| Show I 1 art in telling sa s1 story ory J 1 I 1 once saw the art of successful at storytelling story ory telling exemplified in ia a very prominent ent way said senator roster foster of washington a few days ago in a company of friends during one of our pol april tacal compa campaigns igns a speaker had un undertaken der taken to tell a story that bat was inIc intended ride d to bear upon ignatius Ignat lus donnelly esho was opposing sing him the story was told laboriously and it was roe reeled received led with an all the solemnity that would be expected during a funeral iserson sermon at its conclusion the story eteller teller smiled and looked 0 over cpr the andlee to see sec if ho he could detect a rip asat plo of appreciation but there they all sat with mith solemn faces it bad fallen perfectly flat in a short abort time linse mr donnelly arose to reply and referred to the story that had been told by his opponent that story he ha said vas as intended ed to reflect on oa me but it go now kow my friends he continued 1 I havo have a little story I 1 want to 11 tell 1111 you with that donnelly retold the story that had bad fallen flat it seemed to 0 o mo me at the time lime that he repeated it word for or word but from the time he began the story until it was ended tho the audience was convulsed it was aas pronounced noti need to be the best story that tad bad ever come out ol of the northwest tell us the story senator ono one ot of his bis bilenda suggested becoming curl our ous oui to linow know more ot of that narrative ones once funereal in its effect and then laden ith fill the spirit of wit ob no replied the senator I 1 have not sufficient confidence in ray my storytelling story telling ability now that I 1 have bava prepared you for the story stor as a remarkable one it would be doubly hazardous to attempt to repeat it senator rosters fosters friends are willing to offer a reward for that story either cither dead with flatness or alive with wit it if any one can deliver it to them they are being consumed with curiosity to linow know what it la Is but the senator senater cannot be induced to vantura Tevi lur upon its telling |
