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Show Too Strong. "The traveler In Ireland will do well," recently romarked nn nttncho to our embassy nt London, "when ho engngea a Jaunting car to make sure of tho stop to which, In mounting, ho must trust hlB weight. Tho carman does not h?lp him to mount. " 'I am afraid that stop Is loose' an American onco said to tho driver ho had engaged. "Tho man took hold of the step and Bhook It. 'Ah! suro,' said ho, 'It's too sthrong, It Is. What aro ye afraid of?' "As he was talking, the thing came off In his hand. "This mishap did not, however, embarrass em-barrass tho Irishman, for, with tho sunniest of smlleB, ho turned to his faro saying: "'Shuro, now, I've saved yer honor from a broken leg!'" Harper's Weekly. |