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Show IPennywIae Peter. Dr. Urltton D. Kvann, tho brilliant alienist, said nt a recent dinner in Now York: "Then there is tho cunning lunatic, ot whom thdro urciI to oxlHt a good example at Bridgetown. "There was a half-witted youth in Bridgetown to whom tho neighboring furmoru liked to offor a penny and a nickel. "Gathorcd about him in a clrclo oit market day, tho fanners, tmo after an-othor, an-othor, would say: " 'Now, whicn 11 yo have, rotor? Hero's a cont hero's a nlckol titlio yor choice." "And foolish Peter Invariably would chooso tho cont rather than tho nlckol, ( and tho farmors boforo such incrcdl- Wo foolishness would roar with laughter, laugh-ter, doublo In two, and slap tholr legs noisily with their brown hands. " 'Peter,' I Bald ono day to tho lunatic, luna-tic, 'why is it that you always take tho cont instead of tho nlckol?.' " "Peter grinned a very cunning grin. ' " 'Supposo I took tho nlckol,' said lie, 'would I over get a chanco to tako another ono?' " Washington Post. |