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Show OFFERS A LITTLE SQUEEZE. HukIIkIiiiiiiii'a .MIimiIIoik on Slilp- boiinl KxIIh CliluiiK" Wniiiiin'ii l.niiKhtor. Thoy were speaking of the tritial wlilmelealllUs of life and what a little tiling It requires to ercnte mirth when mirth I eminently unberoniinir the bituation, soya the Chicago Cliumlele. "I ernssed the ocean once with nn KiiglUhinan fur toy nfxt-.ltnu ut-ighbui at dluner," liegnii n lad In the group, "or, rather, J started out with him as dinner companion, hut after the first meal I so disgraced myelf with uncontrollable uncon-trollable laughter that I net or tentuied near Ui dining-room all the rest of the iojg." "What could it hate uctn to merit a penance like that ?" asked one of her interested utidlcucc. "Well, I'll tell you," begun hhc, laughing laugh-ing again at the recollection. "He was nu awfully solemn, pompous-looking man, with Ilrituin stamped nil over him. We ltad noticed him and joked about his check and his accent when wv first got ou board, and when I found him lust we nt dinner I was In n dangerous hi. ue of effervescenae, (in.t wa;. And it licgan with the tcry first course. I had Kept turned uwuy from him ns much an losJhj6 oftir lieing seated, but when I looked nt my oyster 1 discovered that mine wan tin only plate that did not eontaln til half of a lemon. I was looki) about for n waiter when the Ki.glleLrfiau leaned over me with his pii ee In h fingers and asked, politely : " 'Can't 1 give yon a little squeeze?' "I (Tilokered nnd laughed and gurgled audi choked and did everything clso that was digraoefully ill bred. Hut 1 leuldil't Imvo reiualued sober to save i.i.t liuml. Do jou wonder I stayed on deck, for tho rest of the toyngeV" i |