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Show END OF PET DETESTATION. New Yorker Finally Rid of the Dla plsed High Hat. There. Is a certain man In New York whose pet detestation Is a high hat. Ii his Journey through life he has acquired ac-quired many dislikes, some prejudices, and a few hatreds but his feeling toward n high hat goes far beyond the limits Implied, by the mild word "hatred." However, family Influences were brought to boar on him when he had reached the proper milestone In bis llfo, spd these Influences were to strong and Insistent that eventually the man In question purchased a high hall what Is moie, he actually donned It. Hut his hatred abated not a Jot. In foci, It grew. Ho used to open his lint box nnd eye the hat viciously, murderously. mur-derously. Hut thoughts ot what the family would sny If he should adopt violent measureslways deterred blm, and every time he shut the box again, leaving the thing unharmed, and vented his rnge In profanity. Onco he nnd his family went to live nt n hotel In the country. And ono night, with appalling suddenness, that hotel caught flro. Fortunately, everybody In It was able to get out In safoty., The young man ot tho lint, uftcr counting heads, and seeing that his people woro out of danger, decided, to dash Into the burning burn-ing building onco more there wns still n bit of time In order to see whether he might rescue n few more things from his room. In the excitement excite-ment attendant on the discovery of Iho fire tho hotel guests had been obliged to look to their personal safety, safe-ty, without thinking overmuch of that of their belongings. Well, the young man, plunging gal-Inntly gal-Inntly through tlnme and hmoke, reached his room. Tberc, tho first thing which caught his eye was the high hat. With a look of diabolical glee ho regarded re-garded It for a fow seconds. Then with an exclamation of delight ho kicked It into tho Inmost part of tho room, Into crackling flnmo nnd eddying eddy-ing smoke, far from all possible means ot escape. Then, dlnbollcal glee still Illumining his features, ho omerged a happy man. |