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Show , LOOKED THE PAET. The Hon. Amos Allen, the successor in the House of the late Thomas B. Reed, relates how the former Speaker once called upon the head of one of the departments depart-ments on a matter of official business. The Secretary waa out. but a new private pri-vate secretary wearing his newly-acquired honor somewhat haughtily, was there. "Can you tell me when the Secretary will return?" asked Reed. . . "Really," answered the private secretary, secre-tary, unaware of the identity of the distinguished dis-tinguished caller, "really, you know, I have no idea." "Well." drawled Reed, "you look It!" Harper's Weekly. |