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Show His Probable Fate. "Waal, Eome ways I'd like to an' some ways I guess I wouldn't," said honest Farmer Bentover , when the suave dispenser of encyclopedias had paused in his siren song. "Ye see. If I was to sign for that 'ere cyclopedee in forty-seven parts, Includin' the index in-dex an' appendicitis, I'm sorter afraid I'd hev to work so hard to pay fer It thet I'd be too tired to enjoy readin It; while if I read it at my 'leesure, as I'd ort to, in order to git the good of it, 1 wouldn't hev time to earn the price. So, all things considered, I guess I'll hev to deny myself the privilege, priv-ilege, as it were. Looks sorter lika rain off to the northwest, don't it?" |