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Show THOUGHT IT NATIONAL TRAIT, j Driver Couldn't Understand American , Not Being In a Hurry. A traveler returned rom Jaffa tells ' talo nt his own expense. Having Journeyed to tho historical seaport on his way to Jorusnlotn, ho succeeded In hiring a convoyanco to carry him to tho stntlon. Hy speech nnd gesturo he Informed the native driver that he wished to bo carried In a leisurely, j sightseeing fashion through ns many ns possible of the principal thoroughfares thorough-fares of .Inffn, and to bo delivered at the terminal Just In tlmo to tako tho outgoing train. I He hud no sooner seated himself In tho vehicle, however, than tho driver whipped up his horse nnd whirled the 1 dismayed traveler nt n furious pace through nil the dust nnd over nil the ' stones of tho notoriously rough streets of Jnffa. Tho passenger was too bus-1 I ly employed In saving his bones to bo '; nblo to seo anything of tho Interesting town. Arriving nt the stntlon, ho found that ho still had two hours to wait. "Why In tho world," ho demanded, i Indignantly, "did you over hurry llko thnt?" "You American," responded tho driver, with nn cxpresslvo shrug. "All American like go very much fast." Youth's Companion. |