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Show A Consolation. A young woman who had been in the habit of spending her summers In a hill village of Connecticut recently encountered a rural neighbor in a city store. "How's. your wife, Mr. Green?" inquired in-quired the young woman graciously. "Why, don't you know," said Mr. Green, "I lost her three months ago?" "Oh," said the shocked young woman, wom-an, "I didn't know. I beg your pardon, par-don, Mr. Green, for being so thoughtless." thought-less." "Well," said the disconsolate widower wid-ower soothingly, "it ain't as bad as it might have been. I've got good help." 1 i |