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Show Left-Handed Comp" ment. "That was a left-ha1- d compll- ' ment," said Upton Slncl the noted S author of "Tho Jungle," apropos of a rem- . mado by a butcher. "It remind re-mind n-e," Mr. Sinclair went on, "of a con i llmcnt that was onco paid to a physician. "This physician had married a widow. He said ono nlgM to his wife, with a complacent sigh: " 'Well, I've pulled old Jones through, nftcr all. And u critical caso It was, let i o toll you.' " 'Yes. dear,' said the lady; 'but, then, you know, you nre such an excellent ex-cellent doctor. Ah, If I had only known you four years curlier! I nm certain my poor dear John would havo been saved.'" |