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Show T THE LAWS OF COMPENSATION. II V.ie Understood When His Wife Tjy. Had Explained. V A New Yorker tells of a young Irish ;u. c:;:)e in his employ, not long come iron tie "ould country." Shortly af-w af-w their arrival the young wife, ambi-n. ambi-n. tjs for learning, enterea a night mil fc--il, sirlee her duties permitted oi (he evening, when she returned to :arf '.:e servants' hall from school, the Mid hsinri asked: ' "Ah' pawat are ye learnin' now, Holly?" ecs "Tonight," said Molly, thinking to iV'. ii;e a bit of fun with Malachi, "to-lims "to-lims tijit the teacher read to us about ue laws of compensation." "Compensation? What's that?" "It's hard to explain, but it's some-tor? some-tor? uiig lite this: If your sense of wtU is poor, the sense of taste Is 1 the sharper; and if you are blind, oil can hear all the better." Malachi reflected. "Sure," said he, 'J see. It's loike this: For example, 3cre ;- a man is born wid wan leg shorter '-an the other, the other is longer." -Harper's Magazine. |