Show YOU CAN NEVER TELL human nature a constant surprise to once trusting man james P F edoff of san francisco Franc laco who lives halt half the year at the audi borlum hotel believes himself a cynic but Is a sentimentalist to prove it he tells this story on himself I 1 was doing business in nevada thirty yeara years ago I 1 didn dian t believe then that any man ever stole or lied or did mean things smith one of my employed emp loyes came up to me jim he ile said you don t believe brown drown steals well come COMO down to his bouse house right away I 1 went and we entered by the back door in the cellar we found all sorts of things belonging to us from sacks of flour to furniture it made me sick and I 1 went back pack to the store and walked right up to brown brown said I 1 how long have you yon been a thief he ile owned up about a year he said are you going to lock me up no I 1 sin aint t said I 1 here Is a IN bill and a freight train Is pulling out the varda get on get out of the state and don t let me catch sight of you again he ile took the bill and got I 1 ve been shudyin stud yin human nature close ever since and I 1 in never surprised at any thing goodness or badness meanness or nobility you can never tell chicago chronicle |