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Show Sporting Offer. Melbourne Inman, the famous billiard bil-liard player, who has recently joined the volunteers, was touring in the Antipodes An-tipodes a little while back, and found himself stranded at Perth, western Australia, with two days to 'wait for a boat. Strolling up to the principal hotel in the place and making first, as wai his wont, for the billiard room, he found it deserted save for the marker, mark-er, a likely looking youth of seventeen or thereabouts, who promptly Invited him to have a game. "No, thanks !" replied Inman. ' "Oh, come now, be a sport ! I'll glv you 50 in 100." "No, thanks !" came the answer one more, repeated this time with considerable consider-able emphasis. "I'm Inman, the chain-pion chain-pion !" "Oh, well, sir, if that's so I can only give you 30 In 100!" was the quite unexpected un-expected reply of the juvenile marker. Pearson's Weekly. |