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Show SAVED UNCLE RUFUS TROUBLE. Was Money Ahead Through Action of Unruly Furnace. Uncle KufuR wan one of the calmest and most equable of mortals. Nobody had ever seen him excited or Impatient. Impa-tient. IJut there came a time that tried him. The furnace In the basement base-ment of his house whs working badly. He had been experimenting with a new variety 0 coal, In which there was a considerable proportion of "slHck," and It did not seem to be burning. He threw open the door of the furnace, thrust the end of a long poker deep Into tho smoldering mass, and stirred It up vigorously. The result was startling. A fierce burst of (lame and smoke came forth, not only cnvoloplng Uncle Itufus, but blowing out the Hue capi in the rooms above and filling the house with t-oot nnd ashes. In the midst of the excitement Uncle Un-cle Itufus came up from the bnscment with his usual slow and regular step. HIr face was black with grime, his eyebrows end o dashes wero singed to a crisp, and what was left of his hair and beard was a sight to behold. He went Io a mirror and took a good look at himself. "Wnl," he said, slowl) and deliberately. deliber-ately. "1 was needing a shave an' a hair-cut anyway." Youth's Companion. |