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Show Saw a Better Man. When a prominent Tammany man returns re-turns from a trio to Europe he always boasts of an interview with Richard Croker. but no one has yet retailed to the reporters a story that Mr. Croker is very fond of telling. According to this story, during a particularly par-ticularly hot contest for a seat in parlia-mc'iif parlia-mc'iif from a certain borough, the strength of the liberal candidate was about equal to that of the conservative contestant. When election day arrived, suffrage was exercised early in most cases, and the Dlace had been pretty well polled by an hour before closing time. Then the liberal candidate discovered that the town barber bar-ber had not voted. To the barber shop the liberal went and was shaved. Politics was not mentioned until the customer was paying the barber, when the candidate can-didate said, as he handed out a five-pound five-pound note: . " "There is not much time left for voting. Keeo the change." "It's a jiood man you are, the best I've seen this day," replied the barber. "I'll be over shortly." Hardly had the liberal candidate stepped out of the shop when the conservative steDDed in, and, in paying, proffered a ten-pound note, with the casual remark: "The polls close soon. Never mind the change." When the barber arrived at the town hall, he had just time to declare himself for the conservative. The liberal, who was standing beside him when he voted, hissed: "Didn't you tell me not half an hour aco that I was - a good man, the best vou had seen this day?" "I did." answered the barber, "but I've seen one twice as good since." |