The book of Martha

by Mrs. Dowdall

“My bo——at.”

“Your—co——at?”

“Bo——o——at.” (“Bow—bow—bow!——Bow—bow—bow!——Bouff!”)

“Down, Spot——Spot! Spot! Spot!” (Whistling) “Peow, weow, weow——”

“Jimmy——”

“Wh——at?”

“Mother says, do you want your hammer?”

“Wh——at?”

“Mother says—do—you—want—your—hammer?”

(It would not be right to say what I did with that hammer in my mind, because a sin thought of is a sin committed in the eye of Goodness.)