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MRS. PARTINGTON'S IDEA OF HUMOR.
“What is your opinion of the humor of Hawthorne,
Mrs. Partington?” asked a young neighbor that had
been reading “Twice-Told Tales.”
“I don't know,” said she, looking at him earnestly;
“but if you have got it, you 'd better take something
to keep it from striking in. Syrup of buckthorne is good
for all sorts of diseases of that kind. I don't know about
the humor of Hawthorne, but I guess the buckthorne
will be beneficious. We eat too much butter, and butter
is very humorous.”
There was a slight tremor in his voice, as he said he
would try her remedy, and a smile might have been
perceived about his mouth, next day, when she asked
him, with a solicitous air and tone, how his humor was.
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