STATELY MISS SWAN 
“My mother says a happy childhood 
brings a cheerful old age,” exclaimed Tom¬ 
mie Specks, standing on his head in the 
water and kicking his feet in the air, “and 
I want a cheerful old age, so I’m going to 
have a cheerful time right now.” He went 
racing through the water, waving his arm 
and screaming at the top of his voice. 
Stately Miss Swan looked at him doubt- 
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