THE STRANGER'S MISTAKE.
"Well, little chap," said the stranger in the family, picking up one of the children, "what are you going to be when you're a man?"
"Nuffin'," said the child.
"Nothing? Why so?" asked the stranger.
"Because," said the child, "I'm only a little girl."
HOW SHE KNEW.
"Do you think your mamma loves you, Polly?" asked Polly's mother, hugging the little girl up tight.
"Yeth I do," said Polly. "I knows it."
"I am so glad. And how do you know it, Polly?"