“Junior was eleven. The statement is significant. There are a few peevish people in the world who believe that all eleven-year-old boys ought to be hung. Others, less irritable, think that gently chloroforming them would seem more humane. A great many good-natured folks contend that incarceration for a couple of years would prove the best way to dispose of them.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayYearsBelieveSeemsBoysOughtCoupleProveFolksSignificantStatementsBest WayHungHumaneJuniorsElevenIncarceration Book:Mother Mason Source: Mother Mason
“Katherine it was who took upon herself the complete charge of [Junior's] speech. Not an insignificant "have went" nor an infinitesimal "I seen" ever escaped the keen ears of his eldest sister, who immediately corrected him. Mother sometimes thought Katherine a little severe when, in the interest of proper speaking, she would stop him in the midst of an exciting account of a home-run. There were times, thought Mother, when the spirit of the thing was so much more important than the flesh in which it was clothed.” LittlesImportantSometimesHomeRunningSpiritMotherInterestSpeechEarsAccountsExcitingFleshMidstSevereInsignificantJuniorsHome RunEldest Book:The Collected Short Works, 1920-1954 Source: The Collected Short Works, 1920-1954
