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Show Exhibition of Real Grit. Tho Itov. Prebendary Webb Peploo 3 of England was a famous athlcto at S Cambridge university In his day. Tho 1 following rcmarkablo talo Is told of -J; him: "A faU of fifteen feet from a "-ffc V ladder had so sovorely Injured him ' Wr that his llfo was despaired of. How- f over, by dint of medical skill and caro- i ful nursing ho recovered a fair j- amount of health nnd strength. Ono J day, after having been confined tcr "1f bed for six mouths, ho was told that ' tho university sports wero fixed for tho morrow nnd that his collego, being be-ing Bomewhat undermanned, stood greatly In need of assistance. Ho at onco pluckily Jumped out of bed, entered en-tered his namo and succeeded In carrying car-rying oft tho prize. After which," the-story the-story onda, "ho wont back to bed and remained on his back for tho next ,i twelvo months." '" |