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Show LIQUID JOY 18 LOST WHILE IN TRANSIT An obllglnpr cleric In one of the larger hotels of this city loaned his overcoat to one of the guests not long ago, and the guest, noL being able to return to this city, sent tho coat back by express. Upon receiving the package, the cleric noticed a peculiar odor, which reminded him a great deal of "liquid joy," tho same being a fluid that has a tendency to make one's .voice strong, the legs weak nnd tho bank account shrink. t The clerk, being a young man who knows a good thing when ho sees It. upon detecting the odor promptly had an Imaginary picture of himself reclining upon the eouch with the table drawn close and the vessel containing the afore-paid afore-paid "hilarity water" placed thereon, and ho taking a "nip" now and then, raising his salary nbout SlllOO a year every time he took one. until ho was so rich that but what's the use? Whllo the guest's Intentions were of the best, the package had not been marked "Valuable," the bottle was broken and the coat saturated. |