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Show What Decayed Auntie. Aunt Martha, In town with her daughter, who had to be operated upon, was having her first taste of urban life. To while away her tim she "hired out" as a cook. The flrs-. Saturday night she wa3 at work hci employer sent her to make some pur chases. She was hours returning an4 as the distance was short, her employ 'er grew rather anxious about her. Slu came In about 11:20. "Where on earth have you been Aunt Martha?" was the question tha greeted her. Still showing plainly signs of men tal stress, she said: "Lawdy, ma'am I been trying to find a place to ge: across dat street downtown. I stoor on de corner half an hour waiting foi all dem street wagons to get by, bu' dey kept er comln. Den I walked uj dat side of de street, but all de cor ners wuz Just alike. I couldn't ge: across, so I Jes' waited till all den -things went home, and den I comt here as fas' as I could." |