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THE BEST DESTRIFICB IN THE WORLD {.
THK TOOTH POWDER OF
ROBINSON, JB.


Antoine went nearer-the bill bore the
name Of New York printing house.
Then il was over there in America that
they had taken Jeanne's portrait, and
this portrait was used 10 advertise the pro-
ducts of an industrial exotic.
1T is very stupid" said Antoine to
himself; but he could not keep from gaz-
ing at the portrait and saying she was
very pretty.
As the new bill attracted great deal
OF attention, Antoine was compelled to
listen TO the comments upon her beauty,
as il the opinion of such boobies amounted
to anything.
This day his nancee did not appear 80
attractive, and he discovered that she had
two crooked teeth, which he had not
noticed before; however he would give ii
no attention, as incisors did not constitute
happiness. He even reproached himself
for the impression Jeanne's portrait had
made upon him, saying "It would pass
off next day" But the next day and
many days following it 1t was the same
thing
The firm of Ro' inson, Jr., advertised
rsaine'-incessant, persistent
advertising, taking all shapes and cover
ing all places The most careless eye
could not avoid seeing them.
AT the door of the tobbaco shops, in all
the omnibus bureaus and wine shops was
the same smiling head and the same bill
stretched out Then ii was the turn Of
the papers; on all the fourth pages plate
appeared, an imperfect reproduction, il
was true, OF the colored bill, still suffi-
GENTLY strong to more than recall the
memory of Jeanne. II became a perfect
craze--an aggravation-and at last an in
cident occurred which heaped TO the full
Antoine's measure of irritation.
One evening at the house of his fiancee,
a little nephew, the spoiled darling Of the
house, amused himself playing with some
empty boxes covered with the brilliant
pictures, and these boxes had contained
The best Dentifrice in the World-the
Dentifrice of Robinson, Jr.," the portrait
of Jeanne with that eternal smile always
the beautiful ornament on the top. An
tome could control himself no longer;
with a movement Of impatience he sent the
boxes here and there. The child began
TO cry; the young girl took the part of the
child; the father took the part Of the
young girl and as Antoine, his nerves
all on edge, promptly replied to this
weeping family, the discussion grew hot
and ended in a grand quarrel.
There was no marriage, and, thinking
it over, Antoine, though q little veXed,
could not prevent himself from saying:
"These people were bad tempered, and
doubtless he had made happy escape"
Under the influence OF all these Incl
dents be finally determined TO leave Paris.
.la III MI ant n 1iftla Errt tr.t he
o ltsklrts or the city; there ne wouIu re
gain his tranquility and AT least avoid
seeing the papers. He would walk in the
fields or the woods and for intellectual
amusement play "cup and ball.
Just in front Of the house which he
rented there was great white wall
whose reflections had frequently annoyed
him. One day he saw some workmen
suspend from il scaffold and begin to
cover the wall with = coat of blue. This
did not distress Antoine in the least-it
would be softer for the eyes. Then after
they had worked some time, ascending
and descending the movable bridges Of
the scaffolding, they outlined with chalk
something very difficult TO distinguish at
such a distance.
At last, however, a painter came with
his pots of colors, and Antoine, interested
and curious, saw him little by little de-
sign a gigantic head; this head became
blonde, with smiling mouth and pearly
teeth, and above il in golden letters the
name Of Robinson, Jr., shone forth to ali
observers. 1t was Jeanne again-always
Jeanne! Antoine renounced the struggle
and returned to Paris resigned and sub
jugated. There, surrounded by these pict-
my hat ar in,
along the walls, he began to ask himself
If it would not be better to marry-even il
it had not been better to marry Jeanne
than to have let her GO SO far away.
But could he find her now, And il so
was she still frees
This idea taking possession Of him. ls