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Show Working the Oracle. "I -wish, John, that I had had more sense when we were engaged," said the wife thoughtfully. "Then I wouldn't have destroyed all the letters you wrote me in the eighteen months oi our courtship." The husband smiled in a gratified way. "I knew you would be sorry for that some day," he said. "Indeed I am," was the reply. " need a little extra money very badly Just now, and a man called today to buy old paper. How wasteful we were!" And automatically his hand sought his pocket. A resourceful woman seldom has to ask for money straight out. |