Show SHE HAD A SWEET REVENGE I dont mind being told Im stout she said I am stout and I might as well acknowledge It But there Is a wrong way to do everything and there Is a way of telling a person that he or she is stout which always grates on my nerves The speaker paused and looked over her auditors In a manner which plainly Indicated that this remark was but the moral to a fable soon to follow Nor were the listeners disappointed Every once In a while pursued the narrator who there was no denying really was stoutI havent time to go all the way to my own church and so drop In at the one across the street There I always see Mrs Prattleton She weighs fifty pounds more than I do 1C she weighs an ounce but she seems serenely se-renely unconscious of It and always greets me after the service wllh a honeyed smile and the remark Youre fatter than when you were hero last I Tine repetition finally made me rather angry so a month ago I got a seat just by her and watched her closely close-ly There was a good deal of kneeling done and I confess that I dreaded the attempt 50 much that the list time I didnt get upon my knees Then I happened hap-pened to notice Mrs Prattleton Site wasnt kneeling either and I IwcclnJ suddenly realized that this was simply because sho could not When the time came to kneel again I got down the whole way hard as It was and then looked squqre ly Into Mrs Prattlctons face She blushed and squirmed and at once tried her level beat to follow my example But she had to give It up it was no use she was too fat From that day to this she hasnt told me Im growing stouter In fact she hasnt spoken to me at all1 Philadelphia Press |