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Show Slio Kept Her Nerve. "A pertain phycljui,'1 say's tho Criterion, Crite-rion, I'had a largo. Toeplor IIoliz ma-chum ma-chum which guvo a spark like ii youcg streak of lightning. His wife was much interested In It nnd watched tho doctor manipulate It until she fancied horselr master of the apparatus. Qnp day a party of friends callpd wiei) inn dnct'ir was nut. and tho good wife seized tho opporiunlty of piralyzlng them with her knowledmi of selenco. She was 11 very dlgnllied woman of purl ly predict!, pre-dict!, und after leading them Into tie otllco. sho begun her explanation with all the Imnrcsslveness of a led 11 re Shu spoke briefly of the preliminary manlpu-latino manlpu-latino of I ho muchluo. 'And then.' slio sold, lnylng her hand upon ono connection, connec-tion, it ho elect rlcliy goes from hero to here,' whereupon un nngry, white spark jeapad out Irom the brass ball Indicated, with a report IJko a hoaru- pistol, and smqttt her upon tho extended IIiikiu-, eifuslng her to sit upon tho floor with a violence 1 hut shook the sludow pune. Tljo gnosis stood around hi cxpeatuiu utiltude8, looklpg Ut their fallen hostess host-ess n pardonable surptlso. On IV for n moment did that capable woman leave them In doubt: 'There,' sold she, In the pinst muttor-of.fact iqanncr, ni though events h ikI simply followed (ho umiiuI course, yoti seo how It wopks. Now, Jot's go Into tho gurden ami look at tho chrysanthemums. ''-' -.A |