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Show Hobson and the Barber. When Cnpt Hobson was nt tho Hnu-tauqua Hnu-tauqua assembly he entered n birber shop where lie was not knrMn He got Into a chair and the barber comm-n ed to discourse Of course It was a nervy thing to do, nnd IlnliHcin did It well enough, but thnt little trick at Siintlugo buy turned out lo bo boy 'a play And then thit kissing loudness soy If that wouldn't mike a innn sic k. Any time I pny giid money lo see a innn It'll have to be somebody 'at ain't m nle such n ! tag-streaked mil striped fool of" Just then a man eamo In nnd naked, "Is Hobson here?' "Not so you tan notice It," said the barber Over nt the Mnish house Ihey lotil mei ho had eoino over heio to gel ahaveel" persisted the innn Then n grent light broke Into the mind nf tho barber. Ills knees felt wabbly, and ho looked n trifle pnle, but screwing up his eomnge he gruspeci the hnlr of lhe man In the chair nnd turning his head looked Into his perfectly demure coiinteumte. "Are you Hobson' he asked "Yes," came the icply ln that deep, full volco thit belongs tn tho hero of the Merrlmac ' I m Holisou " The shnve wns llnlsh.il In n silence so Intense thnt the vvnvlns if the nud.lav lnat mule a strange whistling mar cmlslele -Ottawa Herald |