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Show He Did. "Ono day," said Ropresontathre Clayton of Alabama, "I Btarted out In tho country for a village In my district, dis-trict, and walked qulto a dlstnnce In tho wrong direction. Finally I met a negro driving a mangy mulo hltchod to a wagon, '"HI, thoro, Rnstus!' I said; 'how far Is it to tho hotel?' , "Well, Lois, It am dls or way,' ,4 snld tho negro; 'It a poor whlto man " war to walk It, It Is 'bout fo' mllos, but If n mun Hko youso war ter trab-bol trab-bol It, why, It wouldn't bo moro'n half n mllo and half n dollar behind a real spry mulo; an' dat Is 'bout ns noar ns I can como to It, boss. res you think you noou a lift, loss?' Clayton decided that he UW. |