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Show A burr -.r Jltlttonl.r. Mttssobler one got aoiua!ul--l with a rAtltbtn grandee, very wealthy, very fonj ot potlDgas au art patron, but slightly lieniirloa. OoedayMeUtonler,lnakfitt lug with tbo Lranilee, waa .truck bylh. laiiuly of tbe texture of tbe Ubleclotb "One could draw upon It," lie remarked; and, .tilting tbo acllun to Ibe word, he produced pro-duced a lUv!t aud mad. oa Ibo -uioolh, anuwy nap a woilcrfully able sketch 1 1 a man's bead. The particular tablecloth In question never went to tb. wlub lie ' ccouotnlcal swell" bail tbe lieu 1 carefully cut out of the dama.1, and battened to frame and glaze hi. prize A few wrtVa afterward Mclatonier again brejikfa.tel wtth hla patron, and fount by lb. hid ot hla plate, at the corner of tbe table aiutlgacd to hlui, a nest Utile sbesf ot crayoue an 1 holders, with a peukulfoautl aomo India rubber. U Idle Ibe rrursta at tbe conclu.lonof IL repatt wcr. .ojoylng Ib.lr coffee and cU.r ctlcs, the host saw with delight, ' frotn lb corner of his eje," tbat Meltsonler wa. bird at work on the tablecloth thla time wlibaeuptrb huh. full leogthot a mrill rat halbnrdler The party broke up, tbe fruetta Ucnartrd, and the 'eoonomlcul ew.li" rushed Luck to the dlalug room to accural I. treasure, but aloal tbe jalnl.r hol for once ehown Llmtelf a. economlcAl aablapalrou He Lad made dluatruuily good us of hla pen knife, and 00a eoru.r ot the Ubleclolh waa gone, halbsrdlcr and r-Ul Jiew York CouiuarcLil AdvcrtlKr. |
