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[Mcclaugherty <dis...@co...>]

Fter that the bright; First the thick cloud, and then the rainbow's arc:
First the dark grave, and then resurrection light. --_Horatius Bonar_.
OUT OF THE WRONG POCKET Mr. Taggard frowned as he observed the pile of
bills by his plate, placed there by his prudent, economical wife, not
without an anxious flutter at the heart, in anticipation of the scene
that invariably followed. He actually groaned as he read the sum total.
"There must be some mistake, Mary" he said, pushing back his plate, with
a desperate air: "it is _absolutely impossible_ for us to have used all
these things in one month!" "The bills are correct, John," was the meek
response; "I looked them over myself." "Then one thing is certain,
provisions are either wasted, thrown out the window, as it were, or
stolen. Jane has relatives in the place, and I haven't the least doubt
but that she supports them out of what she steals." Mrs. Taggard's
temper was evidently rising; there were two round crimson spots upon her
cheeks, and she tapped her foot nervously upon the floor. "I am neither
wasteful, nor extravaga