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Ancient "Blue Laws"

The term Connecticut Blue Laws" has generally been applied to set of laws passed by the general court of New Haven in 1644, 24 years after the landing of the Pilgrims The members of the New Haven court were Pur.tans. That was period of severe penalties, and even Virginia had a law, passed in 1910, providing that "what man or woman soever shall rob any garden, public or private, being set to weed the same, or wilfully pluck up therein any root herb or flower, to spoil and waste or steal the same, or rob any vineyard or gather up the grapes or steal any ears of corn growing, shall be punished with death."
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Shiloh Notes

Everything is quite around Shiloh at this writing. the weather being so cold.
 We had about 5 inches of snow fall Friday afternoon and night and it was so cold and bad that our Cemetery Association did not meet Friday afternoon and our league did not meet Satur- day night. It was still too cold Sunday for our Sunday School.
 Shiloh does not know as yet who they will have as their preacher for this year, but we hope to have a live man.
 I have just reed a letter from Jas. H. Beard, Jr., one of our home boys who is in the service of U. s. Army. Jim is at Camp
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"Boomfit" Means Fifteen.

A strange set of numerals was used by the elder generation of farmers in one of our northern dales. especially for counting sheep, and the procedure was as follows: A gap was made in the wall just wide enough to admit one sheep at time, and as the sheep were driven through the farmer would count them, making notch in his stick at every fifteen. Theoretically the numerals sound like "yann. tane, tether, mother, pip, sax, sane, caterer, wheeler, dick, yann-er-dick, tane-er- dick, teth-er-dick, mether-er-dick, boom it." "Boomfit'' was fifteen, and so a notch was made in the stick, and the strange chant began all over again. London Chronicle.
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days work is done. Then they pass the word down take after noon all" liberty party. Then out for the beautiful city of Washington we go to spend the evening with some good w. c. T. U. lady, who before has invited us to spend an evening with her.
 Did have Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, Mrs. c. V. Burn- side, one of Washington's fine w. c. T. U. ladies, invited me to take a Thanksgiving dinner with her. I had a splendid din- ner and some of natures best turkey. I was dreadfully sorry that I was called back to ship at 3 p. m., but I got my dinner any how and they took me back to the navy yard Tn their auto, so you see I had a good time.
 You can see by this letter that the people in Washington are do- ing their part. Mrs. Samuel B. Hill bought Keith's Theatre for the man in uniform for Thanks giving evening and the show was full.
 We have had two snows here, one yesterday. and it is very cold to-day
 hope that all the rice farmers have successfully harvested their crops, also the other farmers and that they will spend a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.
 Wishing my friends the best of success for a new year.
 Respectfully,
 Wm. N, Belk, M. Nj. 2 c.
 U. s. s. Mayfower.
 P. S.-We also have church every Sunday on ships. Will write again to the dear old ARGUS.
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Uncle Sam's Derelicts

Thursday afternoon Adjutant General England published the following list of persons who have failed to report for military duty when so ordered by their exemption boards:
 M. Verne Wise, Ravenden Springs; George Caldwell. Big gers; Jermie Daniel Garrison, Biggers; Virgil Stubblefield. Pocahontas; Willie Daniels, Clar- endon; Ed Mcdowell, Brinkley; Elyic Luther Alexander, Turner; James Smith, Brinkley; James Beal, Brinkley; Eel Guidon, Hol- ly Grove; Jesse Hardemap, Holly Grove; John Johnson, Clarendon; Will Ester Clarke. Brinkley: Pleasant Paris, Holly Grove; Will Everett Brooks. Brinkley; William Stinnett, Clarendon, Route No. 1; William Smith Nixon, Holly Grove; Ned Jones, West Helena; Henry Malone, Brinkley; Morris Jackson. Holly Grove; Essie Dunn, Pine Bluff; Charles Erod Kerr, Holly Grove; Matt Francis Houston, Claren- don; Will Horton, Clarendon; Ananias Louden, Holly Grove; Frank Jadier, Clarendon; William Crawford, Brinkley; John Henry Johnson, Holly Grove; Raleigh S. Elledge. Brinkley; Betney Wishop, Clarendon; Mckinley Washington, Pine Bluff; James William Hipp, Cascoe; George Franklin Johnson, Boothe; Grov- CT c. Nored; Cauthorn; Lee Wes- ley Crowl, Waldron; Earl B. Schrimscher, Waldron; Otto B. Scrimscher, Waldron; William Henry Fielder, Texarkana; Lawn Stearman, Truman.
 The above eroneously con- tains the name of Raleigh $. Elledge, one of our clever Brink ley boys who volunteered and who is now at Camp Beau regard in the service. The mis- take is a regretable one and just who is to blame for it is hard to discover. Raleigh's parents have furnished two sons for the service and the right officers should be very careful to see that this humiliation is righted.
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Beauregard and is in very con- fortable quarters. He says that the Y. M. c. A. men are there with them and doing good work Jim says that if it was not for the Y. M. c. A. that he and quite a number of the other boys would be lost as it gives them help in many different ways and especially the young converts as it furnishes them many lines of encouragement. He also said that we could not make a mis- take by working for that great cause.
 BORN to Mir. and Mrs. Billie Suggett, on Sunday night, Dec. 9, a fine baby boy.
 Lowel Franks of Holly Grove, died Monday morning, at 1 o'clock, and was buried at Shiloh Tuesday.
 Respt.
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Ford Auto and 6 cylinder ligh Oakland, both in good running order and at bargain prices, phone, write or call on T. C.. Simmons, Brinkley, Ark
 At our up town salesroom in the old Brickell building you'll find the newest Overland and Studebaker cars on display.
 T. .. Simmons.
 MT. and Mrs. Will Cooper and Mrs. Clarence Crutcher returned to their homes in Little Rock Sunday after several days visit here the guests of /Mr. and Mrs. Mack F'olsom//
 FOR ASALE:-Brand new Ford car, neyer<used or had a drop of gasoGhein it. Apply to Brown & Rhefiac. Agents of the Allen and Chevrolet car. Clarendon, Ark.
 P. F. Engle had on a Vaude. vile show at his theatre a few nights this week which was clear and entertaining. He now has special feature pictures for near ly every night in the week which are delighting the show going public.
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The Fuel Emergency in Brinkley.

Already the fuel situation is
 Alarming in many sections of
 M America and strange as it
 nay seem. right here in dear
 cld Brinkley" it is already near
 the serious side.
 All during the Summer and
 Fall 1t was next to an impossible task for Brinkley people to get wood hauled. People were too
 busy for anything and hence there are the fewest number of Brlnkleyites who have in the fuel that will run them thro' the the winter. Many good people are actually suffering inconven- fences already.
 It is beginning to look like our patriotic citizens are going to nave to get together and estab- llsh a city wood yard in order to prevent suffering in our own |city.
 At conference of officers and citizens held Wednesday morn- ing in Mayor Greenlee's office a City Fuel Commissioner was elected in the person of Chas. Duff, who in turn named a com- mlttee to cooperate with him in relieving the present fuel emer- gency in Brinkley.
 John c. Clark. who owns a tract of timber just east of the city, offered to give the commit tee the privilege of cutting the wood for this emergency from
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his land.

his land,
 The committee. after securing the town for laborers and offer ing to pay them $2.50 per day, secured only 4 wood cutters for Wednesday afternoon.
 The idea of the committee is to bring the wood to the saw, saw it up and dispose of it only to those who are in urgent need of it for the present emergency, charging no profit for their ser vices and making no profit out of the transaction.
 It has been arranged for City Clerk Geo. A. Gibson to take these emergency wood orders at the City Hall. All wood is pay able upon delivery.
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A. DIfftY DIES SUDDENLY
hrmer Brinkley Oil Mill Man Dies in Ft. Smith Tuesday.

message was received in
 inkley telling of the death of
 A. Diffey, at his home in
 Smith on Tuesday evening
 f6:2O o'clock.
 Mir. Diffey is survived by a
 fife and two sons, Messrs. Jno.
 Diffey of Cotton Plant and H,rry A. Diffey now of New
 exico, where he is taking
 eatment for tuberculosis.
 The deceased was we'll known
 the older citizens of Brinkley living lived here some 20 years
 70. He was at one time a city lderman. He was one of the
 ranizers and builders of the
 st long distance phone line
 to Brinkley, organized and uilt the Brinkley Ice Factory. Ehile Supt. of the Brinkley Oil rill MT. Diffey invented the bifey Cotton Seed Oil Press. He was a genius in his line and Iss for the past 20 years held a lesponsible official position with tne of the largest cotton oil |Dmpanies in America.
 Mir. Diffey was a big hearted, |tever, public spirit citizen. He Twas charitable and kind to every sne and there is no one who ever knew Alex Diffey but will re- member his virtues and kind life. s The body was brought to |Bnnkley for burial in the family Hot at Oak Lawn Cemetery this morning on the Rock Island and was carried to the Elks Lodge from the train, where a pretty funeral service was held by that order at 9 o'clock, Rev. T. J. Prickell officiating as minister. Many beautiful floral pieces ,nd exquisite flowers attested the esteem and love ill which he was held.
 The bereaved wife and Mrs. Harry Diffey together with Mrs. John A. Diffey accompanied the body from Ft. Smith while Misses Dorothy. Mildred and Rosalee and Masters Carter and Alex Diffey of Cotton Plant were present.
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Put Red Cross Stamps on
Your Christmas Letters
 and Packages.

The Red Cross stamps on your Christmas packages and letters means that your heart is reach ing out for the thousands of Arkansas tuberculosis sufferers, and that you are thereby scat tering sun rays of help and hap piness.
 Usually these stamps have been for sale thro' the Brinkley banks but I understand this year that they are to be placed thro' County Supt. w. H. Laney of Clarendon. Solar I have been unable to secure any ill Brinkley. tho hope to announce better news next week. At any rate let Brinkleyites send and get Red Cross Christ mas stamps and use them freely. LATER: - A communication from MT. Laney received yester- day states that the public may secure stamps from the Teachers of the Brinkley School, Brinkley.
 Mesdames P. E. Thomas and Geo. Smith, Clarendon. Mesdames R. Abramson and c. R. Gordon, Holly Grove. From teachers of the Public Schools of Monroe county.
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"In Rome"
Harvard and Yale men bear one an

Harvard and Yale men bear one an other an ancient if good-natured grudge. In the stadium occurred an incident not to be minimized. A Prince ton end cost his team a 15-yard pen alty because he failed to report to the referee when he came into the game to relieve another player. The Tigers protested vigorously, but the official was obdurate. 'Humph," grunted an Eli, who had viewed Harvard's prowess with emotions not altogether amiable, "did the referee expect Vim to speak to him on the Harvard field an introduction? Absurd ]"
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THE FARMER
 WINS AGAIN
Ruling of Commissioner Hoover on Cotton Seed Situation the Greatest Advantage 10 Come
 to Farmers Since
 War Began.

By far the most sweeping and advantageous ruling touching the cotton farmers of the south, has just been issued by U. s. Food Commissioner Hoover, Washing ton, D. C., which means the savings of hundreds of thou sands of dollars to the farmers of Monroe county alone.
 It is in regard to cotton seed and effects the buyers and crush CTS of seed in such way as to forever put a stop to the dishon- est "profiteering" of the 'old system" that annually has filched millions of dollars of money from the farmers.
 MR. HOOVER KILLS THE HUN
 "The new rule is that no buyer of cotton seed shall sell cotton seed in car lots at more than $2 per ton profit, exclusive of the customary charge for loading over the price which he paid for cstton seed and shall not, there fore, ask a profit on the market or replacement value.
 The cottonseed oil crusher may have cottonseed oil on hand for a period of 4 months instead of 60 days, and he may have a quanti- ty oil on hand which does not exceed his production for two months instead of one month, as heretofore. l"
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Inherited Qualities.

Various kinds of arithmetic appear to be dependent on different functions of the brain, and are therefore prob ably inher'+I"l independently. if they are infe.1tt. at all. To assume that the rcs5m5. .aace between parent and offspring in 9rithmetical ability Is due to assocjaticD, training nd imitation, is not plausible. If this v,ere the case, a class of children ought to come to resemble their teacher, but they do not. Moreover, the child sometimes resem- bles more closely the parent with whom he has been least associated In daily life.
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Fine Typewriter for Sale at Ia Bargain:-A brand new Mon arch"- Remington. high grade $10O Typewriter will begsold for $40 cash or S45 on installment. Underwood, assgoodlassnew, at same price. MWrite. :phone or call at ARGUS office.
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Among the Churches
w. A. Cook.

The ARGUS invites any and all pastors and churches to use this department regularly each week for making their announcements, publishing congregational news, etc. Please send in the copy by Tuesday of each week-Ed.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST

Sunday School and Communion Services each Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
 Bible Study Wednesday night at 7:45.
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AT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Services every 4th Sunday at II o'clock by Rev. o. M. Yerger. Everybody is invited to attend. We are trying to do the Masters will, come and help us.
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M. E. CHURCH

Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Preaching HOO a. m. Preaching 7::30 D. m. AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
KIDNEY SUFFERERS HAVE
FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such a medicine is DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Roo
Swamp-Root is scientifically compound
ed from vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
According to verified testimony it is
natures great helper in relieving and over.
coming kidney, liver and bladder trou-
bles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root.
If you need medicine, you should have
the best.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp Root is what you need, you will
find it on sale at all drug stores in bottles
of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
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The TRUTH ABOUT
ECZEMA AND PILES

Thousands and thousands of people, says
Peterson, are learning every week that one
30 cent box of Peterson's Ointment will
abolish Eczema and Danish piles, and the
grateful letters l receive every day are
worth more to me than money.
l had Eczema for many years on my
head and could not get anything to do it
any good. / saw your ad and got one box
and / owe you many thanks for the good
it has done me. There isn't blotch on
my head now, and | couldn't help but
thank Peterson, for the cure is great, Mrs.
Mary Hill, 42O Third Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa.
I have had itching piles for Is years and
Peterson's is the only ointment that re-
lieves me, besides the piles seem to have
gone. A. B. Ruger, ll27 Washington Ave
nue., Racine, Wis.
Use Peterson's Ointment for old sores,
salt rheum and all skin diseases. 1t ban
ishes pimples and blackheads in less than
10 DAYS and leaves the skin clean, clear and
pleasant to look upon. Druggists guaran-
tee it. Adv.
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Cypsies' Christmas.

The gypsy Christmas Is love feast
and carnival in one. The wandering
folk come together In tribal celebration
to choose their queen for the beginning
year. Each clan has its own usages
and superstitions. In Roumania the
cradle, SO they say, of nomadism, the
gypsy queen is crowned with roses, and
roses tip her scepter and her wand. In
place of holly and nsstietoe the hardy
little rosebud which blossoms at this
season on the apex Of the hills is hon.
ored not for it's sweetness merely, bat
because of fair Christmas legend
which the gypsy folk would make dis
tinctively their own.-Chicago Tribune
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Tie Christ Cradle
A Christmas Ballad
BY MARGARET J. PRESTON.

BY MARGARET J. PRESTON.
I"Christ cradle is the old Saxon name
for mince pie.1
3TWAS the time of the old cru.
SddeTs,
And back 10Th his broken
band
The lord of Lancarcon castle
Had come from the Holy Land.
1t ,oas Christmas eve In the castle;
The Yule log burnt In the hall.
And helmet and shield and banner
Thre1o shadows upon the t1dE.
And the baron ,oas telling stories
To the little ones at his knees
OF some of the holy places
He had UiSited overseas.
Then he spdke of the catching shep-
herds,
Who sa,o such marvellous sights
And the song that the angels chanted
That first of the Christmas nights.
He told of the star tohose shining
OutSparkled the brightest gem;
He told of the halIotoed cradle
They shotoed him at Bethlehem.
And the eyes of the children glistened
To think that rack snnced,
With only the straao for blankets,
To cradle the baby Christ.
"Nuy, dry up your tears, my ddrltngs,"
Right 9ayly the baron cried,
"For nothing but smiles must greet
met
I'm home, and its Christmastidel
''Come toife;; I haze thought of cro-
die,
Another than this, I sag,
Witch thou in thy skill shall make me
To honor this Christmas day.
I'VE aoould not forget the maanger,
So choose of thy platters fair
The one that is largest, deepest,
And cOper it In thy care.
with fakes of the richest pastry,
Wrought cunningly by thy hands,
That thus it may bring before US
The 10rdp of the SlCdddHng bands.
"And out of thy soeH stored ldrder
Set forth OF thy very best.
Is Gught that zoe haze too precious
To honor this Christmas guests
"StreD meats of the finest shredding
The StrGto acds chopped in the
stall;
Bring butter and aoine and honey
To ldpish Ground them all.
"Set raiSins and figs of Smyrna
That drd1o to the east our thought:
Let spices that call of the Magi,
With their gifts, to mind be brought.
"Let stoeets that suggest frdnktncense
Let fruits from the southern sea
Be 0tUen ungrudged. Remember,
His choicest he gaze for thee!
"Then over the piled up platter
A cOper of pastry dra,o,
With star In its midst to mind as
OF that Uhich the toise men sdto.
"Chrisfs cradle Is tDhat a1e'H call it,
And eDer, sheet aDife, pray,
With such thou aDit make US merry
At dinner each Christmas day"
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When Christmas Calls
By GrontIand Rice

Christmas has called-and I want to go
home;
Christmas has whispered-and out
through the night
There's something that beckons to us who
must roam
Far from the berries of scarlet and
white;
There's something that bsckons-and out
on the road
We follow the way Of q dream that Is
old,
And weary the traveller and heavy the
load
OF those who may never turn back to
the fold.
Christmas has called and I want to 60
back
Back through the years to day that /
know
Over the trail Of dream-woven track
Into the heart of the longtime Ago.
Where scarlet and white from the gray
walls above
The holly twined in with the mistletoe
bough,
And all of us met In q circle of love-
/ want to so home-I want to go now.
! want to go home to the day whore at
dawn
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State of Ohio, City of Toledo. I1eas

State Of Ohio. City OF Toledo LEeas
County-ss.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he q
senior partner Of the firm of F. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City Of To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that
said firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUN.
DRIED DOLLARS for any case Of Cafarrh
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed d
my presence, this 9Th day Of DECEMBER
A. D. 1885,
(SeaD A. W. Gleason, Notary Pubso
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Se tan.
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
Druggists, 75c. Testimonials free.
r. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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BE PATRIOTIC, JOIN RED CROSS
Appeal to Minnesotans Is Issued
BY Governor.


Governor Burnquist has issued
Red Cross proclamation as follows:
ION December 16 will begin a cam
paign to secure for the American
Red Cross membership of 15,000,00U
people.
although not all of us can go to
the battleields, we can do service
there by uniting with the Red Cross
which has now an army of five mil
lion members and whose goal of fiji
teen million members this organiza-
ton is making every effort to attain
by Christmas eve.
"All Minnesota citizens. / am sure,
will do their utmost to assist this
branch of American activities devoted
to the aid of the suffering By be-
coming members of the American Red
Cross, those joining will show that
spirit of good will for which the
Christmas season of the year stands"
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Was BIuinq the Cat.

Johnny saw his mother rinsiDg tho
clothes in bluing and asked: What
you dom that for, mOtherT
ITO get the clothes white"
About an hour after she heard q
loud yell from the house and running
in, she saw Johnny trying to put fIss
big black family cat into the B!uSDg.
Mother rescued the feline and upon
demanding reason for his actions,
Johnny replied: "Well / don't Ike
black cats an l was goin' to soak her
in the blum an make her white"
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One Romance Ended.

Mother-Has Mr.. Jinks proposed "a
you yet, Bella?
Bella-No, ma; but / think he was
on the point of doing SO last night He
asked me II you were going TO live
with me when I got married and I
said "Yes."
Mother (excitedly)-And then what
did he say?
Bella-He said "GOOd-byi"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21

A tow-headed youngster rushed up with
whoop
At the clarion call Of the Little Tin Horn
And the roll Of the drum as 1t sum
moned the troop
OF the tin-soldiered legion with muskets
a-gleam,
Serted and straight in an unbroken
row d.
I want to go back where q fellow can
dream
OF Christmas like that in the Longtime
Ago.
--Grantland Rice
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For Future Happiness.

No citizen who contributes freely
and in the right spirit to the various
war and relief funds will regret it in
after life. Now is the time to lay up
material for pleasant "reminiscences in
the years to come.-Burlington Hawk
eye.
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That Does the Work.

With a little diplomacy any woman
can induce her husband to buy her a
his office arrayed in one of her own
make.
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ONLY nreanoinn

Wife, dreamed last night that I
was in heaven.
Husband-Did you see me theYef
Wife, did; then knew was enIy
dreaming.-TOwn Topics.