Show c THEY APOLOGIZED A certain celebrity says London Tit Bits had written a lecture in which he had given full play to his robust hu humor humor humor mor and in order to try it went to a little remote tow town The people of the place were very seriously affected by the prospect of so great and famous a man coming among them and the hall ball was filled As the lecturer entered u 3 hush fell upon the audience The poor country people were solemnly impressed by Iby the pres presence presence presence ence of such a man In his very best spirits he began his lecture It was his intention to set his audience in a roar of laughter at the very beginning but his effort was In vain The people sat there in openmouthed wonder swallowing his tremendous fiction as a great groat and beneficial truth For an hour and a half he labored to produce a smile He twinkled scintillated ef effervesced effervesced effervesced but all to no purpose The audience was as solemn as a sexton When he had haa concluded his lecture and was leaving the hall hail quite con convinced convinced vinced that he should never succeed with that lecture he was met by byan an old man who said gravely Govner Im fer ferth that theor theer lecture of yourn and d I want to a letle apology fer me an some somo n 1 mv my v neLa a I a f far AT I r me ma mOhA JIA bA you noticed some on us looked like as ow we wanted to laugh t no av disrespect fer you govner three we couldn t but two or hardly help snicker right t out |