Show BALKED AT NUMBER THIRTEEN womans comans pat superstition cost her one fine apple A cust rimor in a city mara mailot bought bough a small email measure ot of apples she watched the dealer closely as he picked out tile tho fruit either fitchor put in another apple or enko ono one out she said when lie he had gnip tied tho the apples into a bag there are 13 thoro there and I 1 am not going to invite bad luck hy by carrying homo home that unlucky number tho the dealer looked up shrewdly 1 I 1 cant very well throw in another one no for that price lie he said apples aire are high very well then tako take one out said tho the woman 1 I make it a point ahei buying anything in small quan quantities titie this way to count tile tho pieces anc an I 1 never under any circumstances will 1 accept 13 of anything j according to instructions tho the dealer deale abstracted ono one of the finest apples I 1 lia tho the bag and tho the woman went away apparently satisfied t |