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Show A rilllll MlilOlll. IT VHIY UfIK.1 lin A IAN INTO AN tllltAllllAMtMl l-081TIU, ICIarlansll !,. "I had a peculiar riterleuca the other day," raid a friend uf mlnu at the club. "You know I'm a Utile near lighted, and I had a vtry poor mem ory fur fatee and voices, I waa walking walk-ing along Washington sire, t about II o'tlock In thumorulng, on my way U) the oftlic, when 1 waa accosted by a well dressed man whu called me by uame, I couldn't remember when, but 1 waa sure that I had known him a miewheie, fur hi face and volte wcto both ieifettly familiar; but for tho life of me 1 couldn't place hlui, "Have) oil ever been In a similar IU7 Well, you know huw uhenpa man feel and huw emtiarrasHed he gels at lie tiles to talk I lea unlly without glv.' Ing himself away, I would havu given lud lo remember my friend's i,..ine, aud aa hu rattlisl on nlsim iho weither oneliillstlnct liiiressluii chased an other through my lutilrd brain. Nn good, thuugh, I had lo give It up. "'Will,' 1 thuught, 'I'll hide It from him If 1 tan, hut If Hie worst come to the worst I 'II tell him I've had brain fiver and It bat alii tied my memory, and If he'll tell me hi name I'll w rile It down and promliu never to forget It tomyd)lngday,' "All this lime my friend and I kept, up a lively conversation, lu the course of which he displayed culislderatla famllUrlty with my ; rlvate allalrs. He even asked mo how that boll uu my laby girl' leg wa gelling ou. '"Ureal ('wail' I extlalined lo myself; my-self; 'havu I lust my mind, and Is Ihl my I rolber or ray lather?' "How did yui inme out on that wheui ileal?' he luquired, with Under aulllltude. "I toll him. lee, I to'ilhlmall ab utlt Then he aked roe lo hate a drink, mi I wntnl down at m table, and flrslldmuk with him amllhtu he drank with me, "You'tii e tnlglily nice cliai1.' It thought, a IdirMIng Iny Irlend Wht woiiderful oiiiversatlunal iui( rt Kuiiny I never fouii I you out tielore. I'll lake juil to call on ri) maiden aunt, and eihapal isn gel t.HJ with ber again throi'gh you ' "All Ihl time ho w telling me about hlawl'e, win waasiiirellnglroul the Ileal a good deal, it tt-rrucd. Then liercmemtittTd that lie hal antn gagt meut, raid he was sorry, but he'd have to leavo me, " 'Uuod-hv, ol I man,' he tsld clapp Ing ma airecllonattly on the UcL; 'lake care III yourself.' u 'U wd by, old lolliiw,' I replied, thaklng hit hand wartnl); 'tgood, lly the way, I'vo had iiitUmma tlon of Ihe Iraln lately. Hid you know It?' '"No; la that ro? I thought yon ha In't been around at the shop lately,' "Allhetho7 '"Yea, Ihe ili-ip. Don't you re-member re-member I used to tliave you every mornlna?'" |
