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Show Rather Embarrassing. ''I had tho roost dreadful timo at dinner Inst evening," said tho pretty girl in the omptro princess gown. "I dined with some westornpeoplo I do not know very well, and ns tho door of' tho butler's pantry swung open I caught sight of a largo, delicious looking look-ing chocolato cake, which was evidently evi-dently to form a part ot tho dossort Tlia hostess caught mo looking. So I confessed with my usual lovely frankness; frank-ness; 'I saw yoilr dossert and I am so pleased, for It Is just what I best like.' Ot courso sho beamed, but when tho dessert wns brought on it was mince plo, I have never boforo oucountorcd it nt a Now York dinner, din-ner, ar.d It Is tho onl thing in tho world that I positively cannot eat; yet I had doctored that I bad a' deep fondness fond-ness for the dessort. I thought I should faint. Explanations would bo too tlrosomo nnd possibly embarrassing. embarrass-ing. I summoned-nll my norvo nnd ate no, gulped tho plo, miserable at every btto. Tho wofrst wfcs that whoa 1 iiad fluishod my hostess insisted I 'should haVo another ploco, innd I escaped es-caped with tho utmost difficulty" N. Y. Sun. t |