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Show UNCLE KNEW HIS NEPHEW. No Misunderstanding of the Latter's Tender Solicitude. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell enjoys tolling of tho lntervlow that took plnco between be-tween a certain wealthy old Phlla-dolphlan Phlla-dolphlan and his only relatlvo and heir, a young man of 23, who has since childhood known that ho was to Inherit tho unclo's fortune. Tho nephew, on hearing that tho old gen-tloman gen-tloman was 111, had hurried from Newport to tho bcdsldo of his wealthy relative. "Oh, uncle!" exclaimed ex-claimed he, as ho hurriedly entered tho sickroom. "Awfully sorry to find you so 111. is it truo that you aro threatened with appendicitis?" Tho old gentloman smiled grimly. "I hardly think It Is, my lad," replied ho. "As a matter of fact It's only tho rheumatism. You musn't bo too optimistic, you know!" |