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A QUICK REPLY

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 1, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 5.

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A QUICK REPLY.

THAT quick wit is not confined to cities was proved last spring by a young woman who was rambling along one of our roads.
She was dressed smartly; and, when she met a small, bare-legged urchin carrying a bird's-nest with eggs in it, she did not hesitate to stop him.
"You are a wicked boy!" she said. "How could you rob that nest? No doubt the poor mother is now grieving for the loss of her eggs."
"O, she don't care," said the boy, edging away, "she's on your hat!"—Cape Ann Advertiser.