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Show 0(4 TH? FO0(JYSID lift CALL OF THE WILD. Speaking at a dinner, Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, referred to the good old vacation time, at:d related re-lated a story along that line. Two men were sitting at a lunch table in a city cafe. Outside the air was soft and balmy and everything In nature was a sweet allurement to buy a railroad ticket and hasten to the woods. "It is in my system," remarked one of the pair, glancing through the open window. "There is nothing so appealing appeal-ing as the call of the wild." "It may strike you that way, old fellow," smiled the second, "but right here I beg to cast a dissenting vote." "You don't know what you are talking talk-ing about, Jake !" enthusiastically returned re-turned the first. "Did you ever hear the call of the wild? Did you ever " "Yes," answered Jake, with something some-thing akin to a sigh. "From the head of the stairs the other night when I didn't get home until two o'clock la the morning." |