Show MRS SMITHERS AS A GRAFTER She Understood After Husbands Husband's d' d Lengthy Explanation Explanation- Mrs Smithers Smithers had b been en rea reading th thE evening paper paper for tor half an hour hour whet when she laid it aside and said Smithers what is a grafter J I 1 have met the word In every paper paper Ive I've picked picked up for the Jast ast three months It doesn't exactly seem to m mean mean burglar or highway robb robber r No not exactly replied Smithers Smithers' For instance I go to the club club Yes The boj boys bos s press the wine on me me m until un until un un- til I have a drop too much rI r i I see I come home and fall faIl into bed bed and and sleep like a log Well WeIl You get up while I sleep and go go through my pockets and the next morning I miss 5 You say I must n You get up while I sleep and go through my pockets have lost it at poker but I know that you jou ou grafted It it Do you mean to say I 1 stole it Not No at all aU dear and you nee needn't nt look so red over It Graft means to find to sequester t to gobble to keep to beat the policy holder any way you youcan youcan can a and d that's why i I have been hiding hiding hid hid- ing n my y wallet under the front steps every night for the last tast two hio weeks And I I-I- I I have to graft on the cooks cook's wages in future Tell her you'll have to keep out a dollar a week for they the y yellow Ilow dog fund lund |