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Show Didn't Fay. A lecturer that hail for several minute harangued his audience on the beauties of politeness, was interrupted by a man who arose and said: "That't all very well, cap mighty fine talkin', an' all that, but in this town politeness po-liteness don't pay." "You are mistaken sir," the lecturer answered, an-swered, "politeness pays in any and all towns." "No, you are wrong," the interrupter persisted, "it don't pay here. I'll tell you why. For some time I have been eating at a lunch counter 'round yonder, and I noticed no-ticed that every man sat up to the counter with his hat on, and as I wasn't brought up that way, I concluded to take my hat off, and I did bo." "Well, but did any one object?" the lecturer lec-turer asked. "Oh, no, there was no objection, but, you tee, some fellow stole my hat." Arkansaw , Traveler. ' |