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America if I could have found such a spring as 

 that." 



" Spring ! " observed the Commissioner, with a 

 tone of mingled contempt and surprise, "the 

 people in your section cannot be accustomed to the 

 purest of water. Well we will do as you say," he 

 added resignedly. "I can find something better 

 than that, thank heaven. I forgot to mention that 

 we are out of champagne, but that is of no con- 

 sequence." 



" What is that ? " exclaimed the Superintendent, 

 evidently much taken aback by the announcement, 

 " no champagne did you say ? " 



"Yes," was the indifferent answer, "I only spoke 

 of it to let you know, but of course that is of no 

 importance whatever, we can readily do without 

 that." 



"No water," said the Superintendent, musingly 

 and apparently somewhat confused, "no bread, no 

 ice, no meat, and no champagne no champagne 

 I think we had better go for fresh provisions." 



