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Show J Man Mast Qave a CooIl. i Man always needs a cook. A college ! professor, bereft of his wife, who had done his housework for years, engaged a cook at greater wages than . had been the allowance he gave his wife. He bargained bar-gained for punctuality. "1 must have my dinner at 12," he Btated. "I can't get it ready till 1 o'clock," Bbe answered. He yielded and changed the hour of his college recitation. The next week she demanded a new stove, as the old one was too low "It coats too much," he expostulated- "I can't afford to hurt my back," she replied. He knew it was not so easy to find another an-other good cook, and bought the stove. A week later she desired hira to send for ' the carpenter that the back staircase might be changed. Then he dismissed I her and became a boarder. Which was I the cheaper thing to do? Pittsburg Dispatch. |