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Show REALLY NOT "SMITH'S FAULT Mre. Commutor Had Blamed Him Un-. Un-. duly, and Now Sho Wants the Law Changed. Even In town the commuter's wife had been subjeot to violent likes and dlslllwe, but In the suburbB her preju-dloe preju-dloe seomed intensified. Thoir neighbor neigh-bor on tho left was tho object of her eincerest arerslon "I think ho is the most soIflBh man I ever met," she eaid. "Such a contrast to Mr. Brown, on our right, who is the eoul of neighborly neigh-borly kindness." "On what do you base your estimate esti-mate of their character!" her husband hus-band asked. "FenceB," said she. "Just look at Mr Brown's fence. He has kept all tho ugly posts and croBBboards on his own side and has presented the omooth finished surface to us. But you don't catch Mr. Smith doing that No, Indeed. He looks out for number num-ber one and keeps tho nice side for himself, whilo we get all tho rough patchwork." "But that Is not Smith's fence," her husband argued. "It Is ours." "Ours?" she echoed. "How does that happen?" "It happons through a legal statute which provides that every man who wants his property fenced in must build part of the fence and keep the ragged edges on his own side. That IB the law." ' "How perfectly ridiculous," she Bald. "If wo continue to live In the country isn't thero some way it can be changed!" |