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Show TOO ELOQUENT Two former acquaintances met after a separation of several years, and, after the usual cordial clutch and the exchange of cigars, they began to inquire in-quire after each other's family. "By the way," eventually queried one of the party, "how is your son making out, the one who studied law and went to Texas?" "He is not making out very well," was the sadful rejoinder of the second. sec-ond. "They got him in jail down there." , "Got him in jail!" exclaimed the first, with a great show of amazement. "What in the world was the trouble?" "Got too eloquent," exclaimed the other. "He has retained by a horse thief to defend him and made such a wonderful plea that the judge held him as an accessory." Dayton News. |