| Show two hoins horns in a dilemma Dil temma lemma tho tilo alta alia catl call for yon min nin tells this reminiscence of a political campaign in ht that state when J mcc c was see seeking seeking king the nomination for the legislature some tim time eago ago flod ned himself that lie had secured a majority of the votes in the convention ven tion and began to conjure how he lie should thank the tilo members for the lionor honor but ills his thoughts would lot not now how so lie called oil on a barrister not overburdened with cases and hired him to write a little speech jim read the manuscript carefully and committed it to memory practiced it several times before the glass and finally told his wife that lie was sure of or tile the nomination lie he had thought of or a few remarks reTna iks to make benore before be bre bro tho coil coll convention I 1 rent lod IOD and ha ho would lilke like her opinion of the speech he delivered it in good sty lewith appropriate gestures and received the enthusiastic enthus lastie compliments of or ills his wife wily why that is first ratel rate A very good speech I 1 till think n K you bad had bad had so much eloquence in you jim chuckled io to himself now everything every tiling was serene herene and all ali lie lio had lind to ti do was to wait his turn for tho tilo nomination just before liis ills nani nimy i was reached readied one of the candidates came forward and made mado the identical speech breech oat that jim had bad committed to iner memory nory fortunately nate natel I y says jim alm cil was nol ibm u 0 inarea or I 1 dont know wh aliat a toli I 1 should have done buthe but lie lle did go to tho the lawyer who th the speech and said what do you mean by this tills treatment the speech you said you wrote for me was delivered word for word by one of the tha nominees nees now how is that well that is a curious coincidence the fact is I 1 wrote th that a t speech nearly six years ago for senator C y and lie he use it I 1 suppose lie he must have given it to that other fellow well well but that is a curious c coincidence 11 |
