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Show HER JOY WAS SHORTLIVED H Delightful Dream of Bliss Rudely In. terrupted by the Morning M Alarm Clock. H "Ob, thank you!" exclaims tho do- lighted wife, as hor husband handi H hor a largo bunch of monoy and tell H hor to go right down town and buy B everything sho likes. H "Don't mention (t," replies tho hus- M hand. "I want you to havo everything H your heart desires In tho way of H dresses and bonnets this summer. I H reallzo that I havo not been ns gener- H ous as I should have boon, and i H hopo I may bo able to inako up for It H now. Hore, tako this double handful JJH of gold 20-ploces, too. Look out H there! You're dropping thom." H But tho double handful of gold H twontles foil to the floor and went H Jingling hero nnd there and the hus- H band laughed morrlly until H B r-r-r-r-r-r-r! H It wag tho alarm clock, and sho H hoard the volco of hor husband say- H "I'll bo lato to work again today. H Say, lend mo half n dollar, won't you? H I haven't got carfare and lunch money H this morning." H It Is such distressing occurrences H ns this that make womon wish they H had married tho squint-eyed, freckled H boy who afterwards left homo and H bocamo a plutocrat. H |