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Show . SPIT OUT HIS FALSE TEETH. Dog. Disturb to. s,nmb.r of CitUen ,nd Causa Him to Com. Hank Husk is a light sleeper, and nobody no-body m Salt Lake city knows this better than his wife. He is worse than a spmster about looking under the bed for a man. To the great discomfort of his patient wife he frequently startles her m the night by imagining that he hears robbers down stairs. Ho proceeds pro-ceeds to clear his long throat, hoping the noise may frighten off the intruders. 10 thief has actually entered the Husk mansion, but Hank continues his Tigilance. The other night two dogs ran on his front porch and the noise of their play awoke him. Hank thought somebody was trying the door ; and he sat upright in . bed and ner-; ner-; vously called out, "Who's there!" The ' noise made by the dogs continuing . Hank bWly sprang from his couch and in ms mevity of garment threw np the sash and again called, ' Who's there! " As ho could not seethe naughty dogs, he repeated his call in a louder tone., when his false teeth fell from his mouth to the pavement below. Hank instantly realized his reisfortue, and for a moment mo-ment was mad and silent. "Hank," called his wife, "why don't you come to bed?" "Helen," roared Hank, 'vou shut up! I've lost my blankety-blank false teeth!" Mrs. Husk burst into laughter as her husband paddled down stairs after his grinders. She heard him say things not taught in Sunday school as he picked up the plate which had broken in two by the fall. Hank paid a dentist six dollars the next day 'to repair the fracture which cured him of his wakefulness wake-fulness at night. The little Husks hardly dare to ask "Who's there? " |