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THE USE OF SPECTACLES.
The old Master of Arts had a great reputation in the house where he lived for knowing everything that was going on.

He rather enjoyed it; and sometimes amused himself with surprising his simple-hearted landlady and her boarders with the unaccountable results of his sagacity.

One thing was quite beyond her comprehension.

She was perfectly sure that Mr.Gridley could see out of the back of his head, just as other people see with their natural organs.