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Show H Not the Makers' Fault. HB Putnam Hradleo Strong, tho hus- HB ' ; band of May Yoho, Is soon to sail for HB China, where ho has obtained a cap- HB ' tain's commission In tho Chinese HB r army. A friend of this reckless young HB I man tho other day told nn amusing HB , . story about htm. dipt. Strong had HB i bought from a fashionable bootmaker B 1 I an expensive pair of riding boots. H ! I These, after a little wear, burst across B j i tho Instep and accordingly wero re- HB . turned. Captain Strong appeared him- HB I self tho next day at tho shop and HB I complained bitterly about tho broken HB If L . boots. H 1 f "How did they como to break?" BBJ ' I said tho bootmaker. H v !; "They broko as I was walking to HB tho stable," answered tho young man. HB . ' "Well, they woren't made to walk HB In. They nro riding boots," said tho HB bootmaker. |