AN OBSERVANT YOUTH.
"Now, Bobbie," said the teacher, "spell pipe."
"P-I-P-E," said Bobbie.
"That's right. And now tell me something about pipes. What do people do with them?"
"Well," said Bobbie, thoughtfully, "boys blow bubbles with 'em; plumbers put 'em in; Scotchmen blow music out of 'em; and men like Pa smoke 'em. It all depends on the kind of pipes you want me to tell you about."