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Show Large or Small Fish? Yon must be on your good behnvf'T this evening, George, for the minHur. in to take dinner with ,u.,"' snid a lly.it t-ville t-ville lady to her "worser" half, as he got home from his office in the city last Thursday. "NV11, I know he U fond of fish, mi I brought quite a pfring of small river fish and several large ones from the dam." 'I'm not imit'h at doing the honors when we have a minister at the table," said George ; "but I guess we can get through it all right," Half an hour later they were seated at the table and a blessing had been aked by the minister. A little nervously the head of the house began dishing out the vegetables, and turning to the guest, said: "Will you have some of the little river tish or would you prefer some of the dam big tish?" The warning kick from under the table from his wife was unnecessary. He knew he had blundered, and cold beads of perspiration started out pf his forehead, "I mean" trying to tepair tho error "will you trj' some of the dam river fi6h or some of the u'.fc fish ?" . Worse, and more of it I His, daughter slyly pulled his coat tail to bring him to his senses. "That is, would vou like some of the river fish or sonc of the other dam fish?" . The deep carnation spreading over the good lady's face, he plunged once more: "Ahem I Which of the dam fish do you prefer anyhow?" Exchange. |