A 'Likely' Story About No School in 1919

From the March 27, 2019, MidWeek "Looking Back."

1919, 100 Years Ago.

"One of the little fellows attending school here sprung one on Captain Rowe of the police force this morning, and although a triffle slangy, is too good to keep.

"Just imagine a little fellow about seven years old, and the policeman in a conversation and the latter putting the query as to the reason the little was not in school.  Here is the little fellow's reply:  'Huh, thank the Lord there is scarlet fever at the school, and we don't have no school until Monday.' "

Yeah, Right Kid.  Is That Your Best Excuse?  --Cooter