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Show 1 Not the Appendix. The friend of a well known United States senator was stricken ill sud-Jenly sud-Jenly the other day 'and rushed off to a hospital. . The case was hurried iy diagnosed as acute appendicitis, and ' the senator was notified that an oper-at'on oper-at'on Would in all probability be performed per-formed at once. The senator immediately prepared to send a note of condolence and encouragement encour-agement to the patient, when a, second message arrived informing him that the original diagonosis was Incorrect 1 and that the ease was merely one of acute indigestion. The senator changed j his mind about the letter of condolence condo-lence and instead sent the following: "I rejo'ee that the trouble resulted from the table of contents and, not the appendix." |