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Show Cured of Borrowing. "Well, I've found a way to stop tny neighbors from ' borrowing," said a young suburban matron gleefully. "You see," she explained, "we are not near any store, and, of course, sometimes some-times one has to depend on a neighbor in an emergency. But my particular neighbor seemed to have such emergencies emerg-encies nearly every day. And it was usually vinegar that she wanted. Now we are particular about our vinegar, and get the best variety, and of ifeurse when Mrs. Neighbor asked for vinegar we gave her our best. But when she returned it she sent a very cheap grade, which we were unable to use, and were obliged to throw out. "This was repeated so often that we began to weary of it, and suddenly a bright idea struck me. I carefully poured her cheap vinegar into a bottle and saved it. Next time she asked me to lend her vinegar I sent her own to her. The cure worked. She has never asked for another drop, and I suppose sup-pose she thinks I am a mean sort of neighbor. But I don't care.' Exchange. |