Show An Awful Afterthought Young Mrs Torkins seemed very much worried when her husband came home in the evening Whats the matter he asked sympathetically sym-pathetically Oh Charley Im so afraid rye made enemies Why you havent done anything to harm anybody or hurt their feelings have you 1 Not intentionally But you know how likely we are to be misunderstood Im afraid those people who have moved next door will never speak tom to-m again And Im so sorry They seemed like such nice people They sent the servant girl they brought with them from Boston over here this morning to horrow something Well theyre Just getting settled You ought to accommodate them In any way you can Thats what I thought So when the girl came over and asked our girl to lend her a mop I told her to give her the best mop In the house and If we hadnt a good one to go around to the store and buy a new one Thats right < But Charley have you heard them talk A little They 1 broaden their V after tho manlier oX Boston It sounds to hear very ItP pretty and precise I like Yes But It Is so confusing A mop was such a funny thing for cultivated culIvated J people like them to ask for j shouldnt he u bit surprised if they were reading some war nwa and what they wanted to borrow was a map tnnd oh dear X think maybe Id lear ml Ill bettr put on my things and co over right awuy and try t to explain ashlnston Star I |