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Show TACT AND DIPLOMACY NEEDED. Drldget's Threatened Defection to De Stopped at Any Cost. "What's tho matter hero?" asked Urown, as ho came homo tho other evening, nnd found his wlfo getting dinner. "S-s-s-s-hl" sho roplled, as sho raised a finger In caution. "Who is that playing on tho piano In tho parlor?" "S-Rs-hl"" "Who havo you been serving chocolate choco-late and cake?" 'Ss-B-hi" "Hang- your 'S-s-s-h,' and toll mo what's going on nround this houso?" demanded tho husband. "You know, don't you, thnt tho longshoremen In Austrnlla havo gono on a strlko?" "I saw something of It in tho papers." pa-pers." "Well, llrldgot threatened to Btrlko In sympathy, and so I am coddling her up a bit to soo If I can't ward off tho blow. Pleusu go to the parlor nnd entertain hor whllo I got dinner din-ner I" |