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Show WHEN BILL LINGERED. Lettering on the Box Caused Wifey a Moment of Bewilderment. Bill Sprague kept a general store at Croyden Four Corners. One day lie set off for New York to buy a lot of goods. The goods were shipped immediately, and as Bill had lingered in New York sightseeing, they reached reach-ed Croyden Four Corners before him. The goods, in an enormous packing case, were driven to the general store by the local teamster. Mrs. Sprague came out to see what had arrived and, with a shriek, tottered and fell. "Oh, what's the matter, ma'am?" cried the hired girl. Mrs. Sprague, her eyes blinded with tears, pointed to the packing case, whereon was stenciled in large iblack letters: BILL, INSIDE National Na-tional Monthly. |