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Show ONE DAY BEHIND SCHEDULE, Boston Business Man Wanted to Take Time to Catch Up. Beveral years ago, when the Unlver slty of Chicago held its decennial celebration, John D. Hockefellcr wns Its guest for soveral days. A bowlld-I bowlld-I erlng succession of functions follorcrt one another In such quick succession that each affair was from ono to four hours late. At, tho great banquet on tho closing day, Mr. Hockofollor, In his after-dinner after-dinner speech, told tho following story: "I havo felt for the past 24 hours like tho Hostan business man who lived In tho suburbs and camo in to his ofllco every day. Ono winter afternoon after-noon ho took tho train for his home, hut n terrific snowstorm was raging, and about half way to his suburb tho train was snowed Ini All night tho passengers wero Imprisoned, but enrly In tho morning they managed to reach n near-by telegraph stntlon, and the Doston'man sent tho following dispatch dis-patch to his office: "'Will not bo in the ofllco today. Havo not got homo yestcrdny yet." Montreal Herald. |