Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1904 — Company Privileges. [ARTICLE]

Company Privileges.

That company privileges can be abused is readily seen from the following incident:

When Bessie, a four-year-old, came to live next door to Susie, another four-year-old, it did not take long for an acquaintance to ripen into an intimate friendship. Susie had been taught to give her company always the first choice of goodies and privileges, but as her visitors had been different children, and the visits not very frequent, complications had not arisen. With Bessie, however, as her visits grew to be everyday affairs and all day affairs, and as the visiting was all on one side, the situation grew perplexing. One day Susie’s mamma heard the following alarming conversation: Bessie—You shut up. Susie—l won’t. You shut up yourself. “Mrs. G.,” piped Bessie’s voice, “Susie told me to shut up.” “But, Bessie,” replied Mrs. G., “I heard you tell Susie to shut up first”

“Well,” said Bessie, with a pout “ain’t I her cumptny?” Anaconda Standard.