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Show He Stood the Test. The hour was 1 a, m. Inside the dimly lighted hallway stood Mrs. Dor-kins Dor-kins with a grim smile on her face. The front door was bolted. "John," she said, in cutting accents, "you have been dissipating at the club again! " "Maria," spoke a voice outside, rapidly, rap-idly, clearly and distinctly, "he blew lugubriously on the blooming bugle!" Instantly she unfastened and opened open-ed the door. Mr. Dorkins had not been dissipating. dissipat-ing. Chicago Tribune. |