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Show I. CALAMITY NOT FORESEEN. And That, of Course, Was the One That Actually Occurred. Mrs. Silas Dennett was a philosopher, philoso-pher, On a certain dismal occasion Fomo of tho neighboring women were condoling with her With commendable commenda-ble cheerfulness, says a writer In tho New York Times, sho replied: "I've raised four Rlrls an' threo boys, Mpoctln' every time they'd bo twins and red-headed like their Grandpa Dennett, an' yet they ain't. "An' I've worried consld'ble over smallpox hrcakln' out In my big family. fam-ily. So far, 'taln't, "Last summer, durln July an' August, Au-gust, an' mebbe part of September, I was real melonchollc, fearln' I'd got an appendix; but I guess I ain't. "An' through It all, It never occurred to me that I'd bo the one to fall through them roJUen old mectln' houso steps nn' break thy leg In two places, but 1 bo." lYouth's Companion, |