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Show HW s'' NOT REAUY ONR OF THEM Clubman's Neat Way of Dispelling the k Superstitious Fsars of Hit Quests. An Atlanta clubtnnn hits, it Bceins. lisovcrcd one way of warding of! tho diro calamity resulting from having hav-ing thirteen at table. The Georgian likes to give little dinners to which the social elect of Atlanta arc bidden. At one of these exclusive functions, however, he had ordered a cover to be laid for n Mr. 1'crkins, a northerner having business busi-ness in (ho southern city, and with whom the clubman wns extremely desirous to cultivate closer relations Mr. rorkins Wos a littlo late. The rest of the guests hnd arrived when ho presented himself at the door. At this point a superstitious guest exclaimed, sotto voce: "Heavens! There are thirteen of us!" "Don't worry, Henry," whispered tho host in his ear. "Perkins is not one of us; he belongs in New Jersey." Jer-sey." Harper's Weekly. |