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A TALE OF SOUTHERN
CHINA.
Ci1AN.4B NXXV1,
leer a brief interval there was a dead
silence in that weird place.
Lard Rackett still gripped the ancient
lantern. and he raised it so that the sincere, else he would never have risked
light would fall fully upon the party
r leen that had so suddenly arisen was the
first to gain the mastery over alarming
fears.
IPerhaps Mat cry from Avis -pierced his
Iovhig heart, and stirred into action the
t sluggish life currents that had lain dor-
imantI
so long,
'i At last Dr. Jack was himself again, a
man born to command, whom no diffi-
culties could daunt; fertile in resources,
;+ bold in their successful application,
I, These weeks of privation in the pal-
ace dungeon, laboring under an emcee-
-Minty as to his fate, had evidently not
quelled this wonderful spirit in the least.
• "It is had enough," he said; "but it
might be worse."
eagerness balk his big game, and even steal his
wife, away off '`o the other side of the
world, in Chili. Still,. bitter as were the
thoughts (hue stirred, he 'realized that
Lord Rackctt's repentance mist be most
before the his li[e in the effort to save his old-time
.lye looked, into eye, and the, tagness
manitested was but an index to the
soul.
No one seemed to breathe; Avis was
like a figura turned to stone.
The inmate of the dungeon r\=ris rag-
ged and unkempt; his beard had not
been trimmed or combed these many
weeks, and the absence of light and
nourishing food had given him a gaunt,
haggard look, decidedly at variance
with the natty attire and well-groomed
appearance of a gentleman like Dr.
Evans.
Larry was lost In doubt and fear—
Larry, who had believed it would never
be possible to deceive him with regard:
to this comrade in whose genial cam-
pany he had spent so many years of his
eventful life, and who was dearer to him
than a brother.
Not so the wife.
Trust eyes of love to see through the
disguise of prison life and neglect. No
sooner had she beheld the gaunt figure
than she knew hint, and that she failed
to immediately cry out was due more to.
her emotion than any lingering doubt.
All these dreadful weeks she had be-
lieved herself bereft of this kind and
valiant husband, and had almost learn-
ed to consider herself what she seemed
—Dr. Jack's widow. And now, to sud-
denly see hips in the flesh, this man
who was her king. her lover, her all in
all; whose equal, in her mind at least,
the world had never known --to meet
him thus with hardly a word of warn-
ing caused a fearful shock.
Dr. Jack was staring at them in deep-
est perplexity. So well had Kai Wang
managed their disguise that It was im-
possible for him to discover their Men=City.
Had he once turned his attention to
that worthy. he might have known him;
but something about the smallest figure
had caught his attention, and he stood
es though riveted to the spot, watching
the brightest eyes, watching a pair of
almost nerveless arms reaching up to-
ward hint, while lips parted, and from
between them came a cry, almost a sob
of joy :
"Jack ! Oh, my husband!"
Then, it was that a great light flashed
over his soul. There was an awakening
!]rat electrified him, body and mind.
Heart spoke to heart, amid the glad
paeon of rejoicing over the lost that was
found.
"Avis, my darling girl! Avis here to
rescue her poor Jack I" he exclaimed.
it was an affecting scene when she
flew to him and wrapped her loving
arms around his neck, while he pressed
her to his heart.
Even Lord Rackett had to wink vio-
lently to disperse the briny tears that
began to gather.
Jack was but a shadow of his former
stalwart self. Weeks of rigid prison
fare had robbed him of flesh and
strength, but the old determination and
courage glowed in his eyes and was ex-
pressed in his every stroke looking to-
ward escape.
They could not have crushed that in a
score of years. When it left him, life
would go also.
How tenderly she passed her hand
over his sunken and bearded cheeks,
uttering little cries 01 dismay because he
was so thin and showed such. marks of
acute physical suffering.
But his laugh was almost as hearty
as of yore.
"A mere trifle. dearest, and which
gives me no concern whatever. Once
out of here, I'lI snon recuperate. But
who are these friends? Surely I should
know that figure, despise the dress. It
can be no other than Larry, faithful old
Larry! Ood bless him I Give me your
hand, my dear toy. How glad I am lo
see you in flesh Heaven only knows.
Many times I have feared .that you had
perished on that fearful night; and I
cursed myself for having led you into
such a trap."
By this time Larry had found his
voice. He was dancing about the other
as though too full of electricity 10 re-
main still. clutching Jock's hand in bolt
of his—Avis held the other—and shak-
ing it repeatedly In' n manner that. came
from the !tenet."They couldn't do it, Jock. dlaw
y 1
Takes more than a mob of Black Flags
to down me, d'ye know. Yes. we got
away with our lives, all.hough, by Jove.
I've been laid on the shelf for wepairs
ever since. -And the papers went with
us, by Jove. They're safe in the 'hands
of the British Consul at Canton, safe
from Peto key and his crowd. Avis
tank them there herself."
"And 1 had the personal pleasu'r`e 'f
locking them up," said Plyinpton,
r
pushing fe vvurd.
Dr. leek stared at hint and shriek his
heed,
"I've heard Ilial voice .before, but in
surto togr(,�ry I wouldn't know my bro-
ther. if I rind rine,"'
"And you have no magnet to remain
ber Ilea voice with anything but scorn
enol hatred: led that was all in the past,
Esfiri::, f hove been trying to wipe out
the miserable recoils=elinn to Thee hest of
my ability', Your wife has forgiven pie
rind planed her c'in(ideirce in me. and T
liege to re eive your hand .also ."
Then Jack knew,.
'I'hri past rinierlied likr a scroll.'
Ile remembered appy, urged on by a
riled parsinit, fins man lead endeavored
•Larry breathed easier.
Ile had an inspiration that already Dr.
Jack was in a lair way to grasp the sit-
uation. When circumstances were not
to his lilting, be had a way of controls-
ing them, just as 13eiljnmin Franklin
harnessed the Belittling, or Morse
adapted electricity to mercantile needs.
'there was so much of calm confi-
In. rival.
,i, I dance in his manner that Larry's sink -
Besides, there was a bluff heartiness ing spirits were instantly buoyed up.
in his speech and manner that went tar Ile waited eagerly to hear more.
toward winning llre doctor's heart, i Kai Wang,. once more cold and im-
"e111 t he has been a friend, indeed," passive outwardly, however the fires of
said Avis, softly in his ear. + human passion raged within, at once
"The best of good fellows, with whose approached Dr. Jack.
help I was enabled to save my lair He was perhaps the only onewhoin-
cousin from the Russian's junkatCan-
tuitively guessed what the latter meant
Can-
ton," babbled Larry, quite unconscious by his confident remark that the case
of any conceit in his words, was not so bad as it might appear.
This capped the climax with lack. "You made hole up yonder, excellent
"My wife's friends are mine, and j comrade. When will it be done, so we,
am right glad to shake hands with you, ` tdo, may take our departure from this
Plympton." ill -conditioned place ?" he asked, in his
Perhaps he remembered that the last pleasant Chinese fashion.
time they came together was after a I am, happy to say it is already cam
railroad wreck, when Lord Rackett, find -1 pleted, and 1 meant to' use it this night,
ing him wounded, assisted him up the' but was deterred from doing so by the
bank and to a place of s:J1ety. I unusual tramping of many feet in' the
Then came Kai Wang, gravely ex- I apartments above."
tending his long -nailed angers, and! Again Larry felt a niad desire to leap
bending over as though salaaming be - up and crack his heels together with
fore a potentate, while his sallow fea- � sheer joy.
tures were convulsed in a broad grin, (, How the clouds were dispersed when
such as Larry had never before seen a genius took charge of affairs.
upon his countenance. I No doubt the little man had an exalted
It was a reception, in fact, and Dr. idea of Jack's powers, since he looked
Jack, ragged and gaunt and unkempt, upon the doctor as a wizard., whose
did the honors with as much eclat its touch could transforms baser'metals into
though dressed In a clave -hammer coat gold, and accomplish miracles; but ex -
and with a diamond in his immaculate perience had led him to lean` upon such
shirt -front. la companion in time of trouble with full
Some men rise above circumstances confidence as' to the result.
and environment, and seem at home' Then the prisoner of the dungeon set
everywhere. to work to show what he had accom-
Dr. Jack possessed this peculiarly' plished in the time of his incarceration.
enviable quality to the highest degree. i The magnitude of his work astonished
Still, however pleasant, this was not them all, and 'Kai Wang, seizing hold of
business, and there were serious ques_. the interstices in the wall, ran aloft
tions awaiting their attention; quer=
with the agility of a native juggler,
their eyes above.
tions upon the answer of which hung
HevanishedIsom
their destinies, their lives. I Jack, meanwhile, seemed to be wrest -
It was a grand and glorious thing
ling with some knotty problem, and
that they had been thus enabled to find from the serious planner in which his
Dr. Jack, and all honor must be 'given
eyes rested upon his devoted wife, it was
to Kai Wang for the wonderful man- evident that Avis must be the main cause
ner in which he had led them on to of lits concern.
success; but the end was not yet in' The fact struck Larry suddenly, and
sight. I he telt actually weak under it, How
They were still in the dungeon under were they to get Avis out of the dun -
the great imperial palace of Peking, 'and peon ? Possibly she might climb as
safety could only he found somewhere well as the best of them, for he haft
beyond the walls of the Forbidden Cil,-. known her to possess more nerve than
To accomplish this flight' without de- might be required for such an under-
lay was the subject that now engrossed taking; but the chances of a fall were al
Kai Wang's intelligent attention. 1 ways present, and even the remote
They saw him turn and glide toward prospect of such a catastrophe was quite
the door, and Larry decided that he had enough to awaken a feeling of alarm
suddenly remembered the ponderous in the little man's breast.
key in the lock, I He had forgotten, however, with
Why he should utter such a shrill whom he had to deal.
scream and dart forward so suddenly,' The magician had not deserted them.
just as a cat pounces on a nimble- Something came down from above,
footed rat, might have been a mystery something that uncoiled like a _great
to them, only that Larry caught a fleet- snake, and struck at Larry's feet.
ing glimpse of a mocking yellow face"A rope 1" he piped, with intense de-
-beyoud the opening. which was almost light permeating his raspy voice.
immediately shut out as the ponderous
door crashed shut.
They saw Kai Wang reach it. and,
And a rope it was, sure enough.
'Where Kai Wang had secured it was
a blank mystery,to one and all,
clutching the clumsy knob, pull with the He might have discovered it provi-
energy of a madman; pull until the dentiaily in the apartment above, or, as
veins stood out upon his yellow brow seemed more probable, have unwound
like blue whipcords, and the shrews in it from his own person, where it had
his arms seemed almost ready to snap. been securely hidden under his flowing
But, alas, the ungenerous door re- robe. At any rate, there it was, appar-
fused to respond to his wooing, and re-. ently as good a hempen -rope as the
maned fast. Evidently that treacherous whole province of Chili could boast, and
key, turned by another hand on the in their eyes the finest in the world.
outside, had gotten in its deadly work,I Dr. Jack clutched it with an exclama-
and they were trapped. tion of -delight.
It was as though his prayer was
answered.
"Larry. do you go up, and then our
,friend, Lord Rackett. Avis shall try
while you hold the line above, in case
witness tins excess of ; physical energy of accident."
on the part of the Chinese statesman and They grasped his meaning, and leave
friend of the viceroy, Li Hung Chang. ing him in the act of securing•the noose
Ile had usually been so sphinxlike and about his wife, started to climb the
impassive, even under the most agi,=ra- ladder which. Jack had rudely cut in the
waling circumstances, that when he Thus wall.
cast aside his mask to attack the resist -I Larry cane near losing his nerve near
ing door with so much zeal. Larry al-; the top, when 'his foot slipped, and he
most felt like throwing aloft the Chinese could not see an inch beyond iris nose;.
winter fiat which adorned his head, and a tumble ...at this tinie would have been:
giving a lusty "hum." It
unfortunate, since Plynipion
It was an inspiring sight to hint. must have shared in the disaster,. being
Kai Wang was 'evidently nearer the just below.
point of being "rattled" ligan ever before Ere anything serious resulted from the
in his long and eventful career. Islip, an arm shot down from the black-
Perhaps he had had his nerves shaken ness above, mil a sel of long fingers
by the sight of that sleeping prisoner of hooked upon the little man's garments
lite other dungeon. and was hardly him- just hack of his neck.
self. 1 Pressure being brought to bear from
Avis had vvitnessed this odd break on above, Larry VMS safely landed., and
the part of their guide with no little Lord Beckett quickly joined him.
wonder, mixed with consternation. i The latter had been shrewd enough to
She had gi'mvn so accustomed to rely to some extent upon the rope. be -
placing unlimited faith in Kai Wang lieving Kai Wang must have made it
that leis sudden and unexpected repulse fast above:
sent a chill river her system. , I Avis gave them less trouble than !hey
Involuntarily a low cry of alarm burst, had expected, though her husband be -
from her lip's as the horror of the situs- levy did not breathe easy until the chi.
tion made itself -felt. • iter nerves had nese-clad figuire had quite vanished from
been wrought up to a desperate, pita!, view, a.nd lie heard the welcome signal
and this disaster capped the climax. from Larry that &]1 was well.
eil.
liven bold Lord Rackett felt a thrill' of There remained only himself.
Dental dismay when he grasped ih.e 11 was Mgt time he was going, for a
situation and realized what a fearful contusion of noises ouit,. 111 the corridor
condition of affairs had arisen. portended the speedy' arrival of a de-
li must indeed be a peculiar nature aachment of soldiers„ probably aroused
that would not have experienced a sink- by the stunning report of the escaped
ing sensation after contemplating the guard.
Coolly., Jack knotted the lantern to the
rope, and sent it aloft. ,
He needed no assistance in traversing
the route he had fashioned with his own
hands, since every minute portion of it
was - s familiar to his touch as his own
features.
'The clamor was now at the door..
Tack was near the top andprgpeeding
es calmly as though merely passing up,
to continue his labors above.
A. Mabee upward had assured him that
the others knew enoughto extinguish
CHAPTER XXX IL
it had been a revelation to Larry to
disaster.
Here they bad come to rescue Evans
from durance vile, with, the result that
they novo shared his prison.
Chinese vengeance is not a thing to
he ]!gritty , defied, and woe to that soul
so wretched and unfortunate as to fall
beneath the displeasure at native forces,
'Once they gain the upper hand, for no
more vindictive or. cruel tyranny ezisis.
Strange as it might appear, the one
who would be expectet1 least to grapple
with the new add oversvhelming prrbb=
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.IIARVESTING SOY BEANS.
The method of harvesting soy beans
mill depend on the use that is to be
made of thein. When grazed down by
sheep oz' cattle, it is simply a matter of
turning in the animals, Bat cattle waste
much of the crop, hence, if grazed down
by this class of stools, the animals
should be removed when they have sat-
isfied their needs. Swine and sheep
niay be given access to the crop at will
when' the season for grazing has ar-
rived. Of course, with swine, that sea-
son is not until the crop is practically
mature. .
Various methods of harvesting the
crop have been practiced, as for in-
stance, cutting with the field mower,
self -rake reaper, the binder, the corn
harvester and the bean harvester. Whieh
V these modes will answer best will
depend largely upon the way in which
the crop is grown, and the exact use
that is to be -made of it.. The mower is
best suited to harvesting a crop broad-
cast and to be cut fpr bay. The self-
rake reaper can best be used in cutting
the crop for hay, for soiling, for silage
or for seed.. The binder is best adap-
ted to harvesting the silo crop or the
seed crop, but can only be used satis-
factorily, in harvesting tall growing
varieties.. The cornharvester can ,beat
be used when 'the beans ere grown In
the line of the row with corn for silage,
hut may also be used in harvesting tall
growing varieties grown in rows without
admixture. The bean harvester is only
used when harvesting the crop for seed,
and is exceptionally well adapted to
harvesting the small varieties.
The cutting of the crop for soiling
niay begin at the season of early bloom,
and continue until it approaches ma-
turity. For soiling it is probably at its
best when the pods are forming. For
silage the crop may be harvested any
time from full bloom to early maturity,
but cutting toward the latter stage is
preferable, since more grain is then fur-
nished and the greater woodiness of the
steins is less objectionable when fed as
silage than when fed as soiling food. For
hay, the crop should be cut when in full
bloom or probably a little later, but
assuredly before the leaves begin to fall.
Soy bean hay Is not easily cured. 11
the plants are much exposed to the sun
after being cut, many of the leaves will
he lost and the sterns do not readily
lose their moisture. Much handling in
the curing is also attended with much
loss of leaves. The aim should be to
cut when free from dew, to rake when
sufficiently wilted after the tedder where
one has been: used, and to put up in
small cocks narrow and high until cur-
ed. In these it is usually necessary to let
the plants remain for several days. The
crop is not nearly so easily damaged
by rain as cowpeas. The average yield
of cured bay is about two tons per acre.
As the stalks. yield up their moisture
the light, • having evidently heard the
shouts below.
And as he climbed, a voice came steal-
ing down to him from the void aloft, a
voice so filled with anxiety and devo-
tion that it thrilled him through and
through, even though it only uttered
his name :
"Jack 1 oh. Jack!"
The door of the dungeon was burst
open and a heterogenous mass of men
pushed in. who bore flaming flambeaux
—men who were armed with nonde-
script weapons, after the manner of the
Chinese Imperial Guard, and who seem-
ed burning with a mad desire for an
opportunity to slay, according to the
tenets of their religion.
That spectacle, as seen by those above,
was one never to be forgotten.
Again Kai Wang lowered his strong
arm, so that Dr. Jack might take no
chances.
'Meanwhile, those below were running
around the dungeon, peering into every
Corner, overturning the humble pallet,
even smashing the crockery water-
bowls, as though in fear Lest the objects
of their search should have taken refuge
therein.
Men who make diabolical noises to
scare away • the unseen demons of the
air, and who burn mock paper money
by tons in order to conciliate the Fung
Shuy. or spirits of the dead, would not
be apt to prove themselves above such
a belief.
• Froin their cries of chagrin, however,
it became evident that they had met with
a grieous disappointment in finding the
place devoid of human occupancy.
As luck would have 11, some smart
Aleck chanced to discover the ladder cut
in the wall, and, raising his eyes, was
just In time to see a pair of human legs
dangling in the air, as Dr. Jack made
his hurried exit.
His discovery was quickly communi-
cated to his fellows, and then ensued a
council of war.
Truth' to- tell, none of these brave.war-
r'iors bacl a very determined gelling to.
climb up lh.at odd ladder, fearful lest
the resourceful American might be lying
in wait itt ttie.top ready to tap them on
the bead as fast as they came within
reach of his arrn.
perhaps this lull in matters offensive
Might be of Considerable importance to
the fugitives, since a: minute of time is
worth a, tartan' in cash.
(To be "continued).
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very slowly, there should be no haste t Germany and are 'said to 'have advanl
in storing or the mass may heat and ages over metal and enamel, the prig*
spoil. This may be prevented by stor- cipal one being that they aremica
ing the bean hay and some kind of ce- Cheaper. They are made in a solidpiece
real straw in alternate lay�ers... This and one can be turned out complete in
will also Improve the palatibility of the about live minutes.
straw. The hay when well cured has "Lamp oil" is the secretive title, tin-
e high feeding value. der which the British House of Com;
The crop niay be threshed with the mons yearly covers up. $200 worth et
[lett, with lho bean thresher or with the snuff purchased for the use of members
grain separator. The bean thresher and officials, and kept at the entrance
does the work well,, but is slow. The to the house. All are free to replenish
grain separator when used calls for a their private stores.'
readjustment of the concaves and of the
teeth of the- cylinder, to prevent break-
ing the crop. On good land the yield is
fully 20 bushels per acre. The beans
must not be put in deep bins or they
will beat and spoil.
imwimmORNOINI
PASTURING MEADOWS.
A connnon`practice among farmers of
the present day, and mora so the eastern
fanner, is to pasture the meadows as
soon as the hay crop is Out `off, wrelea
Mr. P. Wiley. • it is an old practice -and
e bad one. It has been practised for
generations, but not to such an extent
es at present. To turn stock immedi-
ately upon the 'meadow is a sure ruin-
ation of next year's crop of hay' and re -
heves the farmer but little in the long
run. In July and August pasture gets
short, especially in a dry year and to
see the green grass growing is indeed a
great temptation. On very richsoilI do
not say that it is not proper to pasture,
providing that the young shoots are
given a chance first to gain size and
luxuriant growth.
Every farmer Should sow plenty of
fodder corn in early spring and sum-
nier so it can be fed during the short-
age of pasture. In a great many sec-
tions= cf the women.
no doubt, farmers have learned 1 want to tell you, Mrs. Gunham,
fromexperience the folly of early pas- that they're about as ignorant a look -
luring of meadows. I believe it perfectly ing set as I ever saw ni all my life,
ziglit to allow stock to graze on mowed and -I don't blame the Apostle' Paul one
meadows not earlier than September 1, bit for telling those Corinthian women
lettheir •en -f ll
providing it is not canted to extremes. to keep quiet and a m ohs de
1 have observed in., a great many in-
stances when winter set in that the
ground would be gnawed as smooth es
a house floor. This leaves the young
plant roots unprotected and the dam-
age done is extensive.
I have a number of neighbors, success-
ful in a way, whose first act atter re-
moving the hay is to turn in every head
of live stock they have. Experience sessing more centenarians than England,
has shown this is very unprofitable. My France, and Germany combined. She
method is to allow the stock to pasture had 497 at the last census, whereas
the grass for moderately short inter- France bad only 243, England 146, and
vacs at a time. In this way there is Germany 75. Spain takes second place
sufficient top left to insure winter pro- in this respect, having 401 centenarians.
tection to the roots, some soil rebuild-
ing and a big hay crop the succeeding
year.
SHE AGREED WITH PAUL.
"I hope it isn't wicked to say it,". re-
marked Mrs. Gunliam, "but there's one
thing the Apostle Paul wrote that I:veish
he hadn't written. It's his telling the
women they must keep silence in the
churches, and that 11 they want to learn
anything they can ask their husbands
at home. I believe everything else he
wrote, but somehow 1---I can't quite _see
my way clear about tbat."
"He says that in one of his letters to
the Corinthians, doesn't he?"
"Yes."
"Well," said Mrs. Fladgers, rubbing
her nose, "1 used to think just as you
do about it, but I've changed my mind.
'You know .I've got a niece that's mar-
ried to a rich lumberman? Yes, it's
Matilda, and he's a good man, too. Well,
about' sixyears ago they fixed things
up for a trip to Egypt, and nothing
would do but I must go along. So
I went. While we were sailing down
the Mediterranean Sea we stopped at
ever so many towns, and one of them
was Corinth. We took a ride through
the town, and I .took particular notice
the talking.
"When you've seen a thing for your-
self, Mrs. Gunham, you've a good deal
better able to judge, and I know now
tbat Paul was right."
TRY IRELAND FOR LONG LIFE.
Ireland enjoys. the distinction of post
USEFUL INFOR'IATiON.
Interesting Bits of Knowledge About
'Most' Everything.
Street beggars in the London area are
estimated to make between them $1,-
560,000 a year.
A boy's hair grows one-half slower a girl's. In boys the average rate
of growth is three feet three inches in
six scars. During his twenty-first and
twoiily-fourth years a man's hair grows
quicker than at any other period.
• One of the familiar and picturesque
sights of Paris is the postage -stamp
market, which is held, bnth in summer
and winter, under the trees of the
Champs Elysees. Hkre stamp collec-
tors meet, buy and sell, and discuss
prima
land
the telephone wires are over-
land the speed transmission is at the
rate of about 16,000 miles a second.
under the sea the speed is not more
Where the wires are through cables
than 6,000 miles a second.
The reason why opals are often lost
from their settings is that they expand
with heat more than other precious
stones, and, consequently, force open
the . gold which holds then he place,
with' the- result that they ultimately fall
out.
the British soldier carries a helmet
which weighs ,nearly 1j pounds; the
helmet of the .Prussian infantryman
weighs only a trifle over 14 ounces;
while the Italian is still better off with
a kepi which turns the scale at between
11 ounces 'and 12 ounces.
Glass bath -tubs are being . made in
As both Spain and Ireland have the re-
putation of being very easy-going coun-
tries, one must conclude that the "way
to live a hundred years" is to avoid
haste in all things, and lead as quiet a
life as possible. Scotland's centenarians
numbered 46 in 1901. One man, named
Matthew Fowlds, of Farwick, near Kil-
marnock, celebrated the hundredth an-
niversary of his birthday last month in
his native village, where he has spent ,
the whole of his life. The remarkable
thing about him is that he is still a skill-
ful hand -loom weaver, and looks good
for another twenty years at least.
Towne—"He's very wealthy." Mrs.
Towne—"Yes, and very stingy and eco-
nomical." , Towne—"You don't know
that. You 'mustn't judge a man by his
clolhes." Mrs. Towne—"Certainly not,
I'zn judging him by his wife's clothes
Wife—"I want to talk with you about
some things we need for the house.'
Husband—"What are they?" Wife—
"Well, to begin with, dear; don't you
think we need a new bonnet?"
"'What did you think of my lecture?`
asked a speaker of an old farmer. "IT
was right enough," said the farmer,
moodily, "but a couple of hours' raiz
would have done it good; it was rather
'
dry. .
His Wife—"John, dear, the cloche
says 1 need a change of climate." He
Husband—"All right. The weenie
prophet, says it will be colder, to -mor
row."
It takes two fools with but a single
thought to generate a full-sized case
of mutual jealousy.
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