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"Why, here's a J," said Joe, "and a O equal to anythink! Here's a J and

a O, Pip, and a J-O, Joe"

I had never heard Joe read aloud to any greater extent than this

monosyllable, and I had observed at church last Sunday, when I

accidentally held our Prayer-Book upside down, that it seemed to suit

his convenience quite as well as if it had been all right Wishing to

e Joe, I

should have to begin quite at the beginning, I said, "Ah! But read the

rest, Jo"

"The rest, eh, Pip?" said Joe, looking at it with a slow, searching eye,

"One, two, three Why, here's three Js, and three Os, and three J-O,

Joes in it, Pip!"

I leaned over Joe, and, with the aid of !" said Joe, when I had finished "You ARE a scholar"

"How do you spell Gargery, Joe?" I asked hie

"I don't spell it at all," said Joe