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Show CAPTURED THE WRONG LION. How Head Walter Came to Have Honors Thrust Upon Him. Tho enreer of a soclnl Hon hunter is llnblo to ho attended with nn occasional oc-casional disappointment, even though on the whole successful. Ilurton Holmes, on somo of his tours ns a lecturer, lins booi. considerably lionized lion-ized and ho tells this story of a compliment com-pliment whirli ho missed, but which was enjoyed by nnotner. Ho wn? lecturing lec-turing in an enstern city, nnd n reception re-ception wns given lu his bono;1 n; jo principal hotel of thu place. Among thoso who attended this ro-caption ro-caption was a woman prominent socially, so-cially, who has established a sort of "Balon" nnd receives her friends Sunday Sun-day afternoons, trying to provide a "lion" or two for each occasion. Ilurton Holmes was so fortunate as not to bo presented to tho fair Hon hunter, but sho presented herself to tho man sho had stalked for her game, and urged upon him her Invitation Invi-tation for the Sunday afternoon. Ho very modestly nttempted to decllno it. His excuses wero not accepted, and thu victim consented to appear. Extra nrrangemonts wero made for this occasion nnd the fact that Mr. Holmes was to 'he thero was heralded herald-ed abroad. On the day all tho youth and beauty of tho plnco gathered to-Kether to-Kether awaiting tho advent of a somo-what somo-what tardy lion, who was received with overy mark of consideration and appearod to bo embarrassed thereby. Tho head waiter had been mistaken for tho eminent lecturer. |