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Show Growing Old Gracefully. It la Impossible to escape the yoke of time, but there Is a becoming as well as an unbecoming way of donning don-ning and wearing It. On a warm spring morning some yeara ago the late Captain Faulkner of Texaa waa walking along the highroad high-road when he met an old negro proceeding pro-ceeding alowly toward the village store. In order to get hla stock of groceries for the coming week. "Well. Uncle TrlmuB," said the captain, cap-tain, "how are you?" Tas. auh; yaa, suh; thank yoo. sub. Marse Faulkner; yaa, suh," returned Uncle Piimua. "Ah la feelln' good; Ah suttlnly la feelln' fine. Ah doan remember aa Ah evah felt no bettah In mah life, but some way rather Ah seem to be gettln' to de tabm of life w'en Ah'a Inokln' fer de low spote tn de fence." Craftsman. |