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rty-ninth Deuteronomy, sixty-forth to ninety-seventh inclusive. I think we ought all to read it often. Pause. Perhaps so; I generally use a hair pin. Pause. What did you say? (ASIDE.) Children, do be quiet! Pause OH! B FLAT! Dear me, I thought you said it was the cat! Pause. Since WHEN? Pause. Why, _I_ never heard of it. Pause. You astound me! It seems utterly impossible! Pause. WHO did? Pause. Good-ness gracious! Pause. Well, what IS this world coming to? Was it right in CHURCH? Pause. And was her MOTHER there? Pause. Why, Mrs. Bagley, I should have died of humiliation! What did they DO? Long pause. I can't be perfectly sure, because I haven't the notes by me; but I think it goes something like this: te-rolly-loll-loll, loll lolly-loll-loll, O tolly-loll-loll-LEE-LY-LI-I-do! And then REPEAT, you know. Pause. Yes, I think it IS very sweet--and very solemn and impressive, if you get the andantino and the pianissimo right. Pause. Oh, gum-drops, gum-drops! But I never allow them to eat striped candy. And of course they CAN'T, till they get their teeth, anyway. Pause. WHAT? Pause. Oh, not in the least--go right on. He's here writing--it doesn't bother HIM. Pause. Very well, I'll come if I can. (ASIDE.) Dear me, how it does tire a person's arm to hold this thing up so long! I wish she'd-- Pause. Oh no, not at all; I LIKE to talk--but I'm afraid I'm keeping you from your affairs. Pause. Visitors? Pause. No, we never use butter on them. Pause. Yes, that is a very good way; but all the cook-books say they are very unhealthy when they are out of season. And HE doesn't like them, anyway--especially canned. Pause. Oh, I think that is too high for them; we have never paid over fifty cents a bunch. Pause. MUST you go? Well, GOOD-by. Pause. Yes, I think so. GOOD-by. Pause. Four o'clock, then--I'll be ready. GOOD-by. Pause. Thank you ever so much. GOOD-by. Pause. Oh, not at all!--just as fresh--WHICH? Oh, I'm glad to hear you say that. GOOD-by. (Hangs up the telephone and says, "Oh, it DOES tire a person's arm so!") A man delivers a single brutal "Good-by," and that is the end of it. Not so with the gentle sex--I say it in their praise; they cannot abide abruptness. EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE These two were distantly related to each other--seventh cousins, or
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