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Show Actor Sothern's Rebuke. An old lady, laden with bundles, stood in the aisle, weary and almost ill with fatigue. Close by her sat a big brute, spread out comfortably.and complacently complacent-ly over tho space that two people could easily occupy and refusing to budge an inch w hen the lady mildly looked with longing eyes upon the seat. Everybody glared at. him, but he took no notice of that; there were muttered words of disapproval, dis-approval, but he paid no attention to those. At last Mr. Sothern, with one of those Lord Chumley stares, so full of innocence in-nocence and simple good nature, leaned over from the strap on which lie hung and in a very audible stage whisper inquired: in-quired: "Excuse me, s-s-sir, but would you kindly t-t-tell me what k-k-ind of nerve tonic you use?" Even the roar of laughter which followed in the car did not bring a wrinkle to the mildly beaming beam-ing face of Lord Chumley, but it did make the old hog leave his seat and the car. Exchange, |