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Show 'Child of Prosperity. A true tale i told of an old man who had attained prosperity. Having built hlmsclfji.ricw.Jiotise, ho declared that it wai ndb,'fpln to ho a uiqro plocb to livo jti, fbuttWiS goinK to I nvo all tho llfrllls.'' I I Anywayxh had an oneiric bell fitted, thun a dltffnctWplty to tho neighborhood.. neighbor-hood.. 'Jf Ouo Sunday Afternoon Joo Brlggs, a neighbor, called. It was hot weather, andaU theIniows were open, but the front"doorJ-wa3,sbht. Joe knocked tlm,-idly, tlm,-idly, brit tln farnier took no heeiL Joo knocked:aktn fonder. "Still np reply. Joo grewf reinve and Knocked again with forcelt: Still the ownor of he mansion man-sion rewaincd;imnquil. Joe.atijPtKzled and offended, .for he knew Die follts were 'at home, Onqe more be .trSfed-k loud, continued knock that resosSded ovor the entiro place, whereupon' thynotticd owner yelled: "Ring tho doorbelb confound yel Don't yo know nothln'?" Weekly Telegraphy |