66 Rather Uppish.

better than others. For instance,
when she tried him with A, B, C, he
always preferred looking at the pic-
tures to learning the letters; and
though he soon mastered round O
and crooked S$, she could not get
him any farther. When he had said
these two, he would say, ‘No more
A’s, May, Johnny learn about dis,’
and then turn over to one of the pic-
tures and beg: ‘ ’Splain dis to Johnny;
Johnny like learning about dis.’

May always laughed; because he
was so funny about it, and had such
a positive little way ; but she used to
say : ‘Must learn it, Johnny, before
you are a man; must, you know.’

But to this the determined young