Show BALKED AT NUMBER THIRTEEN womans comans pet pat superstition cost her one fine apple A customer in a city mar mart maret et bought i a small measure of appl apples es sho she witched watched the dealer closely as he picked out the fruit either put in mother another apple or take one out she said when he had emptied tho the apples into a bag there are 13 there and I 1 am not going to invite bad luck by carrying home that unlucky run number ibor the dealer looked up shrewdly 1 I 1 cant very well throw ini in another one for that price ho he said apples are high very well then take ono one out said tho the woman 1 I make it a point when buying any anything hIng in small quantities this way to count the me pieces and never under any circumstances will I 1 accept 13 of anything according to instructions the dealer abstracted one of the finest apples in ili tho the bag and the woman went away apparently satisfied |