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Show Tit for Tat. Being of a literary turn and having plenty of leisure, both Mr. and Mrs. Gluppins contributed special articles occasionally to two different newspapers newspa-pers in the town where they resided. One day Mr. Gluppins picked up a manuscript his wife had just finished, and proceeded to look it over. s "That's very good, Bertha," he said, after completing his inspection, "but I see you use the phrase, 'well-known fact.' I wouldn't do that." "Why not?" she asked. "Well, if a thing is well-known, why mention it?" His wife said nothing in rejoinder at the time, but a few days later, while reading one of his articles in print, ehe found something to criticize. "Horace," she said, "I am surprised to see you using the phrase, 'self-evident.' " "What's the matter with that?" "Why, If a thing is self-evident, what is the use of calling attention to it?" Horace looked at her sharply over his glasses, but made no verbal response. re-sponse. Youth's Companion. |