Judge — December 24, 1898 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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ae IN THE GIRLS’ GYMNASIUM. ErneL—‘* So you gave Charley the mitten? How did you go about it?” Epita—" Why, [invited him to put the * mits’ on with me for five minutes and gave it to him in the ‘ jugular ‘—and he tumbled.” SHE KNOWS BETTER. 66 NO,” said Mrs, Hungerford decidedly, “I shall never again request my husband to give me useful presents at Christmas.” “ You have had some experience in that line, have you 2” replied Mrs. Sterlingworth expectantly. “T have.” “Well, let me have the story, if you please. “It was the first Christmas of our married life. Our income was decidedly small and there were many things we needed to furnish our little home, such as rugs—you know how one always needs rugs ?” Mrs. Sterlingworth nodded. “Oh, then we needed many other things too. Our table-silver was very short, for our friends had no opportunity to send us wedding- presents, Owing to the fact that there had been recent bereavements in my family as well as my husband's, our wedding was a quiet one and many of our friends knew nothing about it until it was over, and of course we couldn't ex- ct presents then, “ Certainly no “Well, I thought that if I told Robert that he was to give me useful presents only at Christmas he might give me some silver, or a rug or two.” “Well, didn’t he ?” “Oh, dear, no, Men are so stupid !” “ What did he give you ?” “ Well, on Christmas eve a big grocer's wagon drove up and the man preceeded to carry to the kitchen door a great varicty cf packages. There was a sack of flour, a box of laundry-soap, a sack of ‘buckwheat flour, three brooms, a scrubbing-brush, and a lot more things of that sort. * [didn’t order any groceries to-day,’ I said to my husband. As that was part of my duties with which he never interfered, I could not understand it. But he replied, ‘It’s all right, my dear. I ordered them myself.’ ‘ Why did you order them?" I asked. ‘ They are for your Christmas gift, replied he. ‘My Christmas gift?’ I re>eated, for I could not comprehend even then, ‘ Yes," said he. ‘You know you made me promise to give you useful presents only. I think that you will find ** Two tickets I'll take for Grand View, On the train that will leave at 2:02. he tenia. thes, wil Leave every article quite useful.’ With that he resumed the reading of his paper. I could just have cried. Jost how much they will be?" The very idea of his sending me a Christmas present like that! But I learned a lesson. I never “2.02 for the two at 2:02.” tell him now to get me only useful presents as Christmas gifts. No. indeed !" wrusaw weney sivrrer. comicbooks.com