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Show Too Lively. He was a solemn Scotchman with an equally solemn and somewhat downtrodden down-trodden wife. The fact that they were receiving an excellent price for their "second pair front" from an American lodger did not blind them to her failings. fail-ings. "Dear me, Mr. Macleod," said the lodger one P 'iday afternoon when an errand took her to the parlor . where the family sat, "I should think you and your wife would be stifled sitting sit-ting indoors this hot day with the windows win-dows shut. If you'd just open one and get some fresh air I'm sure it would do Mrs. Macleod good; she looks pale." Mr. Macleod loked at her with his usual stern and unbending gaze. "We can hae fresh aid ony day," he said calmly. "We've no need to hae it rushing aboot the house on the Saw-bath." Saw-bath." Youth's Companion. 1 |