Don't do no harm.

Lickin' and l'arnin' goes together.

No lickin', no l'arnin', says I.Lickin' and l'arnin,' lickin' and larnin', is the good ole way." And Mr.Jones, like some wiser people, was the more pleased with his formula that it had an alliterative sound.

Nevertheless, Ralph was master from this time until the spelling-school came.

If only it had not been for that spelling-school! Many and many a time after the night of the fatal spelling-school Ralph used to say, "If only it had not been for that spelling-school!" There had to be a spelling-school.