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THAT USEFUL THOUGHT
Smlthson had been traveling all
night, jolted and jostled by the train
as it raced on its journey north.
Toward seven o'clock in the morn-
53Hng he reached his destination, and
inow, being ravenously nungry, nas-
Liened from the station to a neighbor
ing restaurant, where ne impressed
Lthe one. an.d pnly waiter then astir
his immediate need of coffee and
Btwo big boiled eggs.
IT Five minutes later this meal was
Served.
1 "But, waiter," Baid Smithsbn, as
"he glanced at the table, "why in the
vworld have you brought me three
ggs. I only ordered two."
"Oui, m'sieu," replied the waiter;
''but m'sieu he did 16ok tso hungry
that I bring dree eggs, -thinking
one might fail him." '
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Hold the wipe-stained parts of
tablecloths or the napkins in boiling
unfile.
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THE BOSS WHO WASN'T
Once on a time, runs a modern,
fable, a youth about to embark c l
the sea of matrimony went to his
father and said:
"Father, who "should be boss, I or
my wife1?" ' -The
old man smiled and said:
"Here are a hundred hens and a
team of horses. Hitch up the horses,
put the hens into the wagon, and,
wherever you find a man and his wife
dwelling, stop and inquire who is the,
boss. Wherever you "find a woman-
running things leave a hen. If youH
come to a place where a man is in
control, give him one of the horses."
After ninety-nine hens had been
disposed of he came to a house and
made the. usual inquiry.
"I'm. boss of this farm," said the
man.
So the wife was called, .and she
affirmed her husband's assertion. "
"Take which horse you want."
"I'll take the bay"
But the wife did not like the b"
horse, and ta&ed to him. He return
ed and said: y.
"1 believe.I'll take the grey.?'
"Not much,", Aid the young man,
"You get a hen." -
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DOWN IN THE DEPTHS
The mermaid was ill. She sat lean
ing against a rock, unmindful of the
sand that, waff settling on her beau
tiful fail In'fact, she was' too far
gone to care about anything.
Later-, when Father Neptune can;s
along to inquire howshe felt, sta
cheered up a little.
"Oh, Father Neptune," she cried,
"could you not slip up and ask the
people on the beach if-there is a doc
tor among them?"
Neptune, only too glad to be. of use,
departed, and, was seen returning
with a young ;man of professional
appearance.
The young man presented nls card;
the mermaid smiled, read it, and
fainted.
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