“I thought as you do,” said Blabb. “Mr. Blabb was a very fine man in many ways, but he certainly could put Annanias and Sapphira in the cool shade when he found it expedient; and he was an awful man. You see they always commence by getting up a reputation for veracity, so they can tell you anything.”
“Although I have never been married, thank the Lord, I must say I have seen enough of men to know that they are dreadfully untruthful,” said Slabb, and she shivered in a way to suggest that the very idea of a man gave her a cold chill, while everyone knew that her single state was no fault of hers and she would give her eyes to call anything in the shape of a man MINE.
The young married woman went home thoughtful, the poison working in her mind. She wept a little and wondered how much truth there was in that she had heard, and if Willie was really what he seemed.
Blessed are the pure in heart.
9 TO 5
Nine to five for a starter to show the new Commish,
That they are doing something and to carry out some crank’s wish.
Nine to five for the worker; nine to five for the sot;
Stay at your desk and wait for the hour, whether there’s work or not.
Nine to five is good odds! Let us make them true,