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The Exeter Times, 1892-5-26, Page 2LEGA.lo II II. DICKSON, Iherister, Soli- \ a I 11.-1 • eitor of •Supreme Court, Neter). CI 'Olio, Co nveyaneer, Co niralesiolier, &a Loney to Loan. omooiu P anson's i310 et. Exeter. 11 A r^i , ET. COLLINS, It. ster Solicitor Conveyancer, Etc. , !.. mi , EXETER, - ONT. OFFICE 7 Over O'Neirs Bank. e ELLIOT & ELLIOT,4c A I. 0 1,.. .4, i. • u la* BiTriSterSs auOlbOrS, 100,118S A 11oLICI 7 ConveyanCerS e60, &c. la -Money to Loan at LOWeet Bates 01 S interest. OFFICE, - MAIN - STREET, EXETER. .1 B. V. ELLIOT. . J. ELLIOT. I DENTAL , 1 DR. 0. H. INGRAM", DENTIST. Successor to H. L. Billings. afe mber of the Royal College of Dental J Su:aeons.) Teeth inserted, with or -without Plate, in Gold or Eubber, It Bate Antesthetio alien forth.: painless extraction of teeth. '1 Pine Gold Fillings as Required... Office over the Post Office. HIKINSMAN,DENTIST.L.D. • a. ranSOIIN Meek, Main-st, Exeter, EXtracta Teeth without pain. Away at ERN NAM 011 •"''':" first Friday; Craig, second -- and fourth Tuesday; and . 44 e.ja•I'' Elation ori the last Thum- ' day of eaohmontli: .1 f 1 AtEDIOAL s 1 c T W. BROWNING M. D., IC 0 , ay • p. 13 , Graduate Victoria Univers ty; i 01 co and reaidenee, Dom !Won Labe a ory ,Exeter • i ---- DR. RYNDMAN, ooroner for tie 1 County of Huron. Office, oppasite Oarling Bros. store, Exeter. 1 — 1-111. J. A.ROLLINS,M.O. P, S. 1, ..a-, 0. Moe, Main St, Exeter, Ont. ; Besidence, house recently ocoupied by P. 1 Mons/lips Jam DR. T. P. MeGAUGL1N, MEM - bo r of the college of Physioians and : Surgeons, Ontario. Physician, Surgeon and ' .Accoucheur. Ofilee,MASHWOOD 0.NT. WA. THOMSON, M. D., C. • 31., Member of College of Physicians anti Surgeons, Ontario. OFFICE: HODGINS' BLOCK, HENSALL. • AUCTIONEERS. L HARDY, LICENSED ACC— • tioneer for the County of Huron, Charges moderate. Exeter P. C. A J. ROLLINS, LIOENSED ia.. • Auctioneer for Counties Huron and Middlesex. 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MAINE% IiiiqpSetor , CHAS BELL, Agent for Exeter and vicinity F OA. t..; THE BEST COUGH MEDICINE. trk SOLD BY IfiftraMOTS EVZIIY0711311E. so Dreams, (Philip Bourke Marston. me to mein a dream, 0 Love of mine I— Come to me, Sweetest, from thy far-off place— Come close, and lean above me thy fair facel ithin fingers lot thy fingers twine, nd kiss my eyelids, till they quiver and Shine With 'passionate joy, and all Sleep's mystic. • ways Are lighted with the bright, propitious rays hat beam from Love's own moon—Love's stars divine. Love. for God's love, and for love of love, Send forth thy soul across the wearywaY, nd meet me. where through. Sleep's vague Land rove Seeking my buried treasure—ah, but stay Here in these arms till I have felt again he jubilant blood exult through every Vein, 11 metim es I find. thee in ray dreams ; do not -hear thv voice—nor do I see Thy face—but, sweet. I feel, all silently, by presence watch my sloop; sometimes it seems catch from far the shining of love's streams, Or hoar from far his blithe, dear minstrelsy; But when I would draw near those streams and thee, hey :nook my vision'withelusive gleams— nd then my spirit, baffled in deaire. Possesses only the blind realm of sleep, nd wakes to face the hours that wound and tire, In which no more the happy pulses leap — To see tho hostile years rise, steep on steep. Vbile from no height shines forth love's an- swering fire. A BOYCOTTED BABY •••••••••••• CHAPTER IV.—THE DAY or Wna.on. Lord Polonius was, from his oivu point of mw, quite as interested in the marnage of is daughter to James Bulbous as the latters thee. Matthew had ahown himself very bend upon the matter of settlements; the ale of the family estate would be disguised y the assuinption of the family name by his itughter's husband and the descent of the state to her Mane; and the prospect of hav- g two votes in the House of Commons nd a wealthy family connection, involved n a matter the rehabilitation of a very di- apidated nobleman. Alatthew Bulbous was aware of all this, at regarded the whole matter as one of trainees in which there must be advantages n both sides, and he was satisfied with the argain. Knowing the views of Lord oloniva, therefore, it was no matter of urprise to him to receive a letter from that oblemau the morning after the occurrencee elated in the last chapter, hinting that if r. James Balbous returned to England now there would be no insuperable difficul- ies in the way. of the early realization of heir mutual wtshes. The letter came at an opportune moment, when the only (Mature' to the marriage had just been removed; and Matthew Bulbous was able to regard the situation now with atisfaction. He shook off the disordered feeling whieh had kept him from his bed all night, and astonished his wife at break. fast by telling her that her son was coms ing home, and that his room must be aired and got ready for him. Her request that he would unlock the door or leave the key, reminded him that the room was still locked up. Taking the key from a drawer in his study he went thoughtfully up the stairs, to see if by ammo any memorial of the dead wife should be lying about the room. He found it just as he loft it. The photograghs still lay on the table covered with. dust One by one ho piked them up again, and wondered if any of them represented the deceased woman. He concluded it would be best to burn them; and collecting them in his hands, he bore them down to the study and cast them en the fire, There was one which chanced to turn face upwards, and re- cognizing it, he snatched it away before the fire caught it. The expression of astonish- ment arid relief which filled bis face as he looked at it again was remarkable. He re. membered holding it in his hand the day be locked up the room, and it was marvel- lous to think that, after seeing it, only once, the face should have so fixed itself uron his ntemory. The dark eyes and pretty face! —here, in truth, was the phantom which had been haunting his disordered brain— the face he had recognized, without seeing it, in his sleeping vision on Christmas eve, and which he had fancied beneath the heavy veil beside his son in the mourning car- riage. There's no accountine for these tricks I" was his relieved zeflection as be tossed the photograph contemptuously into the fire and watched it burn to ashes. This incident, connected with the effect of Lord Polonius's letter, put Matthew into high spirits as he proceeded to London. He looked upon his worries as practically over; and as soon as his son returned to England, he would see that not it day's unnecessary delayinterfered with the completion of the matrimonial project. "The engagement has lasted long enough," he said to himself, as he sat down in his office and wrote out the telegram re- calling his son. That was how he regarded it. The matter had not been mentioned to James Bulbous yet; but the idea of his will being opposed by any person in his family was foreign to Matthew's thoughts. He did not even think it necessary to mention the matter to his wife again. He was sufficient for himself. He expected a call from his brother, and decided that Joseph might as well emigrate at once now his last duty was finished. Probably, however, he would not come over until after the interment of the child; and Matthew reflected with approval on the quiet and unobtrusive manner in which ma rites were commonly performed at early hours of the morning. it was now eleven o'clock, and no doubt the child had been lodged in the cenaetery hours ago. That was the usual way. He was just thinking that he would go round to Lord Polordus and arrange about fixing a date for the marriage, and wasfeel- ing altogether in an excellent frame of mind, when a telegram was brought to him. Care- lessly tearing it open—foe telegyams were coming to the office every hour in the day —the first glance caused him to start, and then he leaped to his feet The message was from his brother—he knew this well, though there was no name to it --and had been handed in, not at Chelsea, but, at Gravesend. • This was whet it said "Look out for yourself. I am off." Matthew Bulbous was a man of very quick apprehension when there was sign of danger. Re knew the meaning of this ominous message—ke knew, at least, that he was in peril in• connection With the death of the child. But what had happen- ed ? The child was dead. That was all he knew. Yes—Joseph warned him to "look out for himself ;" and had fled. There was enough in this to warn him what bad happened; but his ignorance of the circum- stances almostiparalysed him,. He dared . not go to nquire. . • • One agency of intelligence he fancied, yet feared, might throw some light on lila aituatiOn. The early editions Of the even - ng papers were out—he could hear the news -boys' vo 005 in the distance—but he dared, riot send any person from his office to prooure one. He seized . hie bat, .'ancl, pulling it as low as he could over his ashy leo, proand buying a paper, carrie it 0 the farth- est end of the platform, over the enbank- meet, before he opened it. The flaring headlines made him stagger the moment he opened the sheet, They announced an "Alleged Child Murder m Chelsea—Arrest of the Baby. Farmer— Startling Disclosures ex ected. ' The . em 31, thorities, it was ateted, ad had their eye upon the woman Griffon f r sometime past, their suspicions having been aroused by the frequency of the infant casualties at her es- tablishment; and she would have been in the meshes of the law long tgao but for the protection of medical ' certificates. It was hinted that several "names, well known in business, political, and social circles," were lik.ely to be compromised in providing a sensation of no ordinary kind in the course of the inquiry into Mrs. Griffon's affairs. The significance of this ominous warning Matthew Bulbous, n ow thoroughly terrified, took wholly to himself. His limbs shook with fear. It mattered nothing to hirn who the others might be; he was himself cer- tainly one, and the one in the worst plight, for it was he. who was. responsible for the victim whose death caused all the trouble. Others might be exposed and disgraced; but he, Matthew Bulbous, would to a cer- tainty fare worse. There were the conse- quential penalties, too, often far heavier than the penalties of the law, and aleasys more certain. There was the ruin of alrhis schemes of his business, of his position in the world, of his character. His son would despise and repudiate him, his friends would drop him, his clerks would laugh at liiin, his enemies—he was conscious of having a good many—would exult over him. There Ins not one who would regret him. Yes—there were two ; be knew it now, with. a pang; two despised and. neglected women who would cling to him all the more. But of all the world there was no person's attitude which would cut him to the quick like the cool and deadly hauteur with which Lord Poloniva would drop him, comforted by the possession of teu thousand pounds of his money. He had. already felt the sting of being beaten by the wily old pear, but it tvas far worse now. Oh, how the misfor- tunes of Matthew Bulbous would have been lightened had it been possible to associate Lord Polonius with the disgrace! But the Earl had been too many for him. With an ashy face and a heart that quak. ed at the sight of every policeman, Matthew ovalked to the cab -rank and juntped into a bausom, giving the man an address. In the course of his business Matthew Bulbous came in contace with professional mep of shady character and sharp wit, midi in certain lines of work, and one of these he !low thought a as best qualified to belp hint Hefound the lawyer. and with bust- ness.like directues staid the case betore him. "It's ugly, Mr. Bulbous," said the law. t er, whose name was Mr. Clove—" it'a um domably ugly. But isn't it just possible you may be exaggerating the danger?" "1 am exaggerating nothing," replied Bulbous impatiently. "But we must be prepared to meet the worst, "If the worst does not come, so much the better; but we must be ready. "Very well, I'll do what I can. First, of all, give me your brother's address." "Ke has cleared out." Mr. Clove's face lengthened, "That is unfortuna,te," he observed. " It would have been baler in every way for you if he had stood his ground. I may spend money, I suppose, m case it should be necessary?" "As much as you wanto—D will o only add," said Matthew Bulbous as be took his hat, "that if you inanage this business successfully, Mr, Clove, it will be the best piece of work for yourself that you ever have done." Mr. Clove looked gratified when his client left him, not on account of the professional emolument which the case promised to yield—though this was no small matter to him—but from the more disinterested satis- faction which one rogue naturally derives from the embarrassments of another and more successful one. Matthew Bulbous passed a bad afternoon. He was afraid toreturn to his offices, dread- ing what might hose taken place there due- ing his absence. He spent the time going from place to place on pretence of one Wet- ness or another. He tvantad the office to be closed before he returned, then he would steal in and sleep there; for he was deter- mined not to go home again, and that his arrestshould take place in London and not in his own house at Blackheath. • ' He felt weak and sick when he got back. There were two or threarooms furnished on the first floor, and it was his habit some- times to stay there for the night when any- thing kept him late in town. So he went up -stairs, and lay on his back on a sofa, with the light turned down, try to think. Ho found thinking a painful and use- less effort under the burden of sus- pense that oppressed his. mind. Ile bitterly regretted having despatched that telegram to his son, and for- gotten to cancel or recall it. Jem would be home next day, or the day after—and Matthew Bulbous was afraid to meet him. Did they know anything about the baby yot, those two innocent and submissive wo- men at Blackheath, from whose compassion and undeserved affection he shrank most of all? Had the police been there—and HAD, what must his wife and dauehterbe think- ing of him ? TIIE n"p"la'ir.EXIETER ,..C144 A ' TIME The housekeeper set forth on the table such dinner as she could manage on so short a notice. He tried to eat, but failed; ,t1 a he mixed some spitits and water in a tu bler and left it untested. So he lay down on the sofa again, with his face turned hp to the ceiling, until presently a ring at „the bell below made him leap to his feet. lie listened, with quaking heart. After some delay he heard the housekeeper cloning up the stairs, closely followed by re header foot -step. Matthew Bulbous went over to the hearthrug and, resting his elbow on the mantel -piece, waited with rigid face and steady eyes fixed on tbe door. A despefate calmness came to him now that he felt the dreaded moment had arrived. His beart told him that the heavy step cominguP the stairs was tleat of a police officer. Eat It proved to be Mr. Clove. "Oh, it's you, Mr. Clove ?'' he observed with perfect command over his countehance, and pointing a chair. "1 can't offel;you much to eat, he added, "or I would I ask you "-- "A thousand thanks; MM. Clove is ex- pecting me to dinner. I was drivtig past when I noticed the light, and thoughe you might be here." f , . I sometimes stay here or th.nighte when I arrr pressed with business,"•sara Mr. Bulbous ; and then he set down and looked at the solicitor. "Well ?" inquired Bulbous, after a pause. His face, stiffening in rigid, desperate :nee, was that of it man who felt himself ing driven to the wall, "The inquest will be opened toonerrow " "What inqueat ?" "The inquest on the Child—the body." "Oh, of course • I forgot." "It will only beopened, and. then ad- journed for the postouortem. It eeerns such despicable little thing .to make so flinch fuss about ; however, there "j know it is, Mr. Ulove," said Bulbous; "but will you please come to the point.Is there any possibility—say, that money can command—of my keeping out of the accurs- ed ease ?" "There is none, Mr. Bulbous, We must proceed on that certainty, and meet it as best we can. I want, you to have a very clear reellection of your transactions with thatworean. There was no witnese, and no written agreement—so tar so good. You paid her the guarantee of fifty pounds"— Mr. Bulbous made a grimace—' in advance. In what form di4 you give her the money ?" "Cash—gold." "Very good. There is, then, no evidenoe cf that transaction. And the assistant kept by Mrs Gitiffon—good heavens ! what a place it is—is an idiot : she can give no evidence. Finally, you had no communication with the doctor.' "I had I" said Bulbous, with a sudden stop which the lawyer understood as a silent malediction. "The fellow sent nie a certifi- cate yesterday, and he had a cheque for it," Me. Clove started, and after a moment rose and walked twice the length of the room. His looks showed what he thought of this part of the case. "Then the police have possession of your cheek, as surely as the sun shines at noonday. The doctor had not yet left his bed, after a debauch the night before, when they arrested him. That cheque, I leer, will put them on your track." Matthew Bulbous, with silent curses, thought also of the two telegrams from his brother. He told Clove about them, and Clove was ready to aurae likewise. "Po ,you. know," Matthew asked, with dread, "whether the police are—aro look. ing for me ?" "Why, no. If they were, of course they would quickly find you. The warrant will not be issued before to.morrow ; very likely when the coroner has received some evi- dence—that is, in all probability," said Mr. Clove. "Will they want me at the inquest ?" "1 think not. 1 Ani afraid your atten- dance will be required in—ahem; in an- other place, Mr. llulhous, in a different capacity," said Mr. Clove, with professional delicacy. "our best course, meantime, will be to say nothing to anybody. We must simply wait and watch events, and take advantage of every point that presents itself ins our favour, '''ilence at present is our only strength. After the lawyer left him, ir. Bulbous lay down again on the sofa, face upwards, The woman CAM° by-and-by and removed the things from tho table, leaving the whisky and the water, and placing a box of cigars beside them. Later on she came again with coffee, glancing nervously at the mStlL and silent object on the sofa. The coffee became cold, the °look on the nituatelspiece struok hour after hour, and he did not move. At ten she came again, and left his charnber candlestick, asking timidly if he should want anything more. There was no answer; and the woman, balf-frightened, quickly retreated to the basement. About two hours later she hoard him des- cend the stairs and go out. He was too miserable to stay there alone with Ms thoughts. A greasy mist wasfalling, With a fur cap, which he fOund somewhere in the rooms, drawn over his eyes, Matthew Bul- bous strode rapidly across the park, and up to the King's Road. in Chelsea. The streets were deserted, for the publia-houses had been closed some time. He halted at the ton of the street in which his brother had loaged and ground his teeth. On the ap- proach of a policeman he went on towards the Embankment This is as dreary a place as London provides for the homeless and troubled at night. Once or twine he sat on one of the seats for a time, looking at the long lines of lamps, and sometimes he hung over the wall. Then he wandered on aimlessly keeping by the water. At Westininister Bridge 'where ho even- tually found himself, he halted un. decidedly, with the manner of one who knew not which way to turn for rest. He looked up at the ,dark sky, and the greasy chizzle poured down on his face. Then he went on the bridge, leaning on the parapet, and gazing down the river towards his home. He had never before thought of his home with such feelings as filled him now. When he thought—as, in his misery, he :was forced to think—of the despised and neglected fidel- ity which existed for him there, the iron of remorse pierced the thick resisting crust that, encased his heart. In less than three minutes he tamed about quickly and crossed to the other side. Resting his elbows upon the parapet, and looking down at the clerk water, the beaten man was thinking, with a low heart, of the sensation his tall would cause amongst all who knew him. In that remote country parish, where his rise in the world was a perennial wonder; in London, where his character stood so high as a successful man: in Blackheath, where he towered head and shoulders above his neighbours; in his own house, down the river behind him; io his office, among the forty clerks who trembled at his glance. Excepting the wife told daughter, whom he hisd despised, there was not one of all who would pity him or regret him. Pity !in that thought lay the Meter - est sting; let all the world exult over his ruin, if it would, rather than one Hybl creature pity him. • A homeless woman shivering and wet, was gliding past like a shadow, when she suddenly halted and glanced at him with a manner of mingled curiosity and compas- Eton. For he looked like a man lately brought down to the level of those who haunt the bridges at midnight He resent- ed the woman's observation and as heti:len-- ed his back to her she passed on. A be,"ttle -of all his forces- of brain and character against this miserable result of his own folly had been silently raging for hours. At last he gave in—acknowledged hiinself beaten. But the spirit whisth had worked his success in the world and built his character revolted against submitting to the impending disgratie. He wished that; like the'Hebrew giant, he could pull down all his enemies and rivals' amongst the ruins of his own career. At leasthe could de- prive them of the spectacle of his fall. , The tide he stared down at, from the bridge, rushing to its end swift and clerk and defiled, was fit emblem of his life, his ruined career. They Were so like, the two —this river and the life—why should they pot f.,o down together? "1 have been to Chelsea. , Th'f; ddetor There -was a sudden sound in the midnight has beeti arrested. You had no *lations nr air which gave him &start "Big Ben" was correepondence with him ' undelatarld ?" chiming' the hour from the' high tower of "1 know Westminster , Palace. Matthew Milhous listened under a hypnotic spell. 'CS hat was one danger it 'that he heard? The self -same message that he had listened to with exultation of spirit from the belle on Christmas eve ; Only it sounded like a knell now, with (mamma mockery in its funereal vibrations. "Jem s—wife—is—dead. !" Foul' times it boomed down from the laity and invisible tower, as from the depths of the,slsy. Then there was it long pause ef suspense—such as may still the world's trembling heart be. tween the last echo of the creek of doom and the blast of the archangel's trumpet —and then a single mighty stroke bcomed frormthe tower and rolled in deep reverbera- thoes Oyer the silent city. Matthew Bulbous was ronghly rouseillrom a clangorous mood by it passing policeman. Nlove est, my, man. This is no place for you --move OIL N, Fancy Matthew Bulbous having to slink away, with the constable slowly follotving, and the constable's eye watching his every movement, until he disappeared up Parlia- ment Street. The mental p nroxysin—wh lob had nearly closed on a tragedy—had passed, and the outer forces were at work again as ,he strode fiercely towards Charing Cross. It was well for Joseph Bulbous that he VMS.' out of hie brother's way that night. (TO BE CONTINUED.) • ODDS MID ENDS. Facts and Figures on Various Subjects front Many Quarters. n Japan the women load the vessels. False teeth for horses are comingsinto wide use in France. Twenty words per minute is the, average rate at which long hand is written. Sorne of the South American tribes Actually eat tobacco, out into small pieces. Canary birds have been known to live twenty -t ne years. A monkey at the Paris circus, has been ytraiiinn.ed to play agonizing m on the io .A railway in the Argentine Republic has one stretch of 211 miles without it curve or bride. There are almost 20,000 veriehies of past - age -stamps in use by the different nations of the world. For every foot of stature a man should weigh twenty-six pounds. The Shah of Persia is the owner of a, Shet. land pony, which is but 121 inches high. This pet of royalty wears gold shoes. F,agles measuring from 7 to 12! t. from tip 10 tip pareocreengionin, onU. m.%A.tlianeighborhood of Aib s All the chickens in the western part of French Guinea are perfectly 'white. It is impossible to find one with a colored feather. Kid eaves were mentioned in the Bible. In the 16th verse of the 27th chapter of Genesis, Isaac's wife is accused of putting on the hands of her son Jacob "the skins of the kids of the goats," ,Se.ki drinking is one of the great curses of Japan. Iu 1879 the amount of rice cob. verted into saki amounted to 15,000,000 bushels. Electricity, in its various forms of appli. cation, is said to give employment to five million persons. Twelve out of the twenty-three Presi dents of tho United States have had military eraining and experience. It is strange, though true, that in Asia and Africa, where grass will not grow, the most beautiful flowers and shrubs floutish to peeler:don. Most of the men in the islands of South. western Japan lead lives of idleness, and are cheerfully aupported by the women. "N," said Matthew, isepcm nothing about the Pian." "I'm very glad of that. It the less." There are about 700,000 houses in London which on cold days consume 40,000 tons of coal, omitting 480 tons of sulphur. Grasshoppers attain their greatest size in South AmericA, whore they grow to it length of five inches and their wings spread out ton inches. Paris University with 9,215 students, and. Vienna with 6,220, are the largest Uni. versities in the world. Berlin conies third. A Russian scientist attributes all our maladies to the fact that we wear clothes. He suggests a return to man's primitive state. bs . Kendal, the well-known actress, is the inventor and patentee of a lamp and candle shade, from the sales of which she derives a handsome profit. The fishhook of thirty centuries back was Rreelsoly similar in every respect to tho fishhooks of to -day, save only in the metal employed, which then was bronze—now is steel. The glass-makers of Thebes, forty cen- turies ago, possessed the art of staining glass, and they produced the commodity in the utmost profusion. The dolphin is said to be the fastest swimmer in the seas, It,has been observed to dart -through the water at a rate come puted to be much -greater than twenty mile - an hour, anti is often seen swimmine round and sound a vessel which is sailing at highest speed. My wife was once my autocrat, Bat now, alas! I've two, And all my pride has fallen flat At what I'm bade to do. For years she ever had her way— With some rebellion, maybe— But now just listen to her say, "Come, hubby, mind the baby !" According to the latest return, made up to the 1st of November, 1891, the maximum authorized strength of the British Volun- teer force was 261,214. Not less than 222,- 016 have been enrolled, of whom only 7,849 are returned as non -efficient. On the let of December, 1870, the maximum establish- ment was a fraction under 246,000; the total enrolled was 193,893, of whom 23,000 were nen-effipient. Twenty years ago the per- centage of efficients to enrolled was 88.2. It is now 96.47. Baron Hirsch has set= excellent example to wealthy sportsmen of all creeds and na- tionalities. He has decided to devote the whole of his turf 'winnings of last season, amounting hi all to £7,000, to hospitals and institutions of a kindred nature.. The North.' west London Hospital, Kentish Town, is to receive £1,000, and University College, the London, and the West London Hospitals, and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormonde street will receive £700 each. He and His Wife. . Wife—" I need a little more money." Husband—" It is only two days since ---." Wife—"Now' see here I I want you to understand thatI wouldn't ask for money if I didn't need it, and I don't intend to be reminded that it's only two days since you gave me some. 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