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Show At the Dangerous Age. He was a nervous, fidgety young man. and he loooked with considerable apprehension at the woman next him, who held a baby, its face covered with a thick veil. The baby gave now and then a sharp cry, which the woman evidently tried to suppress. At last, after many anxious glances, the young man spoke. "Has has that baby any anything contagious?" he asked. The woman looked at him with a mixture of scorn and pity. " 'Twouldn't be for most folks," she said, in a clear, carrying tone, "but maybe 'twould for you. He's teething." teeth-ing." Youth's Companion. |