But day before yesterday she was took worse, and she kep' on sinking until evening, when she gave a kinder sudden jump a couple of times, and then her spirit flickered.

Dead, you know.

Passed away into another world." "I'm very sorry." "So am I.And I called around to see if I couldn't get some of you literary people to get out some kind of a poem describing her peculiarities, so that I can advertise her in the paper." "I dunno; maybe we might." [Illustration: MR.

SMITH'S GRIEF] "Oh, you didn't know her, you say?
Well, she was a sing'lar kinder woman.

Had strong characteristics.