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Show I WHAT MOVED HIM. Tho extravagant hats which tho ladles havo boon wearing this year have little to recommend 'them, but j they havo at least proved a boon to 1 tho comic artists and tho funny men ' v Jol tho newspapers. Here Is a Jou d'esprlt taken from the Chicago Tribune: Tho rain, which had come suddenly and unexpectedly, was tailing in torrents. tor-rents. Among tho persons who had taken shelter undor a friendly awn-tng awn-tng was a fashionably dressed woman. wo-man. "I bog your pardon, madam," said a plainly attired man considerably past mlddlo age, stepping up to her and lifting nls hat, "but I want to of-; of-; J fer you my sincere thanks." "What do you mean, sir?" sho said. '1 "Thanka for what?" , "I never expected to boo it again," ho went on. "It has been nearly thirty thir-ty years since " ! "Since what, sir? What are. you I, (talking about?" 1 "Pardon my omotlon madam, but I H used to live In Salt Lake City and " "I havo nothing to do with Salt , Lake City, sir. I never was thero In ; my life." "But I waa. That was my home for many years. And when I saw" I "When you saw what?" "That hat of yours, madam. It brought back tho old thrill. It's nn exact reproduction of tho great Mor-, Mor-, mon tabernacle, which my eyes havo been aching through all tho weary years to see onco more beforo I die. My longing has been satisfied at last, X and I thank you from tho bottom of a S grateful heart!" Again lifting his hat, ho stepped forth Into the pouring rain and strode it rapidly down tho street. |