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Show I SHORT STORIES j I OF STREET AND TOWN j j It, happened in the Fifth Judicial district, or to be more precise at the city of NephL A big mining suit wav being tried before the court and the town was filled with lawyers, mining experts and other witnesses. Every hotel ho-tel was crowded to its capacity, After a bard 'lay in court two of the attorneys, a mining expert and a. well-known well-known politician, met, in their Joint room at the hotel. "A little ff.une of diaw waq proposed to which all readily r.greed. anything to kill time und to break the monotony of the town being Vftleom. The ante was to be I cent und the limit 10 cents. .The attorneys had not yet received their fees, the mining mi-ning expert was not flush and ike politician pol-itician fiM not care to fool awar money mon-ey on a game of poker. ' The sitting commenced at 8 p.'m. and continued until midnight. During the four hours the hotel porter vas sent out sevtrul times to a nearby saloon to get a Mian bottle. "Fine d Bour-Lon," Bour-Lon," but the four still hare their tioubts us to the truth of ise statement state-ment on those labels. ) - Shortly after midnight the four retired re-tired in their Joint room. All was quiet until about daylight, when a noise was heard in the room. The ; politician awoke end peered through the dim light which the mocn cast through the open window. At the waihstand he recognised the form of one of the attorneys at-torneys In the art of llftlnr the water pitcher to his Hps. As the water went down the throat the politician fancied that h could hear . it dxsle. After drinking about two quarts the lawyer cuietly remarked to himself. "Gee, these temperance people, don't know bow good water tastes." ' Then he slipped back Into bed. As he politician went to rieep again ha thought of the truthfulness of the remark. |