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Show I PROVED TRUTH OF OLD ADAGE. Thirteen at Table Certainly Proved ( Unlucky for Some. "Ever sat down thirteen to table?" Inquired tho man with tho salmon-pink f tie. "Once," said tho man with the whito mustache "Well, you never observed any bad luck follow it, did you?" "I'll bet ho did," growled the man who believes in these things. "Well," said the white mustache, "it was a trifle unlucky for most of 'em," "Any of 'em die?" asked tho mau who believed. "Not enough grub to go round?" sneered the salmon-pink tie'. "There were no victuals," said the ' whito mustache softly, "It took placo in a lawyer's ofllce; it was a meeting of creditors; there were twelve besides be-sides myself sat down to table." There was a long pause, and then the salmon-pink tlo spoke again. 'I "In what way did tho meeting prove unlucky, may I ask?" "Poor creatures," sighed tho white mustache, "they never got a penny out J of 'me. I was the bankrupt." London Answers. |