HEROES
THE PASSER-BY--"You took a great risk in rescuing that boy; you deserve
a Carnegie medal. What prompted you to do it?"
THE HERO--"He had my skates on!"--_Puck_.
MR. HENPECK--"Are you the man who gave my wife a lot of impudence?"
MR. SCRAPER--"I reckon I am."
MR. HENPECK--"Shake! You're a hero."
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.--_Emerson_.HIGH COST OF