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Show he thundered. " 'I meant,' the lad faltered 1 meant er my friend. Frits. He was to have met me here, and he hasn't turned up.' "The officer let go his hold. , " 'Be more careful in the future,' he said, 'and now clear out.' "The boy hastened across the roadway. road-way. At a safe distance he halted, assumed as-sumed a derisive air. and. ere he took briskly to his heel again, shouted, with a strong emphasis on you': " "Who did you mean by booby r LESBMAJISTT AOAUT. 1 Henry James, on a recent visit, told at a dinner party In Cambridge a story that concerned the Emperor of Germany. Ger-many. "It was reported,"- said air. James, "that on a certain morning the Emperor Em-peror would drive out in brilliant uniform, uni-form, attended by a body guard unusually un-usually large and splendid. A little boy came very early to the palace gates, and waited there a long time to see the royal party. "Finally, after three or four hours, the lad's patience failed him. " The booby Isn't coming.' he said. I shall go.' - Though the boy was only talking td himself, a police officer heard him and seised him by the eollaf. "Who did you mean by booby, boy? |