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Show The Onlj Thing- Left. A grandfather well known in the English Eng-lish House of Commons was chatting amicably with his little granddaughter, who was snugly ensconced on his knee. "What makes your hair so white, rranapaf" the little miss queried. -I am very old, dear; I was In the ark. replied his lordship, with a painful disregard dis-regard of the truth. , "Oh. you are NoahT "Ko." 'Are you Shem, then?" "No I am not Shem." "Are you Ham?" "No." Then," said the little one. who was fast Hearing the limit of her Biblical knowledge, knowl-edge, "you must be Japhet." A negative reply was given to this query also, for the old gentleman Inwardly wondered won-dered what the outcome would be. "But. grandpa, if you are not Noah, or Ebem. or Ham, or japhet, you must be a beast." Short Btories. |