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Show I could scarcely repress laughing myself. One story I especially remembered as exceedingly ex-ceedingly bright and witty, and yet it was dictated between groans. There are indeed people in this world who suffer suf-fer to make others laugh. Edward Vf. Bok's Letter. . j Humor on a Blrk Bed. While reading one of the humorous papers a few days ago I came across a sunny story which carried mo back to months ago when, sitting in my room one evening, I was summoned by mes-eenger mes-eenger to the sick bed of a friend. He is perhaps ono of the best known funny jurigraphers in the country, and his work finds a ready sale wherever offered, j Vpou arriving at the room of my friend ; I found him in a high fever, tossing on a 1 bed of perfect agony. I had not sat long . by his side when, turning over, lie said i to me: "My dear fellow, my 'copy' is ' due to-morrow morning at. tho office of . Won't you take a pad and write down some paragraphs at my dictation?" j I took a pud, and for a half hour my friend dictated to me a continuous string of jokes, inuuy of tliew so funny that I j , i - |