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Show 80 Much Alike. 9 A .curious story went the rounds tome llttlo Umo ago about a lovely foreigner, ono of whoso verbal slips gave King Edward occasion for a hearty laugh. A very lively personage, person-age, with a delightful ncccnt, sho made such a favorable Impression upon the king thnt ho nsked her to bo his partner at bridge. "But, sir," she Bald, "I really don't know how to play." Tho king would tnko no do-nlnl, do-nlnl, however, and sho becamo rnthor ombarrasscd. "I assuro you, sir," sho 1 Bald, "I don't know tho dlffercnco between be-tween a king and a knnve." Thero was an awkward silence, nnd then she realized real-ized what she had said, and wns covered cov-ered with confusion. Tho king, ot course, laughed It off, and now tells tho story with gusto. |