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Show J)1I IT FINJU. v One eening a lady, who had. engaged en-gaged a girl as general servant, asked her if she could manngo to poach half a dozen eggs for suppor. The girl quickly replied that she could do that right enough. "Very good," said her mistress. "I'll just see what you can do " and went awny. Shortly afterward she had occasion to call the girl again, but to her groat astonishment sho could not be found In tho house. Presently she came tripping trip-ping in with her hat and jacket on, smiling radiantly. "I've got 'em all right, mum," sho isald; "half a dozen beauties." "Half a dozen beauties!" repented Jier mistress. "What do you mean?" "Eggs, mum," she said, smiling. "But there are plenty of eggs in tho house "without buying more," remarked re-marked her mistress. "Law, mum, I didn't buy 'em' You told me to poach 'em, and 1 did it fine. You see," she added, by way of information, "my father and brothers do a bit of poaching, so I knew in a minute what you meant." |