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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE.
trouble with Clorinda ? What; oh ! what does it all mean ?"
Highboy confessed he didn't quite know; but, having a keener intellect than his wife, it was not long before he awoke to the real truth of the situation as well as from the sleeping powders. Then he laughed.
"I see. Tit for tat. I put it in the tea. You put it in the wine, and — but who's the man? And what's this?" taking up the bag from the floor, and emptying it of its contents. "Oho ! a thief, and, oh, lor ! — serves him right. I see. I see. He must have taken a drink, and then " but Mr. Highboy could contain himself no longer. The tears rolled down his cheeks. "Say, dear, this is a far better enter
tainment than I should have had at the Lodge. No," he added, as his wife rushed to the window to summon the police. "Let the poor devil go. Pie's had his dose. So have we. Get up, Clorinda," shaking the girl. "Get up, and go to bed. Yes, you're all right. Don't be alarmed. There — there !" and he soothed her out of the room. "Now let the man have his sleep out. I daresay he wants it."
And later on, when Mr. and Mrs. Highboy were seated in loving proximity side by side, Mrs. Highboy said with a smile:
"They say it takes a woman to imagine gratuitous deviltry."
"Yes, my dear," acquiesced Mr. Highboy, "and a man to carry it out."
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