Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1919 — Wise Child. [ARTICLE]

Wise Child.

A miserly landlord was going round fntieetio-r lii-; rtiaut. the o !l| er day AL a little girl wffiv watched open-mouth-ed and open-eyed the business of paying over the imyney and accepting the receipts. He patted her on the head and started to search his pockets, saying: “I must see what I have got for you.” After searching his pockets for some time he at last brought out from a remote corner a peppermint. As he handed it to the girl he said: "And now what will you do with that?" The litt+e girtHookeffi at it, then at him, and replied: “Wash it."