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Show HER TOKEN OF LOVE By 8. E. KIBER. P r . -7-J3LL-." said Julio I Allison, jivhon her "&' husband had gono 5fnk upstairs, after it tossing a packago W W upon tl10 Drar- W 'Xv table, "I wondor TzggJbir what this is?" j-j B Sho did not per- I t3iL m,t llor curlos,ty r rrsLfl H to remain long un- fWJW satisfied. T"JZP' "For goodnesB sr-KS' sake," sho ojacu J8wfe5- Jatc t0 ncr80'f' Lg'Vfr with tho package undone, "if ho hasn't cono and bought a wholo year's supply of neckties 1 And I was going to get him neckties for Christmas. That's Just tho man of It I don't seo why ho couldn't havo waited a llttlo while. Let mo seo. I supposo I'll havo to get him a fob or something llko that now." I It wae on, thp following evening that Frederick Allison suddenly turned to his wife, after dinner, saying: "Oh, Juliet, I want to show you a fob that I bought for mysolf today. It's Just tho thing I'vo been wanting for a long tlmo." Juliet's enthusiasm ovor It was much forcod, as hor husband might easily havo seen, and porhaps did seo. After thoy had dropped tho eubject sho happened hap-pened to glnnco at his scarfpln and a now Joy sprang up within hor. She would get him a Bcarfpln for Christmas, Christ-mas, for his old ono was rather out of stylo and nover had been an oxpenslvo one, anyway. "By tho way, dear," Bald Allison tho next' evening, "I bought something today to-day that I'd llko to havo you look at" Of course, it was a scarfpln. Jullot know it would bo tho moment sho Baw tho tlssuo paper packago which ho fished out of his vest pocket. Sho pretended, pre-tended, with a bravo heart, to think it was vory protty, but sho farielod that sho could havo mado a better selection If ho had only permitted her to havo the chanco. At tho office Allison had told tho boys of tho Bplendld plan ho had hit upon for tho purposo of keeping his wlfo from buying Impossible things in tho Bhapo of Christmas presents for him, and It waB with great satisfaction that ho reported day after day how ho waa progressing. Christmas was only a week away and Jullot lay awako a long tlmo that night trying to think what present Bhe could get for her husband. Thero were tho now books, but ho had informed in-formed her that ho didn't want books. Thoy had alLthostandard.wark.la,tUQ. library, and ho nover read "any of tho modern novels. Ah, a happy thought camo to her. Somo- --v vi y whore sho had $fi y) Been a metal box Aj; jT in which cigars M tmY could bo kopt freBh to. fen RJX and moist Sho Sjhy?- yQt would get a box !wlfx5? of that kind tor&Q. tfrwtyx Frederick, dear oldj JfrA t0l fellow. It happen tVA(w A cd, howovor, that gySj Ws2 Frodorlok camo v-n"' JV-' j homo tho next eve- " 4 nlng with a metal IVWfl'Si cigar box and r, VtJ I enough cigars, as W w l ho cheerfully In M- formed hor, to last him all 'wlntor. Thon It was that tho iron entered Juliet Ju-liet Allison's soul. Sho decided to glvo up tho idea of making her husband a Christmas present that would bo in any wlso distinctive. Sho would merely mere-ly got him a pair of gloves and porhaps por-haps a few handkerchiefs. Hardly had alio adopted this resolution, howovor, bofore ho turned to her saying: "I happened to bo in Wlthoropoon's this afternoon to got somo shirts, and I thought I might as well lay in a supply sup-ply of gloves, handkerchiefs and bus-pendors. bus-pendors. They'll probably be sent out tomorrow." "I'm so glad," replied Juliet "You need gloves and handkerchiefs, too. Of course, I don't know bo much about your suepondors, and I supposo you bought all tho hnlMioso you'll " "Yes, I forgot to mention that I got a dozen pair." "And you havo all tho cuff buttons and studs and Buch thlnga that you need, haven't you?" "Enough to last mo a llfotlmo." Sho went back to her chair and sat for a long tlmo gazing at the flames which flickered around tho gaa log. Tho dally paper waB lying on tho tablo at her elbow, and hor glanco at length foil upon somo largo black letters which presently resolved themselves into words. Then sho read this advertisement: adver-tisement: : UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS f : OUR TEETH AT GREATLY RE- : : DUCED PRICES. Got Your Dear : : Ono a Bet Now. Satisfaction : : Guaranteed. : : MOLAR & CUSPID, : : Up-to-Data Dentists. : ,...T. On ChrlstmnB mornl,ng Frederick Allison was somowhat surprised whon his wlfo handed him a small plush caso, eaylpg: "Thoro, dear; Ib a set of things that you probably didn't think of when you wero buying everything you thought I might possibly want to give you for a present You don't need them yet, but you probably will somo day, and I thought It would bo nlco to get thorn how, seeing that thoy wore offered at a bargain." Ho opened tho cbbo, looked at the set of teeth It contained and said: "LetB.go to breakfast 1 want to bite into . fjomothlng. j |
