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Show PRUDENT PREPARATIONS. "My dear." asked Mr. Seekitte, anxiously, anx-iously, "have you sent the silver to the Safe Deposit company's as I told you tor "Certainly," replied Mrs. Seekitte. "And all your Jewelry T" "Yes, all except my wedding ring." "Hum. Well, maybe they'll overlook that, but it's a, risk I wouldn't have taken if I were you. Is the bric-a-brac all out of the house?" "Every bit of It." "And you're sure you haven't left any money lying around anywhere?" "Not a cent" i "Have you taken down the lace curtains cur-tains r "Yes." "And hidden all the pictures up in the garret V "Yes." "What did you do with the best china T" "It's packed away down cellar." "Welt I hardly think they'll go so far as to tear up the carpets or carry away the piano, but I'll know more about that after It's all over. By gracious, gra-cious, my books!" "Calm yourself, dear. I had them all taken over to mother's together with the clocks and lighter pieces of furniture." fur-niture." "Good, my dear, excellent! WelL I left my watch and studs and scarfpln and pocketbook at the office, so after I've swallowed my cuff.buttons I guess we'll"b all ready to receive the committee com-mittee of prominent politicians who are coming to notify me of my nomination to Congress." Alex Ricketts in Life. |