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Show honesty" had its limits Woman Resisted Temptation for a Time, But Finally Proved Herself Her-self Human. Somebody on tho back platform dropped n bundle. A woman saw It and picked It up. Sho was nn honest woman; uuvcrtholcss sho opened tho pockagu. It contained a waist pattorn of very pretty silk. When sho saw that Bho thanked her guardian angel sho had been created honest. "If I had boon an ordinary dishonest dishon-est thing," sho told her luiBband, "1 should keep this silk ns sura as anything any-thing nnd make It up for myself." "But since you aren't," said tho man, "what nro you going to do with It?" "Oh, tnke Is back to tho lost and found department of tlio storo where It was bought. Tho purchaser will probably Inquire for It there" Ono evening nbout two wcokB later tho woman appeared nt dinner In a new wnlst. "Hello," said tho man ndmlrlngly, "seems to mo I havo seen that beforo. Isn't It Bomethlng llko tho pleco of silk you found?" "It Is Just llko It," sighed tho woman. wom-an. "It Is tho samo pleco. 1 took It to tho lost and found department, but 11 couldn't stand It. 1 went around tho next day nnd usked for It myself." |