: ; I WAI net.oing. a a THAT THE prices af tsmbstsns. a a , ARC MUCH reduced. . " AND A tsmbstsn dealer. a . "AiOSUCrT hargaini a WINK ALWAYS effaced. aea JUST PREVIOUS. a TO DECORATION day. ' a AND JUST abeut then, ' - '' . . A MAN came in. . e a WITH THE firat dollar. e a a Ml EVER earned. " . e e e ... AND HE wanted U buy. a a A MONUMENT. ' 1 aea. YO THE maenery. ' a a Or HIS wife. - a a - e WHOSE NAME waa -Mary aea AND HE haggled. OVER THE arleea. a AND THE dealer. a aTECAME DISGUSTED. a a AND, FINALLY. . a a e - THEY LOOKED aver. A TOMBSTONE. a a PARTIALLY ENGRAVED, -aee WITH THE xama a "Marietta" I ' e " . . ; . ON THE base. a e aV BUT THE dealer Bald. ; - THE MAN who rdrd it. aee FAILED TO claim It. e e a AND THERE It waa aea ON HIS hands. aea AND THE arlnay man. a a a i SAID HE'D pay. a a a HALF FRICE far It. a a AND THE dealer told him. a THAT WASN'T the name. a a OF HIS wife. a a AND THE man aaidi s 'WELL, JUST add. aea TO MARIETTA e e e LOBSTER . a a a AND THAT'LL tall tha story." aee. AND SO ha did." a a e AND I euppeee. - - e e e PRETTY SOON. aea' THERE'LL BE a gravestone. . PLANTED SOMEWHERE. a a a AND IT will read i aea "MARI-ETTA LOBSTER." a a a AND THE stingy man. . a a WILL THEN knaw. ' a a a THAT HIS duty. a a a IS WELL dene. . aea EVEN THOUGH. it : i a a a - THE LOBSTER wasn't. , -aea' I THANK you. ' ' .