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"Have any trouble in getting your money back?"
"Not a bit," replied the dissatisfied purchaser. "But I got the worst of it, as usual. The price of the article had jumped so by the time I got back to the store that they made a profit by getting it in stock again."
Jean longed for a kitten. When illness made it necessary for Jean to go to the hospital, her mother said:
"I will make a bargain with you, Jean. If you will be a brave little girl about your operation, you shall have the nicest kitten I can find."
Jean took the ether, but later, as she came out from under the anesthetic, she realized how very wretched she felt. The nurse leaned over to catch her first spoken word.
"What a bum way to get a cat!" moaned the child.—Harper's.
The most cheerful sign is that counterfeiters are again finding it worth while to make money.