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Show HAD LARGE JOB ON HAND. Stork Almost Ready to Go Out of Business on Ono Job. Entering his humble home, tho man was vnstly Rtartlod to meet tho stork j coming out; and when ho observed that tho fabled fowl was sweating at every poro, aa being under great stress, a consternation seized him. For ho was a poor man, who had already much ado to mako both ends meet. Indeed, his hair roso on end and bis volco all but stuck In his Jaws. "What aro you doing hero?" ho mado shift to gasp, by dint of great effort. "There's a pair of microbes in that pint of milk you bought fast night, and I'm having to bring them 14,000,-000,000 14,000,-000,000 Httlo ones every two hours," quoth tho stork, not In the best of humor. "I declaro I don't know whnt I should do if racu sulcldo had not como In coincident!' with tho germ theory." And ho hurried on, muttering mutter-ing under his breath, leaving tho man much relieved, albeit not a Utile astonished. |