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Show Had Her Rvnire. A woman carrying a faded carpet bag stopped a policeman in Chicago and said: "Which way must I go to tho World's fairr "Iloadquarters of the directors are around on Dearborn street."' "I don't caro a snap for tho headquarters. headquar-ters. I want to know whar the fair is whar they are showin' things." "There isn't any such place, madsm. The fair won't be opened for throe years yet." "What, ain't thar no show atall?" "Not yet." "Didn't I see in the papers that congress con-gress had sent the fair to this town?" "You may have read that this place lias been selected as the site of a fair to 'lie hold three years from now." "An' thar won't be none till then?" "Not that anybody knows of." "An' congress has fooled mo into com-in' com-in' all the way from Missoury to see that fair. Look here, this thing is a fraud, an' I believe you had something to do with it. Do you hear me?" "Yes, I hoar you." "Well, what have yon got to say for yourself?" "Nothing." "Then you acknowledge that you are a fraud, do you?" "I suppose I am." "An you are not sorry for it, nuther, I reckon." "No, I am not particularly cast do wn . " "Wall, will yon do me a favor, jest to sorter make things squarT' "I will try to." "All right. Then hold this carpet bag till I step right over yander an' eat a snack." "Why don't you take it with you?" "Peered somebody mout steal it while I'm eatin'. Will you hold it?' "Yes, I'll take charge of it for you." Whon the woman had been gono lial f an hour the policeman began to feel uneasy. un-easy. Au hour passed and still the worn an did not return. Late that evening the carpet bag was opened. It contained fonr dead cats, together with the following follow-ing note: "These cats lay in au alley next to my house, on the west side, for four days. I have time and again notified the authorities, author-ities, but as no notice was taken of rny appeal I have taken this method of din-posing din-posing of them. Yon may return them to me when we meet at the World's fair. " Arkansaw Traveller. |