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Show Borrowing Ranny Tlce started borrowing the day he gut home from his wedding trip, and was too Indolent to unpack tho box of tools to gat the hatchet to chop kindling kin-dling wood so that this young wife could cook supper. He went over next door and picked up the hatchet from that woodpile, calling out that he Just wanted to use It for a minute. Presently young Mtb. Tlce ran out with a cup In her hand and borrowed two teaspoonfuls of baking powder from the same neighbor. She had forgotten for-gotten to order any when she bought supplies. Also she asked for a few mntches, ns theirs hadn't come. Thus nusplclously Inaugurating their career, they neglected no opportunity to bo consistent. As the years rolled on they borrowed bor-rowed at one time or another nearly near-ly everything In town, from tho minister's min-ister's black cont for Tlce to wear to an unexpected and Inconvenient funeral fu-neral to tho rtlmmels' baby carriage. The Illmiuels' babies had grown too big for the carriage nnd, as Mrs. Tlce said, what was tho uso of a perfectly useless thing like that standing Idle nnd cluttering up tho Itlmmels' woodshed, wood-shed, when she could utilize It? Tho Tlces borrowed their neighbors neigh-bors garden rakes, patterns, scissors, handkerchiefs, sliver forks und coffoe grinders. They were always Just out of lard, flour, chocolate or yeast cakes when company cairte. Thrifty people got Into tlie habit" of retiring to tho attic or the collar If thoy saw the Tlces headed their way. Still, In spite (f these drawbacks, the Tlces did very well In their line. |