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Show Mrs. Gladstone was staying once ' J jpjj at a country house, and on a certain , ' ' jHH evening, having finished dressing be- ' (iH fore her husband, she descended to , the drawing room alone. In the S . jH drawing room three or four gentle- I QH men were discussing the misfortunes jB of Ireland. One of them, as 'she en- jj QjH tered, said: "I can't imagine what ' Sfl will be the fate of poor old Erin, but ! 9H there's One above who knows." fU "Yes," said Mrs. Gladstone, com- B placcntly, "he will be down in a min- j , & ute. He is up stairs brushing his 1 Xfl |