A GOOD TERM.

"Hoh," said Wilbur, when Wallie wanted to swap an American two-cent stamp for a silver shilling, "you're pretty mumpy, I think."

"Mumpy?" asked Wallie. "What's mumpy?"

"When your cheek gets big," said Wilbur.


A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER.

"Papa," said Arthur, "I read somewhere that people became what they ate."

"So it is said, my son."

"Then why don't cannibals become missionaries, papa?"