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Show ' PRETTY SMALL. T nThc smallest man I ever saw," declared de-clared a commercial traveler in a loc-al loc-al hotel the other day, "was a man whom I saved from drowning at Atlantic At-lantic City one day last summer. It happened that this fellow while tipsy accidentally fell off the end of the pier in deep water. Not being able to swim he began to emit lusty yells for help as he floundered about. I chanced to be strolling in the vicinity at? the time, so rushing to the spot I plunged in, clothes and all, to the rescue. res-cue. "Being an unusually strong and efficient ef-ficient swimmer, I soon had my man where willing hands drew us both up I to safety. While I stood there, my forty-dollar suit dripping icy water, the saved oic began to blurt out his thanks. The next moment, however, he began to fumble in his vest pocket. (i 'Say,' said he, eying me suspiciously, suspici-ously, as the curious crowd closed refund us, ' did you take that nickel I 'had in this pocket?' " s . |