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Show " Wise Old King. When King Solomon returned from tho hunt he found his TOO wives In tears. "Why, my dears," ho hastened, "what Is tho causo of this unusual weeping?" "Why," sobbed the wives In chorus, "when you left this morning you did not call each of us a priceless Jewel as you have been In tho habit of doing." Solomon laughed. "Of course not," ho chuckled. "Did you not see the tax assessor standing In tho shadows? If ho had heard mo sny I owned 700 priceless Jewels ho would liao levied on the wholo throne." Which goes to show that tho ancient king wns Just as wise as a modern multimillionaire. |