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Show Knew tha Gam. "rhr wa. a very rich old man In WaTSfnVn." I A 'whose daughter was In love with a young man about town. The old man n.end to ask the suitor to dinner to see for himself If h. had any bad hab- U "All went well until the third course when the old man needed some salt .we asked for it. whereupon the young man plessed his thumb and f gently but firmly round the hottom of the shaker, laid ls finger as fiiroly on the top. set it carefully down In front of the old man. then gave It a little push toward him In the way In which practiced hands manlpula a pile or P.eColrman watched the performance perform-ance Intently, then broke oft to B"cb. "He wsa-a poker player himself or had been." |