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Show Cleared Up the Situation. It happened tho night of a big reception re-ception at tho Whlto House last winter. win-ter. Tho local llvory stablo men woro proparlng to annex big chunks ot musty halo, and thoy wore busy rushing rush-ing carriages hither nnd thlthor. On such occasions tho excitement Is In-tonse, In-tonse, for theso kalo nnnoxlng Bouts try to mako ono carriage do tho work ot 20 or thoreaboutB. Tho driver of ono of thoso got-rlch-qulck carriages received an order .from his stable foreman fore-man to go "nnd carry tho Cuban minister min-ister to tho Whlto Houso," With n crack ot tho whip nnd n caro tid assembling ot tho reins ho prepared pre-pared to oboy tho order, when n clerk In tho establishment shouted, real gently, at him, and told htm to hurry around to tho llochambcau. Tho conflicting orders worrlod tho not over brilliant brnln ot tho colorod man and hurt his toolings mightily. So ho called a follow employe to tho after his tenm and proceeded to tho office, where his employer was literally liter-ally surrounded by corrlago orders and chaos. "Boo ycro, boss," his volco moan-dorcd, moan-dorcd, "I Is suah disturbed 'bout dess yore ordalis. Mr. II. J. Bay 'Go an' git do Pocullah mlnlstnh,' nir do clerk say 'Hurry 'roun' to do llochambcau mlnlstah.' Now, I wnntB for t' know who Is da mlnlstnh I la to gll." Tho most valuable- work the driver did that night was tn give occasion for the good Inugh which tallowed, Tho, surchaigod air cleared and ovory order wont out on Unto. |