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Show JUST REVERSED. How Jlrldget Interpreted tho Dream That Wont ly Contraries. j An old Irishwoman, who has received i may boneAts nt the hands of a henovo- I lent, minister and his wife, is so shift- ( less that occasionally the Jargtj-heart- , ed couplo loao all patience with her; but she hnasueh a sense of humor, and such a beguiling tongue that she never fails to amuse them and Anally to win them back. At one time when money was given her to buy warm tindcrclotiilag with, she- wasted It upon a large ptiotograpu i nlbuirl. The. minster spoke to her ' with considerable severity, as d'd also j hU wife, nnd for some time Bridget ' reoehed no ealle fiom either of them. One afternoon, however, the rjIniFtw j relented ar,d stopped nt Bridget's door oa hit way to ee a sick woman. "Sbuve, and it's jnesljf that dreamed abfttit y"ou last uolffht, MUrther Wil- , 15am' aid Urldget, with .'bcaminfr ' smile. "Oidrcouied that you tuxl Mlnaus Williams cqiue here to bets me, on'l says you: ,'llow are you off for tay and coffee, Bridget?' and Oi says: 'Ifu ' niver a drop of aytber Oi've got in the house, Manlier Williams!' And thin you prcsinted mc wid a pound of tay, and Missus Williams wid a pound of coffoo on the shpot! Yls, sorr, that was me 'dream." - "Well, Bridget," said the minister, striving not to. smile, "you knowdreama are said to go by contraries." "'Shure, and that's fwhot 01 said to mesilf," exclaimed Bridget, triumphantly. triumph-antly. "Said Oi, 'Mlsther Williams is the wan that'll be giving me the coffee and Missus Willinms the tay!' Thim v. , 1' ;, thoughts, scr:." |