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Show " FELL AMONG MIND READER3. ' V Young Hrldeg-ronm Embarrassing Kz-pvriuuoa Kz-pvriuuoa at the Ilnanl of Trade. A day or two ago, a few minutes before be-fore the opening of tho board of trade, there stepped into one of the elevators in the building a well known commisMun man and a country customer. The countryman coun-tryman waa a young, fresh faced, un-enphisticated un-enphisticated looking chap, who was in Chicago for the first time looking after a couple of cars of wheat tluit he had f hipped in. As the elevator rose he casually casu-ally remarked to the commission man: "1 waa married last tiiht, aud this is a aort of a bridaj trip." Congratulations were extended by the commission man as they stepped out into tho hall lending to the exchange. Among the others who rode up in the elevator was a certain blonde younjj man whose lovo for a practical joke has made bim rather famous on the floor. He hud chanced to stand back to back with the young countryman, had overheard the confidential admission rnado by bim to bis friend, and aa they stepped from the elevator be managed to get a good look &t Mr. Younghusband. An hour or so later, when he had a tew moments to liimsolf, he stepped over to the telegraph counter and wrote upon 1 blank: "1 have bet $100 to $10 thai . f ou were but receutly married. Do J i lti my bet?" This he folded and placed an envelope, aud, calling a messenger Wy, .pointed out Mr. Younrjhusbaud, Hia'V "- ' lle i told a few of his cronies on the Boor what be ha4 done, aad the young countryman v.-.i watched with considerable consider-able interest by a doaen or twenty traders trad-ers in various parts of the crowd. Ho received the message from tbe boy with a half doubting look, opened it elowly, and as he conrprehended its coutenta his face was dyed a deep crimson, while a foolish smilo lifted the corners of bis month. Ho looked abont him sheepishly to see if he could discover tho author of the message and then boat a rather precipitous precipi-tous retreat. Ho failed to pnt in au appearand) ap-pearand) a'jjiiri tlrat tbty. Subsequently the author of tho note asked re young man's broker if bo bad said anything about it. "Yes, he did. And hn waa the mift snrprLcd man yoa ever saw. He could Dot imagine where tho noto came from, fctid w hen he hidd good by to ine he cb-nerved: cb-nerved: 'Dick, these board of trado fcl-low'i fcl-low'i are tj nil fired smart for me. 1 ihm't wonder that they can skin ns if Ihey nre nil mind readers, ;ls mine of them Win to be.' And ho went home just a liUlo bit dazed."--Chicago Tribune, |