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Elbow-Room

CHAPTER XIII
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It is admirable--very admirable--for the purpose for which it was ordained.

We, of course, have outlived that dispensation, but it still contains many things that are useful to us, as, for instance, the--" "Was Moses married ?" shrieked Mr.Lamb.
"Married?
Oh, yes; the name of his father-in-law, you know, was Jethro, and--" "Who was his wife ?" "Why, she was the daughter of Jethro, of course.

I said Jethro was his father-in-law." "No; Jethro's wife, I mean.

I want to know to settle a bet." "No, that wasn't her name.

'Bet' is a corruption of Elizabeth, and that name, I believe, is not found in the Old Testament.


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