Judge — February 7, 1925 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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re _* “The weather forecast says colder.” “Why tell it to me? Paste it up where the janitor can see it.” My Muriel ™: BUT us wari out. this morning!” Muriel as I entered our iit t ow and held my hands over the radiator. and pick some » but didn’t Muriel looked at me “Warm!” she exclaimed looked at the thermometer half an hour ag: outside!” “Did you?” IT laughed. “Well, perhaps it has got warm since then Half an hour is quite a long time!” Muriel’s face showed perplexity 5 looked out of th “Well, if it's warm,” st ing me with some doubt, * you holdin and it was six ab window said, € hat a your hands over the radiator for?” “Oh, my dear, that was a joke Don't you understand. I said. it was warm because it is so cold!” T don’t understand any such foolishness at all. And if it is so cold how could there be any violets in blossom in the fiel I walked toward her with smiling face. Vhy, little pet, don’t you n they use sometimes, just the joke to think of picking violets in such cold Wit—that’s all. Don’t see. That's just an expre: She glared at me angrily. “No, I don't see at all. If it’s cold out why don’t you say so, and what under the sun do you want to talk about stopping to pick violets for when you know there are no violets. T think you are just as silly as you can be. The next time you come in and it’s cold, say it’s cold, and then T'll know what you are talking about, and don't talk about wanting to stop to pick anything unless it's there to pick!” “Tl remember, ny love,” T said meekly. William Sanford © What a whale of a difference just a few cents make The man who built him cause he wanted “seclusion.” 23 comicbooks.com