NOT ENCOURAGED.
"I suppose you boys at school are playing games about all the time, aren't you?" asked the visitor.
"Pretty nearly," replied Jack. "We know pretty nearly all of 'em."
"I suppose you are a champion?"
"I am at most of 'em. I don't get much chance at hookey, though," said Jack.
A SMALL BOY'S REFLECTION.
"Didn't George Washington ever tell a lie, mamma?"
"They say not, my son."