kward to have people afraid
of him. As he turned to leave the square, for the exhibitor of the show
had run off in the general panic, he could see people looking at him
from third-story windows, and pointing at him with outstretched fingers
and mouths agape.

"'Really,' thought Thomas Tubbs, 'I never expected to be such an object
of interest. I think I'll go home.'

"His house was a mile off, but so large were his strides that five
minutes carried him to it.

"Now Mrs. Tubbs was busy putting the dinner on the table, and wondering
why her husband did not make his appearance. She was fully determined
to give him a scolding in case his delay was so great as to cause the
dinner to cool. All at once she heard a bustle at the door. Looking into
the entry, she saw a huge man endeavoring to make his entrance into
the house. As the portal was only seven feet in height, it was not
accomplished without a great deal of twisting and squirming.

"Mrs. Tubbs turned pale.

"'What are you trying to do, you monster?' she faltered.

"'I have come home to dinner, Mary,' was the meek reply.

"'Come home to dinner!' exclaimed Mrs. Tubbs, aghast. 'Who in the name
of wonder are you, you overgrown brute?'

"'Who am I? asked the giant, smiling feebly, for he began to feel a
little queer at this reception from the wife with whom he had lived for
fifteen years. 'Ha! ha! don't you know your own husband--your Tommy?'

"'My husband!' exclaimed Mrs. Tubbs, astonished at the fellow's
impudence. 'You, don't mean to say that you are my husband?'

"'Of course I am,' said Thomas.

"'Then,' said Mrs. Tubbs, 'I would have you know that my husband is a
respectable little man, not half your size.'

"'Oh, dear!' thought Thomas. 'Well, here's a kettle of fish; my own
wife won't own me!'

"'So I was,' he said aloud. 'I was only four feet six; but I've--I've
grown.'

"'Grown!' Mrs. Tubbs laughed hysterically. 'That's a likely story,
when it's only an hour since my husband went into the street as short as
ever. I only wish he'd come in, I do, to expose your imposition.'

"'But I have grown, Mary,' said Tubbs piteously. 'I was out in the
crowd, and I couldn't see what was going on, and so I wished I was ten
feet high; and, before I knew it, I was as tall as I am now.'

"'No doubt,' said Mrs. Tubbs incredulously, 'As to that, all I've got
to say is, that you'd better wish yourself back again, as I sha'n't own
you as my husband till you do!'

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