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Show . 0 ImM Congressman. Longworth, at. his 'H bachelor dinner, told a story about H mud. mmW "An American in Liverpool, waiting mmW for a boat home," he said, "ate his last dinner on foreign soil with an English- mW man. jH "Tho Englishman complained of the .H mud in America. He told a number of tall stories about tho execrable roads mm of America, and the scrapes they had gotten him Into, both walking and driving. mm "At tho ond of a particularly tall story of this kind the American said: " 'Yes, wo have a lot of mud in Am- Lm erica. I admit it. It is nothing to the mud over here, though.' " 'Nonsense,' said the Englishman! " 'Fact,' -the American replied. 'Why LA this afternoon, on a walk out Chester mm way, I had a remarkable adventure yLW came near getting into trouble with ai mm old gentleman all through your ac- k cursed mud.' " 'Some of the streets are a little rLA greasy at this season, I admit,' said mm tho Englishman. 'What was your ad- 'M venture, though?' im " 'Well,', said ( the American, 'as I 'fl was walking along Bold street I no- ' vm tlced that tho mud was very thick, 18 and presently I saw a high hat afloat , fl on a large puddle of very rich ooze. jH " 'Thinking to do someone a kind- fl ness, I gave tho hat a poke with my ,S stick, when an old gentleman looked jfl up from beneath, surprised and frown. jfl ing. 'fl " ' "Hello," L said, "you're in pretty .. jH deep." ";9 Deeper than you think," ho fl said. "I'm on the top of an omni- . :fl |