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Show LIVED ON TEN CENTS A WEEK. QUI Doollttle's System a Good One, Out Not Attractive. "D'y'u find smoking hurts y'u?" sks Hi Riddle, a Yankeo lawyer. In Willie Brook's story, "Tho Solar Machine," Ma-chine," In Harper's. "It probably doesn't do me nny good," I suld; "but I'd have troublo quitting It." "No, y'u wouldn't. Smoke this." He took from his vest pocket the fellow fel-low to tlio stogey in his mouth nnd tossed It across the table to me. "Bver hear how BUI Doollttlo lived on ten cents n week?" 1 confessed that Bill's economies had never been brought to my attention. atten-tion. "Wnl," said Blddlo, "he took dinner with n friend on Sundny, nn' ntu enough to last 'lm till Wednesday. Then he bought ten cents' wnth o' tripe, an' bo hnted tripe so like thunder thun-der thnt It lasted 'lm tho rest o' the week. These scegars work a good deal like that tripe. You take to smokln' 'em. an' y'u won't want more'n one or two n day." |