Show how to know the trees there Is an auctioneer whose gift of gab and native wit draw many purchasers to his sales but sometimes he is the subject rather than the cause of amusement the mans name Is 0 A kelley N not at long ago lie he had to sell among other things a lot of pine logs and the day before theale he went over them and marked theand the end of each log with his initials on the day of the auction an irishman came along and immediately noticed the logs with the letters on them 0 A K X he read loud enough for all round to hear it if not just like kelley to deceive us into belaying thim pine logs are oak springfield republican |