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Show Very Warm. A party of commercial traveler were drawing the long-bow and spinning spin-ning yarns of wonderful adventures on sea and land. A silent listener sat in the corner. Presently one of the company addressed him. "Have you traveled much, sir?" "A little. I've been round the world seven times." "Then you must have had soma striking experiences. Perhaps you would like to tell us one or two." "Well," said the stranger, "perhaps the most remarkable was on my last voyage. At one time we found the heat so terrific that we used to take It in turns to go down into the stokehold stoke-hold to get a cooler." No more yarns were related that evening. |