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Show Uncle Joe's Check. Col. Henry Carson, sergeant-at-arms of the house of, representatives, has the original check given by Speaker Joseph G. Cannon a few years ago to a book agent, and about which an interesting in-teresting story has been told. An agent visited the speaker and interested in-terested him in an elaborate edition of something which Uncle Joe didn't want, but bought. When the books arrived Uncle Joe examined them and decided at once that something had been put over on him. When the agent came for his money the speaker determined de-termined to make him indorse a terse sentiment on books, so he wrote out a check for $73, the amount due, and on the back of it he inscribed: "Pay to the order of Mr. Blank, in full payment for an edition which was not worth a d , and dear at that price, but for the ease and grace with which he put it over your Uncle Joe It was well worth the money." Hu-. man Life. |