Show IN A SHARK Chief 1 r- r the secret service told an interesting esting story to a party of Congressmen Con Con- gressmen the other day He said that he found it In a for foreign edition edition of Mark Twains Twain's Innocents Abroad Many years ago ago a toU oung Englishman was stranded In Australia Wandering along th the shore he ha met a aman aman aman man who was fishing fo for sharks the Australian Gov Government offering by the v. v way y a bounty bounty upon all sharks shanks killed The fisherman engaged the the young Englishman Englishman Englishman En En- to help him promising him half hal of the bounty bounty- earned arned While hile the fisherman fisherman fisherman fisher fisher- man was away a shark was caught anc and killed The man cut It t open found In iii Its stomach a a copy of the London Times read the paper and departed a at once nee for Sydney SYdne There he Je secured an audIence au au- aU- aU alence after some difficulty with a 5 rich merchant and boldly proposed to borrow lorrow The merchant laughed in his face Will Im I'm you guarantee guarantee- to lend me the mone money if I can show how it will lead to a fortune asked the would-be would borrower Yes was the reply War has been declared between Germany Germany Ger Ocr many and France and the price of woo In London has advanced tremendously I If we can buy up the whole Australian output output output out out- put we can make a fortune Again the merchant laughed The last las co copy of f the London Times ho Jes said says nothing about an any war But I have a copy COP of the L London n on Times Time replied the young man which is five days later than any copy cop in AustraHa Austra Austra- Ha found la da and in g rie the he Pt produced stomach the of the paper shark he na had I It contained d the announcement of the lat ration The proof of r war rR was as convincing wool the was purchased and the next m mail steamer brought t copies of tl the Times confirming confirming con con- O t tan t firming I t the news wo The I- I wool was sold I a aan at atan an Immense profit and the young Englishman En- En left Australia Ills His r. r name was s Cecil e Rhodee h a good o fish fi story was the comment of one of Chief Wilkle's Wilkie's listen listen- er erg Oh bh remarked Wilkie Wilkle it is not ot mine V When hen I tell stories I do to not make wake them FO 10 plausible and commonplace |