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until my wife called me up on the 'phone, and the 

 following conference ensued : - 



'"Hullo?" interrogatively. 



"Hullo," responsively and confirmatively. 



"Is that you?" 



" 'S me." 



"Well, for goodness' sake stop these men 

 spreading any more of that horrid old manure. 

 It smells so- Hullo! hullo!! hullo!!! Why 

 don't you listen ? dreadfully that we can't 

 stand it. We have shut every window and door in 

 the house, and of course the steam is just sizzling, 

 and- Hullo!" 



"Why don't you tell them to stop?" 



"I have talked and talked to them, and they 

 said you told them to put it all on to-day and not 

 to stop for any one." 



"Call one of them to the 'phone." 



"What?" 



" Call one of them to the 'phone, and I will talk 

 to him." 



" What in the world are you thinking of ? Do 

 you suppose I will have one of those smelly men 

 right off a dump-cart all over my floor ? You 

 must come up." 



"Well, I'll come in a few moments." 



" Now do hurry. It is perfectly dreadful ! Oh, 

 dear! I wish the plaguy place had been sunk 

 before you ever bought it. Good-by." 



