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Show Kt.W VK KIK TIIK Til K HMDM KTr H. Thla thermometer always hung out- y i side the pinch door In summer nnd in , the family sitting room In winter. Tha ,, rise nnd fall of Hie mercury had never ' -' . ' been explained to the small boy of the family, who regarded Hie Instrument i with great respect as a generatur of j, " best next In Importance to tho uiu I ' One cold day In March lie rushed la , from the burn and demanded: if, "Ms, glmme the thermometer quick." ' "What on earth do you want with j the thermometer?" I i. , "I want to hung It up In th sheep- ; pen; the new lambs r ehlvorln' i dreadful." ' f, |