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Show i Old Age at Last. 1 Well known phrases are sometimes eo Bad, so mysterious in tho minds of little people who are making their first acquaintance ac-quaintance with grief. A child whose dear grandpa had been taken suddenly ill was one morning asked by a neighbor if he were any worse. "I saw the doctor hurrying over to your house a little whilo ago," said the good but thoughtless woman, "and I thought your grandpa might be worse." "He isn't that," said the little thing) her lips quivering. "He's dead." "Dear, dear me!" cried tho neighbor "I didn't know he was so sick." "Mamma said he had a cold last night," explained the little mourner, "and the doctor said oh, I don't know just what, but it was a cold, and then old age set in, and grandpa died." Youth's Companion. Com-panion. |