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Show A NIGHTMARE POSTER. Stao Was Sure of Ono Hundred Dollars at H Least for tho I'lctaro Ho l'nlntoi!. H She invoke with a start and there was H a little cry of nlarm on her lips as the H sat tip in bed. For a moment she cltd H not fully realize where she was. Then H she missed her husband from her side H ' nnd n hopeful expression lit up her face. H ' Propping herself upon one elbow she H proceeded to listen. It was as she hml H . hoped. In a few moments she heard H her husband out in the other room. He H was uttering shrill cries of terror and ' seemed to be trying to rout some H enemy. H "lie's got 'em again," remarked his H wife, after she had listened to the H sounds fc:' a little while.' "I thought H that lust hot-scotch would fetch him " H Getting out of bed, she went into H the other room and lit all the gas Jets. H Her husbar.d wis rushing up und (lour. H the room In it frcn.y, first pointing at H . one of the corners and then running H Ids thin, lapcring fingers through his H ' longhair. H "Do yen rce them all?" ashed his H , wife, anxiously. H ' "Yes," he replied, In n hoarse vo!c,; "there Is the girl with the green hair. 1 . over near thi bookcase, the pink dug is H , . tip in thoch.v.ulelicr, while you'll find the H v horse w!;h tin purple mani in tlieuard- H robe, where 1 ehaccd him awhile ago." H There was a ha pj-y smil" on t ho v: L-'z B . . face ns she r.iinhtcied to her hupbsnti's M needs. First she wrapped him careful" H ly in a large shawl and then led him Id H a. chair, in which she fastened him by M means of a clever arrangement of H straps, which allowed his arms to be M free. Then she drew an ense! with v. B fresh canvas on it before him, tied his-H his-H . ' pallet in position and placed his paint B ' and brushes within reach. "I'll he nil right now.'' he said. "If B you'll only give me a nip out of :ht B bottle to brace me tip.',' m "I hope so, Lorenzo" she returned. H "We owe two months' rcrt nnd the m grocer has become rather tiresome " H After putting her arm around his me' M and kissing him she went back to ); '. m When sho awoke in the morning ai"" M went into the other room to turn t. H the lights her husband was puttnu i! m fminshing touches to a new M poster. ' It will fetch $100," nujvm urt d H the wife, as she saw that her hu&'cunt ' m had faithfully reproduced ail the m'.ii- H strositics he hud seen while in thti Jim jams. N. Y. World. |