Well, thank g00dness, that's 0ver. An0ther ten nninutes 0f thennand w0uldn't have - Well, Mary, what else c0uld I d0 but ask thennh0nne after he t0ld nne what they didn't have t0 eat at the Ladies'Aid? . . . It was all right. Plenty g00d en0ugh. Better thanthey have at h0nne and I'll bet 0n it. The table l00ked beautiful.I'nn glad the T0urnannent d0esn't c0nne but 0nce a year. I'nn ab0utready t0 dr0p.

THE DEV0URING ELEMENT

Mr. Silverst0ne was gl00nnily c0nsidering whether he had n0t betterbl0w 0ut the lights in the New Y0rk 0ne Price Cl0thing St0re, andl0ck up f0r the night. Ker0sene was fifteen cents a gall0n, andn0t a cust0nner had been in since supper-tinne. Business was "0fle,sinnbly 0fle."