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Show j "You are a ma uager." i "Now ilils Mrs. Shnrpleigh I want i her to if-1; mi' t assist :it her reception, recep-tion, so I'll give lu'i tin' cut -gin ,s bowl hat is 1,, 1 large for our talde. Let 111c see. it was from Sue. ny was it Mr. Smith? No matter which; it looks handsome." "The very ill on! I have to pass ICva'siir.a ciin d.diver Iht present." "(lood. I ll lake Mrs. SSmrpleigh's myself will In; a good chance for her to as!: me about thr reecpi ion." Mr. Tawdrcr, comin.'r 1io:lu witli a long countenance, found his wife in the iliirit. "Dili you deliver Eva's present?" she asked in :in anxious tone, "ami was it all ri.:M.'" "1'ni afrai'l not. Dura was there, and she rec ieil it 1",' a place inside where M... ill; w;,., stained. " 1 ' 'Oil. 111 'H'v !" she burst into tears; "what shall I do?" Was Mis. Sharpleigh pleased?" "O, Algernon, how shall I ever tell vou'.' It was the very bowl she had ',rHvn us hers.. If ?.he recognized it by :i. tiny tla w in the bottom; she says -he will never speak to me again us 'one; as she lives!" A WULL-liALD PLAN. Young Mr. Tawker was going over hi;; New Year's accounts. His countenance counte-nance betrayed a fact he would never confess to Angelica that love in a cottage cot-tage is much more expensive on paper bearing I he head work of grocer or butcher than on Hint on which the young couples make their calculations. Angelica, perfectly aware of this fact, had considerately left I he room; when the bills were put away she returned. "Algernon." she said, "we really mual make some New War's gifts." "Hut, dear, we really "tityt eeono- "Hnt see what a splendid plan I've devised. You know we received some lovely things when wc were, married?" ".Mostly useless ones, though." "The more suitable for presents. Well, I've decided to you'll never1 guess to use some of them for New . Yci.r's gifts." "What a head you have! Hut you mn: t b,' careful." "I will. I remember just who gave each one." "Let's do lh"in up at once, then." "This handkerchief case was from Dora; it is too limp to use, so I'M give "vou Ai.i; A M A NAli 1! i:. A.V,. l:M,'A." I i it lo Ewi UnviiiL' so mnny 1 .;j 1 . T i-i. she r.rvt'r ,f",i- 71 n W, hi' ii1, s. , think it I tin- lali-tl H i,'." ; S,l,-n,k.l:" -iMi't I? Thi pi.'kl,' mA.v Km,' fravt' ils:!1h:tt can t', l ain,-.- tu-v i don't spi-iflx. so ii)'w. will never je it." |