"WHO SHALL HAVE IT?" (See page 218.)
LITTLE SCOTCH GRANITE.
Burt and Johnnie Lee were delighted when their Scotch cousin came to live with them. He was little, but very bright and full of fun. He could tell curious things about his home in Scotland, and his voyage across the ocean. He was as far advanced in his studies as they were, and the first day he went to school they thought him remarkably good. He wasted no time in play when he should have been studying, and he advanced finely.
At night, before the close of the school, the teacher called the roll, and the boys began to answer, "Ten." When Willie understood that he was to say ten if he had not whispered during the day, he replied, "I have whispered."
"More than once?" asked the teacher.
"Yes, sir," answered Willie.
"As many as ten times?"
"Maybe I have," faltered Willie.