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Show Superstitious. A well kr.owi New Yorltor. whllo dining ot Ills club imp evonlng recent ly, observed that hta order of oysters on tly shell was, not complato. there being only 11 bivalves, instead ot tho dozen It was hln custom to order, says Harper's Weekly- On rollectlng that his waiter, nn Irishman, wns a newcomer, new-comer, ho decided to let tho matter pass; but when on tho next ovonlng tho tamo thing occurred, ho became a trlllo Impatient. "Seo hero!" ex-clalnicd ex-clalnicd ho to tho waiter, "what do you mean by bringing mo 11 oysters whon I order 12? This Is tho second tlmo that' this thing has happened!" "Sure, sir," quietly responded tho Celt, "I didn't think you would want to risk being 13 at table, sir." |