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Show s As She-Understood It. Ho was tolling, a poker storybut sho only) caught" this snntonca: v'And thon, of Icoufgc, I called,, arid 2a" Sho Interrupted blm reproachfully and uiso-wlth some asperity. "I'vo caught you, John Henry," she exclaimed. "Hero J'vo been trying tc got you to call on tho Joneses for the lost threo months, and you wouldn't do It said you didn't llko to mako calls, then you go out and mako ono by yourself, or elso you go calling with someone clso. Yes; thnt must bo It? What Is sho, John Henry? Who Is this person who enn got you to mako calls when you won't mako them with your wife?" John Henry looked at his mascullno friends and winked slyly. "Shall I toll her?" ho asked. "Might as well'-thoy Bald. "In this case," ho then told her, "threo ladles Induced mo to call." "Threo?" "Yes; but," ho hastened to add, "if you came across them in tho pack you would probably call them queens." It was n groat Joke his masculine friends assured 'him of thnt but ho hasn't succeeded In explaining the matter to his wife's satisfaction yet. Chicago Post. |