Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-01-19

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4 rich lady dreamed that she went
| to heaven. a:.d there SAW mansion
| being built whom is that Tor! She
| asked OF the guide.
For your gardener.
"E,u he lives in the tiniest cottage on
| earth, with barely room for his family.
| He might live better if he did not give
away 50 much to the miserable poor
| folks"
Further on she saw tiny cottage be-
ing built And whom is that for
she asked.
THAT is for you
But | have lived in Il masion on
,.lrth. | would not know how to live i'll
| Il cottage.
The words she heard in reply were
fun of meaning. "The Master Builder
is doing his best with the material that
is being sent up.
Then she awoke, resolving to lay up
treasure in heaven.
He was scientist, and the seller of
rat-tl3ps happened to catch him on ms
own doorStcpS as he WAS returning
from walk. The ritt-trip man eX-
plained Things for five minutes, while
the sarant looked on in Il puzzled way
and finally asked:
MY dear sir. what price do you put
On this wonderful invention"
only Il quarter. sir
TN give you double that sum if you
will only fix it so that | can catch Il rat
in il. know when the crust Of the
II ia fr.Sf
pearcd on this globe-whcn mountains
were upheavcd and the great lakes
were & ooped out. but this is the first
time | ever heard OF rattrap. II is 4
wonderful invention, sii'-a wonderful
invention.
Here's your money. and now if you
viii kindly snow me how TO put i'll the
cheese and where to place the trap. and
what 10 do with the rodent after he has
been caught, shall hope for some in
teresting experiments.
~ trap to catch rats? Wonderful,
sir-wondcrful. l must exhibit the trap
to my class ana see if | cannot provoke
Il proper enthusiasm among the young
gentlemen
The girl iii blue and the girl in
brown sat in the balcony of one of the
department stores when the girl in
gray came up.
Hello" said Gray. you're as quiet
as mice. What's the nattcr?''
Tired" answered Brown.
Buying things" asked Blue.
Buying things" exclaimed Gray.
Buying things. Well, l rather guess
rot. Not Yet awhile. only mad
'Orty-fivc presents this year. don't
think I'm likely to be buying things
again Very soon"
Blue leaned forward impulsivcly.
My dear. it WAS awfully sweet of
you,' she said.
Sweet Of the sachct. you mean," in
terposcd Brown. shes got it on
now. Smell il ="
oh it wasn't much" declared Gray.
Just 4 little remembrance, you know.
Guess you see I've got your pin on" she
added. calling attention to her throat.
Law" said Blue, Il thought you'd
throw that i'll the waste basket, deed |
did.
"Wcll. guess not" said Gray. Its
perfectly dear
Brown looked cnticingly down at her
own trlln ankles.
Want to see 'cm?" she asked Gray,
giving her skirt tiny twitch.
oh" cried the donor of the open
work hose. you haven't got them on
today! Why. those are for next sum-
Incr."
What do l care about next sum-
mer"" said Brown. "They're too
pretty to keep. It's wet today, you
know" she added significantly.
We'll let me tell you something about
tneU." said Gray. Those French
knots 7 put in myself
NO. YOU didn't really"
Decd | did. But I'll never do it
again. bought four pairs of hose
and meant to put the French knots i'll
all of thein. but ! just got as rushed
With work that I gave up the plan.
Yours are the only ones that got them
put III. You're lucky. kid
Glad l came first on your list" said
Brown.
Honey. | must go" said Blue.
"Oh, not yet. It's early
Il know but it takes long time to
get home
only twenty minutes
More than that today. I've got to
walk. Yes she went on. its as bad
as that. exhausted my allowance long
before Christmas. and I've been bor-
rowing right and left ever since. Yes
tert.ay | borrowed car tickets of the
cook. and today | WAS going 70 borrow
Of the chorc boy. only he didn't show
up. 50 have to foot it,
We'll can't help you out" de-
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car ticket and no spondulics."
Just as bad off here said Gray.
'But | wrote Harry to meet me here
after office. SO l guess I'll get home
all right
Lucky kid"
Isn't it awful
Well, bye-bye."
jay Hambrdge. the artist. spent q
few weeks last summer at kinderhook
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