JOHNNY'S COUNTING.
Johnny. "Mamma, I can count all the way up to twelve."
Mamma. "And what comes after twelve, Johnny?"
Johnny. "Recess."
AN APPEAL.
"Papa," said Jennie, climbing upon her father's knee, "don't you think that 'stead o' ten cents a week you could give me fifteen?"
"Well, I don't know, my dear," was the answer. "What do you want of the extra five cents?"
"I thought my dollie was old enough to have a 'lowance, and I want to give it to her."