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Show What She Warned. She walkr,d into the public library and sweetly said: "I would like 'The Red Boat,' ! please." The librarian diligently searched the catalogue and came back with: "I don't think we have such a book." Flushing a bit, she said sweetly: "May the title be "The Scarlet Yacht?"' Again he looked, with the same result. re-sult. Then, with her pretty fingers she dived into her bag, consulted a slip of paper, and said: "Oh, I beg pardon. I meant the 'Rubiyat." Glasgow Weekly Herald. |