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Show THB OASES 07 B0KKB8. , Th old etorekeeper down In th country, coun-try, who save up keeping turkey red because be-cause th women Insisted on buying ell ne had aa fast a he got It, must b related re-lated to the New Hampshire merchant. There wa nothing n liked so Well to do a to lie back In an old armchair on the elm shaded porch of hia store and whittle a green willow elick. One very not afternoon. Juat aa ia got hie Jack-knlfe Jack-knlfe out. a boy appeared on tha acen with a gallon Jug. ' "Can I get a gallon of moisaiesT" be '"oTuim!" growled th ' storekeeper, showing considerable temper. "Confound It! x Nobody els In town got molasses to sell but me. I auppoae." . . With thl stinging rebuke he went In and filled the jug Boaton Globe. r |