After dinner stories by famous men : . )lied the innocent-looking negro, handing the admiral a general-de-livery letter. Bv Famous ^len 35 GENERAL J. , ex-Prcsi-dent of the UnitedStates Civil Serv-ice Commission,tells this tenderlittle story: Oneof my dearestfriends is a pastorof a rural evening wliileI was visiting him,a young couplecame to be mar-ried. The youngman was bashful. We—we wantyou to marry us, said the youth. Come in, said my friend, opening the doorwide, hoping to overcome their embarrassment. Will you be married with a ring.^ he asked. The young man turned a he
After dinner stories by famous men : . )lied the innocent-looking negro, handing the admiral a general-de-livery letter. Bv Famous ^len 35 GENERAL J. , ex-Prcsi-dent of the UnitedStates Civil Serv-ice Commission,tells this tenderlittle story: Oneof my dearestfriends is a pastorof a rural evening wliileI was visiting him,a young couplecame to be mar-ried. The youngman was bashful. We—we wantyou to marry us, said the youth. Come in, said my friend, opening the doorwide, hoping to overcome their embarrassment. Will you be married with a ring.^ he asked. The young man turned a helpless gaze on hiscom]ianion, who returned his look with one of equalhelplessness. Then he turned to the jjastor. Well, he said, at length, if youve got oneto spare and it can come out of the two dollars, Iguess shed like Cpynglit. G. B. Buck EX-GOVERNOR PKNWPACKER, of Pennsyl-vania, told this story reciiilly, apropos of the graft 30 After Dinner Stories scandals tliroiigli wliicli the State liad just passed: A minister before a hot election incidentallydiscussed the different candidates and concludedrather passionately with, God will govern Pennsylvania! The brief silence that followed was brought toan abrupt end by an indignant individual in thelast row who defiantly exclaimed in a ringing voiceaudible to the entire gathering, Ill wager twenty dollars he dont carry Pitts-burg. GENERAL FUNSTON tells a story of a soldierin the Philippines, who was nursed through therice fever. On his recovery he thanked the nurselike this: Thank you very much, maam, fer yer kind-ness. I shant never forgit it. If ever there wasa fallen angel, youre one. SENATOR McLEAN, of Connecticut, is a greatfisherman and hunter. Last spring he invited twocompanions to accompany him to a shooting-campin the North woods. When they ent
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