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Show SEMI-MOURNING, AS IT WERE Offer of That Red Skirt Made Caroline Caro-line Reconsider Her Dcmonstra. tlon of Sorrow. Every Sntunlny Caroline used to go forth on u cleaning Job. One tiny blie appeared robed In blncK. "What's the nmtterV" her employer nsltetl, "Oh, JIIkh Sophy," sho inoiuied, "my uncle lie Ih dead, 'nnd l'se gwlne to mourn, l'se gwlne to mourn for him four montliB." The liuly expressed Kympnthy nnd udded : "I had out that red sl;Irt of mlno for you. 1 thought you might llko It; but of course you won't wunt It now." "No, Miss Sophy; l'se gwinu to mourn four whole months." Next week brought Caroline as usual. "I been thinking 'bout thnt red skirt, AUkh Sophy," she said. "It'g Just the kind of a red skirt I like, und I believe from now on I'll mourn from tho waist up." Everybody's Magazine. |