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Show Provisions for a Long Trip. "Have you any mince pie?" he said, bustling up to the proprietor of a Nassau Nas-sau street restaurant and letting his autumn au-tumn tinted nose harmonize with the cranberry tarts. "Certainly, sir." "Little early, isn't it, for mincef "Oh, no." "Aren't remnants or markdowns from last year, are they?" "Of course not," answered the proprietor propri-etor indignantly. "Well, you do me up a whole pie. I'm going to start for Omaha at 5 o'clock and I want a stayer for the trip. You see," ho added, leaning confidentially on the cake rack, "when I went west last year I eat half a mince pie before I started. Well, sir, I never seen anything any-thing stand by yer like it. Couldn't eat a mouthfnl of anything till I got to St. Louis. This year I'm buyin' a whole pie, and I reckon she'll see me clean into the state of Nebraska." New York Tribune. |