WHY THEY GRINNED.
Mrs. Grant was undoubtedly the disciplinarian in the family, and Mr. Grant, who was a very busy lawyer, was regarded by the two children as one of themselves, subject to the laws of "Mother." But one day Mrs. Grant became very ill, and at ',unsheon Mr. Grant, who felt that the children were already showing tdgns of "running wild," felt obliged to reprimand them. "Gladys," he-said, "stop that immediately or I shall have to take you from the table and spank you.' - ' Instead of making the impression he had fondly hoped to do, he saw the two little imps glance in a surprised manner at each other and then simultaneously a grin broke over the faces of both culprits, and Gladys said in a voice of derisive glee—"Oh, George, hear father trying to talk like mother !" —"Lippincott's."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 375, 5 July 1911, Page 3
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140WHY THEY GRINNED. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 375, 5 July 1911, Page 3
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