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Show A Matter of Fact Auditor. "Fellow citizens," thundered the impassioned im-passioned orator, bringing his fist down hard on the table, "what, I ask again, is our country coming to? And echo answers an-swers 'what? " "Pardon me, sir," interposed a mild looking man in the audience, rising to his feet, "did I understand your question to be, 'What is our country coming to? " "Yes, sir." "And you eay echo answers 'what? " "That is what I said, sir." "Then there's something wrong with the acoustics of this building," aaid the milk looking man. shaking his head in a perplexed way and sitting down again. Chicago Tribune. |