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Show - 13 ' I Last fall when Parkor went down into his basement on tho first really cold morning ho found Collins, who lives In tho flat above him, building a flro In his furnace. Thoy lived in a two-story frame residence resi-dence which had been mado over Into flats. Tho owner had put In two hot-air furnaces In tho basement and. each of his tonnnts was roqufrod to supply his own heat. Collins' hot-nlr pipes passed up through Parker's flat so it was a nice problem to discovor which furnaco fed hot air into tho registers of any particular set of apartments. Parker wont to work at tho furnaco which Collins pointed out to him filled It with kindling nnd coal, started a flro and wont back upstairs. Collins had already disappeared, disap-peared, leaving his furnaco glowing with heat. Mrs. Parkor greoted her husband with a smllo of satisfaction. "Honry, our furnaco Is splondld," sho said. "I know how to build a flro my dear," remarked Parker with pardonable pardon-able egotism. Tho succeeding weeks of cold weather weath-er proved that Parkor had beon justified justi-fied In boasting a llttlo. Tho flat was warm all tho tlmo nnd Parker did tho work with tho greatest ease. "How fortunato wo aro" said Mrs. Parker to hor husband ono ovoning "to H havo such a good furnnco. Why, tho HJ Collinses aro absolutoly freezing. I H was up thoro to-day, and actually poor Hi Mrs. Collins wns numb with cold." HJ Tho noxt morning Collins, a patient -HJ man, ordinarily, spread his hands over HJ his parlor register and swore. Thoro HJ was only a faint trlcklo of heat. HJ "Tho confoundour"furnaco can gotto HJ thundor" ho said. "Tho landlord and H tho furnaco man say it's all right, but Bl I know hotter. It's all wrong. I havo HJ kopt it blazing full of coal up to tho HJ present momont but horo I quit." Hi "What aro you going to do?" HJ "Going to lot tho flro go out nnd M depend on tho grates until I And HJ what's tho mattor." HJ Thnt ovoning Collins enmo homo M oxpoctlng to And his flat coldor and H moro dreary than ovor. Instead It HJ was warm and comfortablo though tho HJ registers woro closed. Hj "Why, what In tho world" HJ His wlfo flung horsolf Into his arms, HJ laughing. "You gooso," sho said, when sho could spoak, "you'vo boon HJ running tho Parkers' furnaco for thorn M all winter. As soon as you quit thoy M got chilly and mado up a real flro In HJ our furnaco In tho hopo of getting M warm again. Now wo aro receiving HJ tho benefit. Chicago Nows. HJ |