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Show a WMM r TriHIIHII HMIlllllga: H SAW HIS OWN SHADOW. H And What I" Mure He Tnnk Her rlinto-t Graph- A Queer Mlnundentnndlns;. You nny smile when I tell you so,' H says a Now Yolk letter, but thero is is H man lliing Iu a fashionable nli-irtment H up tow u w ho has actually gazed upon his H widow. I don't mean hoiiiii onu elsu's H widow whom people call liN.huliictualy M bin own w iduii . This fai orcd mortal has M not only seen his widow, but has plio- H tosri.iplied her. Nay, still inoio aston- M Islilng. on the back ot tho photograuli H j on ma v read four obituary nollco cut M from New York papers and pasted H thero by tho man himvilf. Mr. Carl M II., n prominent nil dealer nnd Impor- M tor of paintings, finds it necessary to M make seiural trips west every j ear to M visit his rich customers in Chicago, M Cincinnati nud St. Louis. Whllo on M such a journoy last spring a train which M Mr. II. hud come very near taking, B playfully skipped tho tlack and rolled M down bundled foot embankment. H Several wuro killed, aud Mrs. Carl II., B thu young wife, was terribly shocked HHV to rend her husband's uauiu iu tho list. HBV Sho telegraphed to tho company to JAB cause the body to bo embalmed and HB shipped to her, sho. bclug physic- AVH ally unable to withstand the fatlguo of -ftVBVJ tho , AaH Now Mrs. II. is a charming blonde, HHVHVB hair of ricli gold and a skin liko gBVBVBVBV mother ot pearl. To ho surosho would BHVHVHVH look lovoly iu widow's wcoda. nnd HBVBVBa forthwith betook hoiself to Mmo. M.'s WAU nnd ordered a complcto mourning cms- JH tiuiiu to bo ready lu two dajs. Scarcely HBV had tho dioss, bonnet, etc., roachod tho H liouso when a telegram arrived front M her lord and master, detained nt Chi- H cago, announcing that he would start H on tho limited that morning. M Great heavens! Cm I had not beon B smashed up nt nil. It was sonio wrong HBV man that had beeu umbalmod nml shn HAS now had thu coipso on hur hands, to H say nothing of tlin widow'n outfit. M Foi Innately just us tho railroad peopln M woro about to'shlp tho smashed up Carl H to her, his own peoplo appealed nml H proved property. But tho widow' H outfit? It had cost $'J00. Sho hadn't H tho money. H What was to bo done? At nny rato M Carl must not know ot it; so. posting M down to Mmo. M.'s slio gave stiict or- M ders to send no bill to tho house, and M promised to call with tha cash in tho H courso of a few week's. This was en- H tircly satisfactory, but Mnie. M. forgot M to warn her bookkeeper, nml that ma- H chlno-llko person not only aont a utntc- H incut ou thu 1st of tho mciith. lint as H was her custom, dhecled it to Mr. Carl M "In heaven's name. Blanche, what H does this mean?" ho nskod. M "Why, dearie, jou Know when they .sH telegraphed that you had been sniaslied .JMsbsssI up, tiiui tho noirspapcis all said that jH you wuro dead, I went nnd 4LH Where is s'.r.mmercil tho sur- H prised Curl. sH "Hidden itwuy iu ono of my trunks, JbH dearie." M Did Carl fly into a passion and nrciiso M tho poor girl of being a cold-hearted M nud calculating woman? Not lie. Ha M moroly said. Get it out. darling, antl M put It mi. I want to try a now Ions. M aud you'll mako a delightful subject lu M a w blow's rig." H "li.less jour heart, dear, may you live a thousand years." M (ICiss-klss-klss-buss-siuaek-sniaek.) M |