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Show A PIN. " ' ' ; Oh, I know a wrtaiii wvuma who la reckiinea i with the rihh!. But she nils mo w nil more terror thaa a ravins ll,.U Wi.lllll. Tho liu cliilh run up atul Jown my spine wtien- e T c meet. Though alio in'uia a pernio creature aud bIios Tt-ry trim tuul ueuL And li!M & tliousuuul virtues nod not one no klll.Wlnlt.Tvl .in. But sho is tho oort of person you could liken to a pin. And n1- prick you, and sho stk'ka you. In a way that can't Unsaid Wbeu you t-ek (or tint has hurt you, why, you uauuot Hud thi! head. R..I CAnlli vti.l, ,la,vin,f,Wf nml .ixnsrwM-nt- hit; paln- IT anybody asks you why, you really cout tx- A plu la auoa a tiny tiling of thnt there Is no d.nilit- Yet, wlu-u it' KtiikltiR In your flesh, you're ! wroli.-b.i-d till ii'aoull Sh is wonderfully ouserviug when alio moots a l'reu girl She La ahmy sure to U-ll her if her "bang'1 Is out ! Aud she la so sympathetic: to her friend, wuo'8 iiua-li admired, Sho la nft on heard remarking, "Dear, you look bo worn and tired!" I And slip is a oan-ful critic, for on yesterdnyabe I eyed The ueiv drvss I waa airing wilh a woman's oat- ! I ural prid i Aud Kim said, "Oh, how becoming:" and then : softly added, "it , Ib really a mlsrortuno that the basque In such a ,u." . Then slip Mild, "If vim had heard mo yestwova, i I'm sure, my friend, I You would Bay 1 mn a champion who knows how to defend." ! And Bbo left mo wilh the feeling moat uiiplen-I uiiplen-I ant, I liver ! That the whole world would despise me If it had I uot been for her. Whenever I encounter her. In such a nameless ' Sho given me tho impression I am at my worat tlial day. And the bat thnt was Imported (and that cost mo ! half a sonnet) I 'With just once glance from hor round cyca bc-j bc-j comes a Dow cry bonnot, She is always bright and smiling, sharp and shin-I shin-I ing for a thrust Use does not seem lo blunt her point, nor does she gather i list. ' Oh! 1 wish suiuu hapless specimen of mankind would brln I To tidy up tbo world for me, by picking up this I pin. I Ella Wheeler Wilcox in The Century. TThnt llo nml In nil Banket. j ITo was one of those long, thin, dried up I fellows, with a parchment skin mid sbnrp eyes, and a sharp noso, who aronlwnys piy-, piy-, Ing into tilings. It was on tho Saucolito bout, and a fellow canto on board with a basket and sat down near him. Them was boiiio-1 boiiio-1 thing very Important in tb basket, for tho fellow kept peering In all the time nnd look-; look-; ing to Hee if tho lid was securely funtoned. The sharp nosed man began to feel an in- tercst, and his curiosity kept rising higher ' and higher, until when the fellow had peeped into tbo basket for the fiftieth time ho couldn't j stnnd it any longer. "I beg your pardon, but you're eo Interested In-terested In liiut basket you really excite me, I What have you gut in fti" Tbo fellow looked nt him n moment, i "I'll tell you, certainly. You won't glvo It ! nwayf" "I glvo you my word." "Well, it's a mongaroo." "A mongnroo! And what Is a mongaroo?" "You don't know what a mongnroo ist A mongnroo Is an minimi found in Africa that lives entirely on enukes." I "And bow are you going to got snatces for It to entl" i "Oh, you boo I'm taking it to my brother. He's a eonilriiied drinker, and" "But I don't Bee" "Well, he'a always seeing snakes and I'm going to" "But how can tbis animal live on Imaginary Im-aginary snakes!" "Ob, this is nil Imaginary mongaroo." Then tho nbarp nosed mnn went Into the cabin and sat down opposite a girl who supposed to bo in Baticolito for change of air, i but comes over here four days out of tho j week. Ban Francisco Chronicle. |