at the coins and asked, "Well, how long might you have been saving up for this little treat?"
The Domestic Catechism.
While on business in the office of a printing-house the other day, a thin, tired-looking man entered, and, approaching the proprietor, said, "I want to have a list printed. Suppose you write it down as I tell you."
The proprietor made ready, and the man said: "Yes; I'm sure I locked the front door. Have yon got that?"
"Yes; but I don't understand."
"Never mind; don't interrupt me till I have finished. Are you ready?"
"Yes."
"I turned out the light in the bath room."
"All right; I've got it."
"The kitchen windows are fastened."
"Yes."
"The dog is in the cellar."
"Yes."
"I did not forget to put ashes on the furnace-fire."
"Yes."
"The servants are all in."
"Yes."
"The stable door is locked."
"Yes."
"No. the water is not running in the bath room."
"Yes."
"The kitten is out-doors."
"Yes."
"I turned off the draughts of the range."
"Yes."
"No, I do not smell smoke."
"Yes."
"I do not think I hear anyone trying to get into the house."
"Yes."
