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Show WISHED TO BE EXACT. Husband Throws Damper on Young Wife's Enthusiasm. Now a prosaic man with n perverted sense of humor can bo very aggravating. aggravat-ing. Let that bo understood at tho outset. out-set. When sho broke In upon his meditations medita-tions she wns excited, as waB quite natural under tho circumstances. When tho first baby but we'ro coming com-ing to that. "Oh, George!" sho cried, "baby's cut a tooth!" Ho looked up nt her in a calm, mat ter-of-fact way that was quite chilling. chill-ing. "Nonsense! " ho returned. "But ho has!" sho protested. "I guess I know." "Nonscnso!" ho repeated. "You can't cut a tooth with anything short of dentist's den-tist's tools; you can break It, but you can't cut it, so don't talk about anything any-thing so foc'ilsh. And, even If ho did cut It or break it, It's only a first tooth." Ho picked up his book again, and for nil of ono evening sho never gnvo him anything but cold, reproachful glancoB. |