Hundred. [ARTICLE]

He Got a Hundred.

Sammy’s mother talked to him long and earnestly about the poor marks he had been getting in his work at school. She painted in alluring colors the career of the little boy who studies his lessons and gains the' love and respect of his teachers. She went even farther. She promised him that if he got good marks she would give him a whole dime all for his own. Sammy seemed impressed. That afternoon he returned from school fairly dancing with joy. "Oh, mother,” he shouted, “I got a hundred! ” “Sammy!” cried his delighted mother. She hugged him and kissed him and petted him and —gave him the dime. • "And what did you get a hundred in?” she finally asked. “In two things," replied ’feammy without hesitation. "I got forty in readin’ and sixty in spellin’.”—Everybody’s Magazine.