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Show oo ADAM'S DISTINCTION. Pat who had been summoned for "beating his wife, did all he knew to put the blame onto his mother-in-law, and, In consequence, was chided by the court for his lack of -gallantry. "Why people should think it clever and right to malign their mothers-in-law I don't know," remarked the magistrate. mag-istrate. , "Is chivalry quite dead among us? I could," he added, "tell you of men who never once said an unkind word to their mothers-in-law, who never had the bad taste to complain com-plain about their mother-in-law's actions, ac-tions, who never " "I only know of one, your honor," interrupted Pat. The magistrate scowled. "And if you want to know his name, your honor,"- --went on Pat, "it's Adam." |