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Show Crs CcoJ Trait Th:.t Villas s Dad iii Had !"' l:!'e- Chuuncey M. I i - ''' . ,-, , a y.mug criKt one day for a i.u;U criuclsiu. "I'd like to Foe more of the Kin K. ul spirt in your work, my boy,'' t?.,. great man said. Kin KincaiJ, you know, was noteJ f,,r his charity and loving kindness. ; NV.cr a slanderous word passed his 'Well, the bad man of the village died in due course, and they nil roasted roast-ed Mm at the general store the ufter-n.M.n ufter-n.M.n of the funeral, T'he'y roasted him hard. They pointed out that be was a drunkard and a miser, a wife beater and a liar, a thief and a scandal-monger, a coward, a usurer and a raUe. Kin Kincaid listened to all that talk with a little smile of disapproval, disapprov-al, and finally the general storekeeper s;iid to him: " 'Now, Kin, don't you look so hurt. Ain't everything wot's been said about that old cuss true? Can you name one meritorious trait. Jest one, hat he ever showed?' 'Well,' said Kin, 'you boys'll have to admit that he certainly had a good appetite.' " |