"
"What's this," asked Jimmy: "`A man rode'cross a bridge and
Fido walked? 'Had a little dog name' Fido."
"You didn't ask that right, Jimmy," said Lina, "you always
get things wrong. The riddle is, `A man rode across a bridge
and Yet he walked,' and the answer is, `He had a little dog
named Yet who walked across the bridge.'"
"Well, I'd 'nother sight ruther have a little dog name' Fido,"
declared Jimmy. "A little dog name' Yet and a little girl
name' Stillshee ain't got no sense a tall to it."
"Why should a hangman wear suspenders?" asked Lina. "I'll
bet nobody can answer that."
"To keep his breeches from falling off," triumphantly
answered Frances.
"No, you goose, a hangman should wear suspenders so that he
'd always have a gallows handy."
CHAPTER XII
IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
It was a beautiful Sunday morning. The pulpit of the Methodist
Church was not occupied by its regular pastor, Brother Johnson.
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