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Show Afi E'R'RO'R A JWGMEffT It is n lomentnbto fact but ono not wholly devoid of humorous possibility that Bpotless rcctltudo, through some wanton trick or Irresponsible chance, Bomotlmes finds Itself sailing under false colors. There Is an elderly gentleman, professor pro-fessor In a Westotn unlvorslty, who Is a paragon of all virtues, great and sninll. Kven In such matter as dlot rigid abstcmlnousnoss'Is observed by him. His achievements In his lino of work, excellent In thomsolves, nro tho more noteworthy by having been accomplished ac-complished notwithstanding- his doll-cato doll-cato eyesight. To his Intimates It Is also well known thnt tho professor, in earlier years, displayed remarkablo will power In overcoming a defect of speech, which recurs now only In moments of extremo perturbation. Tho excellent professor was returning return-ing homo at early dawn one day, soon nftor college opened, from tho bedside of n sick friend. Ab he proceeded hnst- ily across tho cnmpuB, his thoughts busy with, his friend, ho Bturabled; nlthough he managed to recover himself, him-self, his spc.ctacles becarao detached and fell. Quito helpless without theso aids to vision, ho got down on hands and knees and began to feel carefully In tho grnss. , Whllo tho search went on there approached ap-proached a young man, n freshman not yet acquainted with all Uio faculty. fac-ulty. To him tho disturbed professor nppcalcd for aid. "Young man," ho' said nervously, "will you hnvo tho k'klndness to help mo locato my g-glasses?" The youth gazed indignantly down at tho scandalizing spectacle of a red-faced, red-faced, elderly party violently pawning at tho earthi "It appenrs to me, my elderly friend," ho said severely, "that you've already located about all tho glasses you need!" |