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Show 3 ; Not Due to Ignorance. '' HJ Dr. Ilrlggs received a note from a ( farmer living back qulto a ways in tho ,1 !, country, rcauestlng him to como nit llj jHJ quickly ns posslblo to sco his chili) . flj who wob very sick with "a very bad B cold." i i ' iiVJ Tho doctor examined tho child and j ,;i' lB then turned to tho mother. li i JfB "Don't you know," ho asked, "thai Ml wjSH your llttlo girl Is coming down with f, M tho measles?" J) JB "Yes, doctor," was tho woman's ro- j' B ply, "I know sho was." , I !' ffifl "Then why in tho world," nskod tho ; ! hvAj doctor, "did you wrlto mo that sho had ;ilBI a very bad cold?" , ! ! Tho womnn hpsltatcd, for n moment, t, Bb then, looking nt her husband, said, ( !B with sullen franknoss: "Neither him nor mo know how to i ' ' M rS 'measles. "National Monthly. , IBM |