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Show An t'nllilnktng Jl.tb.r. In a dry goods store a Utile boy yet In dresses disturbed tbe pesce of hundreds hun-dreds of shoppers, mainly, though, be-cauto be-cauto there seemed to be nothing they could do for him. His mother, a wejl farming woman of amall Judgmenand experience, waa buying a bat Suddenly Sudden-ly tho lad by her aide began to ahrltk at If In severe pain or fright. The woman wo-man tried to soothe Mm, but he acrcamed jnore fiercely, upon which aha spanked him, A crowd gslhered and an attendant picked up tbe then thoroughly thor-oughly unnerved youngater and carried car-ried htm kicking and yelling Into an anteroom. There he atruggled and gasped until a woman put some pink candy In hla hands, For a moment It attracted blm. Then be crumbled It fiercely and cried hysterically again, A peppermint from a third woman Impressed Im-pressed him slightly, but ha did not gain self control until hla mother asked ask-ed him If he wanted to go out of doors. Like a stifling animal he shrieked, "Yesl" Tbe woman told ma that she could not understand It at all. He never had rich an attack before. Not by way of explanation, but Incidentally, Incidental-ly, ahe added that she and tho boy had Just landed from the Teutonlo the day before. He had been sick In his berth for six days. Poor child) poorer mother! moth-er! Not to see any connection betweei atx daya of alckness In a closed cabla and a nervous fit In a close store on the seventh) She never knew, tbe asld, be had aucb a temper. Oraca R, Drew In New York Preaa. |