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"See how you like this bread; we are trying the entire wheat flour I think it's very nice tasting, and they claim it's rich in nutrition It's warranted toto eat several pounds a day; I may astonish the world yet"

This feeble joke was received in stolid silence, and the poor little wife crept into her shell

After a tiain, and made another effort

"I went to the womans' club this afternoon; Mrs Pierson invited ht up the subject of smoke consumers I never realized before how much property is ruined yearly by the sht to use consumers"

At this point Bruin openly yawned, and the little wife again retired But with astonishing elasticity of courage she issued from her shell once more, this time with the hope that a more ht a petition around here to-day for us to sign It see it as a beer garden this cohborhood has been called upon to protest against it"

"I know all about that," he growled

"Have you signed it?"

"I have"

Again silence fell as a wet cloak upon the her brains, almost depleted by this time, for the atmosphere which such a man as that creates is warranted to dry up all the intellectual juices

Oneeffort The children had now left the table, so anecdotes of theht that this man could be wakened into attention by a story about one of his children

"Mao anywhere,' I said; 'when they die, that's the end of them'

"'Do they turn to dust?' she asked

"'Yes, just turn to dust,' I said

"'Why, then,' she exclai as saucers, 'when horses run 'long the streets, are they kicking up cats?'"

All the hter was checked, and the ha ha's grew fainter and spread farther and farther apart, until they died away altogether, and I felt like charging upon that burly, surly de him out of the