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Show "Woman's Safe Depository. A Germantown householder who hnd given various valuablo papers to his wife to t.iko caro of recently hunted all over the house, for tho Insurance policy on his furnlturo and could not find It. Avhcn the wife camo homo from a tea he told her his troublo with considerable perturbation, perturba-tion, lest tho document should have been lost. 'Is that all?" said the wlfo. looking with disgust at her very much disturbed desk, whero tho husband had been rummaging. Why didn't you ask me?" and going to a picture on tho wall sho pulled tho policy from behind It. "And whero." Inquired tho husband, after af-ter ho had recovered from his surprise, "do thoso shares In tho Pullsback Valley Railroad and Timber Development company com-pany happen to bo?" ' "They'ro safe enough," was tho an-"Thoyro an-"Thoyro In tho closet under the stairs behind tho grape Juice." "And tho deed to tho houso?" "That's upstnlrs In the spare room packed away under your summer suit." By diligent cross-examination the husband hus-band found tho locations, scattered from cellar to roof, of numerous other documents docu-ments of value. "And now," aald he, "what's tho answor?" "Why." said tho wife, who was used to his slang, "I don't mean that any robber shall ever come In and clean us out In a one-hour search. Ho'd never think of tho places I've chosen, and If he did ho would be heard going up and down stairs nnd knocking over bottles." Philadelphia Record. |