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Show j- A Memory Toit. M. A professor ot mnomonlcs had nono I to lecturo at or near Canterbury. After tho loclura wan flnlabcd lio had 3 to wait for his London train. It was a moat comfortless day, and ho roll ro-ll : tired to an Inn for shelter and re i ' , frcahmont. To pasa tho tlrao ho be- I . son to exhibit hla feata of memory to i t tho yokels In the inn parlor, and ono and all woro thunderstruck oxcopt tho ! 1 waiter. There is always ono skeptic F In cvory communion, whothor of p" saints or slnnors. Do what he would Pi he could not mitlgato tho acrid smllo i' ot acrid incredulity ot that glorified li' potrannl In tho midst ot ono of hla I'M most dlOlcult feats tho whlstlo ! 1 sounded of tho "Only train to London 7. to-night!"' and ho rushed oft to catch IV It He caught it at tho station, and pi his reputation caught it in tho Inn S&- parlor, for tho waiter coming In with HL lonio ordored refreshments and find-If- Ing blm g"no polntod to tho corner r whero he had been sltt'ng and ox-fw ox-fw claimed; "Silly 'umbuc, he's forgot fcl bis umbrella I "Tho Young Man. |