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Show JOSHUA HAD A NEW FOOD. Xe Wttutsd Some Boiled Wlitt, aad X&alstsd on Having It, But- , Didn't Sacowd. "J, r,ucindn," said Mr. Melstrimi, trim, according to .Youth's Com-piinion, Com-piinion, had jtifit returned from a visit to a farmer friend in the country, coun-try, "while 1 wnn at Longle.v'B I ate some whole wheat boiled. I liked it better than anything 1 over tasted. He gave tne u biimII jmi r Buck of the wheat ho we could cook BOinc ourselves. How long will It be before supper is ready?" About hnlf nn hour," answered Mrs. Melstrum. "Well, we'll have Botne boiled wheat, if you please. Here's the paper sack." "Hut Joshun, It Tflll have to bo cooked In a double boiler, and " "I don't care how you cook it. I'm hungry for some more boiled wheat." "Hut needier, Joshun! It will take" "It will ake a lot of cream nnd sugar; I know that. Hut we've got plenty of both. Put it on right away, will you?" Without unother word his wife took the wheat, washed It, emptied emp-tied It Into the "double boiler," and set it on the lire. At the end of hnlf nn hour Mr. Melstrum became impatient. "Lucinda," he called out from j the sitting-room, "isn't that wheat , ready yet?" "Not yet," responded MrB. Melstrum. Mel-strum. "How much longer is it going to take to cook it?" "Abut eleven hours and a half. I That's what I was trying to tell you, but you wouldn't give me a chance. Do you want to wait for it?" |