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Show ADMIRED MR. HARKINS' TASTE Yet the Compliment Was One Which the Recipient Had to Take Timo to Appreciate. "Jobn," saidlvirs. Harkins, "I heard a nice compliment for you today." Mr. Harkins put his paper down, twitted up the ends of his mustache, looked pleased, and said: "Well, that's nothing so remarkable. I receive compliments nearly every day." Mrs. Harkins went on sipping her tea, and her husband waited for her to resume. Finally, he said: "Well, why don't you tell me what it was? Who was it that complimented compli-mented me?" "Oh, you couldn't guess in a week." "Mrs. Deering?" h ventured. "No." "Not Bessio Fallington?" ht rather eagn-ly suggested. "No." "Oh, well, of course if there's any secret about it, I don't care to hear what it was or who said it." "There isn't any secret about it." .Mrs. Harkins sweetly replied. "Mr. HaDnaford told mb that every time he and I met, he became mors thoroughly thor-oughly convinced that you were a man of excellent ta.-tte." John Harkins then shoved his hands down in his pockets and walked outside out-side to think it over. |