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Show SHE HAD HER WAY. How Mrs. Niggard Obtained Longed-for Longed-for New Carpet. "Thoro's nothing tho matter with this carpet, my dear," remarked Niggard Nig-gard t,o his wife, who was cleaning houso and said sho couldn't mnko tho plnco look nlco unless thero was a now floor covering to tho ftgnt room. "All It needs Is n good beating," Uo continued. Aftor boating a inory tattoo on tho carpot wltu. a stick out In tho backyard back-yard for half an hour, Niggard, with uo oxultant oxpresslon on his faco, called to his wifo: "Corao here, my denr. Seo, It looks Just as good as a now ono." "I don't see how you can Bny such a thing," ropllod his wifo, with, tonrB in hor eyes. "It's Just as fau d as It ovor was and you'vs only mndo moro holes I In if "Do you mean to say I don't know-how know-how to shako a carpet?" demandod Niggard, his vanity touched. "I do," returned his hotter hnlf In n tono that left no doubt what tho ro-suit ro-suit would bo. "You aro going to shako that old carpot for a now ono." |