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Show WD THRIFT STAMP IN SIGHT ::y Was by No Means Idling, Though He Did Not Appear Industriously Indus-triously Engaged. Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota 'A this story nt a dinner party as sa illustration of the old saying that .i.--ar:inces are sometimes deceiving: One nfiernoou a woman was walking D'liuli a suburban village when she - :i'vj a small hoy leaning on a gate tiMi'.t of one of the residences. The ' i's attitude did not betray any great '.iMti'iil. I uiu surprised to see you stand-:. stand-:. here, my little man," said the .in-m kindly. "Why do you idle ;!) your time on such a beautiful ::'-;'iwna?" "I :n not idling," defensively de- the boy. "I am working for . T'irift Stamp." "Working for a Thrift Stamp?" ' .b-liringly responded the woman. ': couldn't see any signs of labor. Y-i. ma'am," returned the boy. 'Mr. Smith is sitting on the veranda : 'h sister, and he told me that he - i' j give me the price of a stamp If ! w.iu'fi watch for father." Philadel- :. j Telegraph. |