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Show In the Wrong House. The agent stopped at the piazza ol the cottage by the sea, where sat a bronzed and rugged old man. "If you are troubled with moths, as no doubt you are, I have just the proper remedy." "Moths have never bothered me," said the old man. "How about the grasshopper pest? I have something here which is guaranteed" guar-anteed" "I don't believe I've seen a grasshopper grass-hopper in 40 years. The fact is" "But surely you want to be prepared pre-pared to fight the locusts. Now, this package contains" "I have never had any trouble with locusts, and I never expect to," replied re-plied the old man. "Well, you've got me stumped," said the agent. "How do you manage man-age to escape all these things?" "Easily enough. I'm captain of the brigantine Nellie M., sailing between here and Java." |