. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . er a half minutes silence, whydont you laugh? You dont see wherethe joke comes in! Mei-cy! Some oneis getting stupid. You truly dont seeit? Poor boy. Ill do like you usedto do when I couldnt understandthings, and draw a map, and - no Iwont! Wait. Now untie that bun-dle. There! No, dont cut it. Yourejust like a man. You havent a bitof patience, and—all right, cut it!There! Now, you see a b;ink-l)Ook!And now, behold, a box full of oddsand ends of silk, and—the joker- abox of meat, all
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . er a half minutes silence, whydont you laugh? You dont see wherethe joke comes in! Mei-cy! Some oneis getting stupid. You truly dont seeit? Poor boy. Ill do like you usedto do when I couldnt understandthings, and draw a map, and - no Iwont! Wait. Now untie that bun-dle. There! No, dont cut it. Yourejust like a man. You havent a bitof patience, and—all right, cut it!There! Now, you see a b;ink-l)Ook!And now, behold, a box full of oddsand ends of silk, and—the joker- abox of meat, all sizes and all shapes,fresh from the store, and from Tom,Dick, and Maggies plates, and guaran-teed to stuff any living dog to theexploding point. Youre still gropingfor the joke? Oh, you poor boy you—you you oh, suppose you wereworking in the lost and found depart-ment of the Central, or that you wereon the train, and picked up this packageand opened it! What would you thinkof such a combination of things? Whatwould you think of the one who hadcarried it and lost it? \^hat would you THE SUBURBANITE 17.
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