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Show YOUTH WAS A LITTLE BITTER Uncle's Quite Natural Desire Did Not Seem to Him to Be Altogether Reasonable. Howard is quite a spendthrift. His Dnly living relative is an old uncle who is not; and there are other differences differ-ences between Howard and his uncle, un-cle, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. However, one day not long ago our young hero more or less diffidently approached ap-proached his avuncular relative with the intimation that it would .be a graceful thing for the old chap to loosen up.' "Young man," said the uncle, "you are a spendthrift. If I had money I would not give it to you. But I have no money. You seem to think I have a treasure hidden away somewhere. Get rid of that notion. I have saved up a sum large enough to bury me decently de-cently when I die, and that is all. Now, get out!" A friend of Howard asked him a lit tle later in the day why he looked so thpughtful. 'I was Just wondering," he said, "n'here that old fellow got the idea that he ought to be buried decently." |