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Show Lost Their Opportunity. "I was sitting in tho smoking compartment com-partment noxt to two men who woro discussing tho advisability of j buying themselves n drink. Ono of thorn called tho-uorter nnd asked him if It was posslblo to purchaso liquor s in that part of tho country." "Yes, salt," ho roplllcd, "you kin get it hero In Now.MoxIco, but not In Arizona." Ari-zona." So tho two began to plan whnt thoy would havo. Aftor a number of tentative tenta-tive suggestions, thoy docided on ai pair of highballs. "Porter," ordered tho ono who had' flrst brought up tho subject, "bring us two highballs with ginger ale." "Can't hnve It," replied tho porter. "It's against tho law, sab." "Why, didn't you Just tell mo a moment mo-ment ago that wo could?" "Yos, I told you that, but whllo y'all' ' was mnkln' up yo' minds we dono-crossed dono-crossed tho line Into Arizona." |