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Show I WANTED TO 3EE IYI K . An old lady, very decently dressed, and otherwise respectable in appear' ance, entered tho office of tho Con. Virginia this afternoon and inquired t with great earnestness if Mr, Fail ; was in. "Because," remarked the old lady, "I want to seo him very much." ! "Business important?" re-pcctfu'.ly inquired a book-keeper. 'Ycb, air." ''Well, ho Un't in just now; he up al his house with L. O. Mills, hav , iug a consultation. If it's anything very pressing, however, I might eond for him." "I wish you would," said Lhe visitor. "Then you'd better cive me your name and business. You know his time is juet worth $1 a second, and he ahvaya wants people to send word what they want of him before ho will leave the house and come down hero to at(nd lo them." "Well, I've gut something hero 1 want to show him," answered tho dame, taking a small and carefully-covered carefully-covered basket from beneath her Bhawl, "and while somebody's gone for Mr. Fair I'll show it to you." She uncovered her basket and displayed dis-played with business like briskness about three pounds of colorBd candy, wrapped up in two or throe dozen little paper pokes. ' 'This here I bcII for ten cents a bag. Them big ones goes for two bits. Buy some?" The book-keeper staggered back, cast a look of amazement at tho un-rullled un-rullled old woman, and remarking faintly that he wouldn't tear Mr. Fair away from Mills just then, brsught four bite worth and asked her lo call again if it was convenient. I Virginia City Chronicle. |