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Show 8erIout Thoughts. The multimillionaire was being shaved. As he lay back in his chair, looking upward, his grave face gave the Impression that he was in deep Btudy. "Ah," whispered one of the barbershop barber-shop loiterers, "I'll wager a dollar against a toothpick that ho Is thinking think-ing of railroad merger"." "No," said nnother, "he Is thinking think-ing about bear raids In Wall street" "Bet he 1b pondering over the rebate re-bate system," echoed n third. "I'll ask him." Walking over to tho chair he said politely: , "Beg paidon, sir, but to settle an argument, would you kindly tell us what mighty question you are studying study-ing over?" The multimillionaire turned his lathered face around and smiled. "I was Just studying two flies doing handsprings on the celling," he chuckled, chuck-led, and the trio of guessers looked so sheepish they failed to hear "Next" when It was called to them. Chicago News. |