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Show SOUGHT PLACE OF SAFETY Doctor Imagined Spanish Phrase Contained Con-tained Dire Threat. Dr. A. W. Parsons, tho oldest American Amer-ican physician, In point of practice. In tho City of Mexico, tolls a good story of his first oxperlenco in that country. As n young man ho had been knocking about wostern mining camps In tho days when gun plays were common. com-mon. Ho had Just landed at one or the gulf ports of Mexico, and was eating 11 o'olook breakfast at the only hotel In town. He was seated at the table with several otnar Americans, all rough railroad construction men. Their knowledge of Bpaulsh was rather rath-er limited, and their pronunciation atroolous. At the meal one of the mon said to the waiter ansjrtly: , "Dame la montequilla" TQlve mo tho butter). In good Castlllan It would sound thuB:'Dame la man tokeol-ya," tokeol-ya," with broad a's und long e's. Pronounced Pro-nounced by tho American It sounded: "Dsm-mo la roon-te-klll-ye " , The young medico promptly stiffened stiff-ened his legs and slid under the labia. His astonished table mutes looked nt each other and then peered beneath the board to see what ailed him. "Is the troublo over?" ho asked ono of them. "Troublo? What troublo?" "Why, whatover U wns." ' "You must be daft. Thero is no trouble, and there hna been nono." IleaBsurcd, the doctor crawled out rather sheepishly. "Th drinks nro on mo," he said. ".' understood the man nest to me to say to that waiter: "Damn ye, I'm go'n' t' kill ye!' and I didn't Intuml to stop any stray bul- , lots." Sunday Magazine. |