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Show Llttlo Tim Sullivan's resourcefulness resource-fulness 08 u politician Is acknowledged ac-knowledged by his fellow members mem-bers of the New York uoanl of aldcr--nen. When a lad on festive occasions occa-sions Llttlo Tim know what o'clock 11 wns. He and Col. Mlko I'adden, secretary secre-tary of stato In 'the Sullivan cabinet, were at an East wide ball with two of th- rosy cheeked lassies, of that neighborhood of peachy yonnp, women, Llttlo Tim niul Col. Mlko had between be-tween them exactly one dollar; no moio, no Uss. Supper tinio came. Be-foro Be-foro tnhliiB the glrU Into the supper loom Little Tim and Col. Mike secretly se-cretly scanned the bill of fnro and found that oyster stows at 25 cents each would Just fit their pile. Little Lit-tle Tim blandly and Innocently lm-piCFseil lm-piCFseil thlB conclusion upon the young KlrlK. Anything Llttlo Tim tald was ac-epted ac-epted as tho top notch o' hospitality. Tho four stews wete beforo the llttlo party. Ouo of the girls liked catsup. While administering a dose of the condiment tho stopper shot into tho rtcw mid with it spurted half tho bct-tlc'a bct-tlc'a contents. "There, l'o spoiled my btcw," piped the hcnutrotiB tins. "I'll have to havo aim her." Llttlo Tim, alert to the size of the Joint wad of a dollar, reached for the girl's ruined stew, plumped it before C-' v!':p, rrahbed Col. Mike's un-t.-f ' ci i,"''ornetl stew, and, placing plac-ing it 1 r - o ;lrl, soothingly said: "No. tir-- i-; Col. M',-o never eats an oyster tcw without dosing It with catsup. Ho likes "em that way don't you. Mike?" Mike EaM ho did. |