"It may be a day or two.” said the
delinquent young man to Mrs. llash
em, "or it may be a week. Indeed
1 won’t say that a month may not
elapse before my affairs mature. But
1 have reasons to think that 1 will be
able to pay you.”
And as the landlady turned away
she said she fully understood now what
was meant by "a vague roomer.”—
Ilf mliiiiytuu Cost.
Baby's Foot is Jake a Monkey's.
• How many people have ever taken
notice of a baby’s foot, except to ad
mire its pinkness and preltinessP”
said a well-known scientist. “And
\et to the anatomist it is a revelation.
Take for example, the tootsies of a
child of 10 months that has never
walked or stood alone. It has a power
of grasping to some extent and is used
instinctively like a hand. The great
toe has a certain independent working,
like a thumb, and the wrinkles of the
solo resemble those of the palm.
These markings almost entirely dis
appear after the pedal extremity has
come to bo employed for purposes of
support and locomotion.
