TRUTH-TELLERS

The little girl evidently appreciated the fact that all men and women

are liars, for _Punch_ records the following as the dialogue between her

and her mother when she had been caught in a fib:

_Mother:_ "It is very naughty to tell untruths, Kitty. Those who do so,

never go to heaven."

_Kitty:_ "Don't you ever tell an untruth, Mummy?"

_Mother:_ "No, dear--never."

_Kitty:_ "Well, you'll be fearfully lonely, won't you, with only George

Washington?"

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