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Show K , SPICE B ;j Hj j In one of his famous after-dinner Wtii ' speeches Horace Porter once told H this story: After having wrestled with Hr ,1 about thirty dishes at this dinner, and Hi after all this, being called upon to Hj' speak, I feel a great sympathy with that woman in Ireland who had had Hi I something of a field-day on hand. She Hi began by knocking down two some- H' what unpopular agents of her ab- kH I sentee landlord, and was seen later ' in the day dancing a jig on the stom- f " ach of the prostrate form of the Pres- Hi byterian minister. One of her friends H f admired her prowess in this direction H; and invited her in and gave her a H J good stiff v glass of whiskey. Her H , friend said, "Shall I pour some water H in your whiskey?" and the woman re- H plied, "For God's sake, haven't I had H trouble enough already today?" San H Francisco Argonaut. |