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Show l TWO GOOD SHORT STORIES, f WHEN YOU HAVE THE MUMPS. 'I am willing to take my shaie of sickness that Is absolutely necessary,' said a )oung business man, 'but I must confess that 1 was disgusted when I discovered two weeks ago that I had a sweet attack of tho m-mps. I tried to delude myself thul It was neuinlgla, lesultlng fiom u bad head cold, hut finally, when tho left side of my fato was piolrudlng so tint I hud to carry a ten-pound weight In my light hand coat potket Just to preserve my balance, I detlded that it might be wise to ask n phslilin" "Mumps," said tint worth), 'nnd they start In like very sovero ones; go home, keip wnrm and lomrort yourself with tho thought that there are plenty more ut homo like jnu. who fur the tlrst time In their lives know how they would look If llcslu." 'Hut. doetm." I lontlnucd, "aro )OU sure?1 I bit a pickio mis morning and It didn't' seem to 1 other mo ninth" .... That sotir-pltklo business Is like a good many other tests superstition, liuro and simple. I know ono innn who (Irmly bellevis a piece of hempen initio tied nround n too will prevent n corn tonilng there. The whole principle of that plcklo business Is rlkht bete! Open )our mouth wldo when )our faio Is swollen with tho mumps and the Jaw-bono will touch tho Inflamed, and enlarged gland, sondlng n shunting piln Ihitnigh the face." "When jnu bite n sout plcklo you aio thinking It Is going to hurt nnd jou open soui mouth nultk oi pinker It mourn! In suth slmpo that ou bring tho Juw-bone ngalnst the swolhn gl mil nnd )ou nt once cxperlcnte the sharp pain sou cxpiitid I have seen a man with it had taso of mumps suck a lemon, so thul shows the nild test is not to be idled upon, although It may ically work In Mime rases" ....... 'Did miu know," continued the )Oiing business man, 'that nil of us ought to he sum and eutih the mumps when wo uio )iaingslcis It's frightfully hu-inlllntlng hu-inlllntlng whin "ur society friends Inqtilu nfter )ou to have snmn ono tell them ou men frlfcht with thn mumps, but It's qullo earnest while It lastB."-l'oitlind lastB."-l'oitlind llxptess HIS LAST BLUFF. "In da)P gone b." Ball the man with tho horseshoe pin, "I never traveled by boat ot rail without hunting for n. fellow. passenger to play poker with me. I was gone on the game. 1.1 go without food and sleep for It. I'd pla) for penults dollars, or hilck linns, s Ono night ns 1 left Chlingo for ht. Louis, I fell wllh' n ihap who thought well of himself, and wo had a stiff game. I had bad luck for an lioui nnd lost n hundred dollirs. but then the cards began to come my wu) nunln 1 'I Bt hack halt ot my lossts. when a hand wan dealt hiMi wo both held up four lards, and I opened tho pot on two pairs Tho 1 ll 1 n, ahl lavo had Iho same or ho dialling for u Hush or stialght I S"ew ono caTiUind didn't help my hand, but hy tho grn on hi. face as ho drew M"tTXw SSl- nd in ten minutes there was ,100 In .i ... i bad Just opened my mouth tu ralso him MO when tho trnln struck a ""' ' .. i. lm hod mil and went rolling down an embankment fifteen feet hlL It was fo r d)S la.er til.cn I came to ray senses and discovered that f, 1 i n hosiilt il On the next tot to my light was my opponent at poker. W had hotl! hie" badly smashed un. Mo lay looking at each other for a while, and then ho feibl) said. ,,.. "Ill seo )our 120 nnd rnlso jou 110. "And I I also ou JI0 mote.' I said. '"And 110 mine' ..iiuAclsoi0h'l"iH and nppenrtd to think for a while, and as he opened them again I knew that ho was "' ...I'll seo ''; Xe7oMw hul a good hand, hut I was hound to see It mZ Vi'd'aX 'railed hluiSlO. After two or three m.nut'es ,h, nuise tame oTnml r.VBnV ?!.. from him.' I explained -I mlsed hln 110 il '1 t !;, ,Yl)U ,,, r,lUert ,, nut of the game .. -And ou won . c the I, she epiie ( horseshoe, 'and the pot. Iho poor thai. I' I B",,0A1HC1 'nnc ,,er he was blufllng or hid a good hand I wherever It was. ;''' ,7, , "u I turned ove, tt. the wall nnd made tan only BUcss, hut h t I ley tatrcu n yo(j (lon.t hu;0 ,0 mK a ?' t J Vnat 'game: ,o know. -Petrolt Tree Press. |