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Show '. 5PICE I ' V There was a couple who had two children, a boy of fourteen and a girl H i of twelve. About that time of life H f another baby came along. With that u prudishness so commonly found, the Hji parents took the greatest pains that Hn the children should not know anything L about the condition of their mother Bf or the impending event, and when the 'jK time approached the girl was sent p on a vacation to some relatives in an- y other city. At last the great event 1 took place, and the father came ana Hfl said to the boy: "Johnny, you have a BK new baby brother." The boy said HI nothing. The father sat down at his H desk and in a few moments handed H the boy a telegram. "Take that to H ; the telegraph office," he said, "ana H ' send it to sister. Here is a dollar to H pay the charges." The boy came H back after a while and handed his H father the change. "What," said the H father, "that telegram cost more than H 35 cents, didn't it?" "Oh, yes," the H boy replied, "the one you wrote H ' would have cost more. I sent one of H' i my own." "You did," the father said, H " and what did you say?" "Oh," the H lad replied, "I just wired sister: 'I H win, it's a boy.'" San Francisco H Argonaut. Hi |