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Show Had the Rudiments. 1 Youthful human nature is much the . same the world over. Here is the story told of the eleven-year-old son of a Philippine head-hunter, recently brought to San Francisco by a returning return-ing missionary. The boy, being introduced intro-duced to some friends of his guardian, remarked that he knew much about the United States, and understood baseball although he called it "miki fula." "So you know baseball?" one questioner ques-tioner remarked. "What do you call the umpire?" The boy hesitated, and the missionary mission-ary encouraged him. "Tell the gentleman what you call the umpire, my boy!" "Thief, sometimes, but robber mostly," most-ly," was the unexpected reply. |