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Show "GET OFF THE WAGON." uulck Wit of an Usher Avert a Tragedy. Tho quick wit of ono of the ushora .it a recent wedding averted what might havo been a tragedy following she Joyou3 ceremony. Ho had been tho lifo of tho largo house party attending at-tending tho wedding. Ono of his stories particularly pleased the father of the bride. The catch lino In It 'was, "IUey, got off tho wagon." After tho brldu and bridegroom had started on their honeymoon a numbqr of tho guo3ts went to a theater, then to supper, and It was lato when they drove to the home of their host. Tho house was dark, nnd though a ring of the bell would have brought ono of Uio servants, It wan decided for a ark- to try to get In, undetected, through a window opening on tho porch. Delng In a hnppy mood, tho 'party forgot that there had been somo talk during the day of tho possibilities pos-sibilities of burglars making a try for tho valunblo wedding presents. The window fnstenlng wns not very secure, and a little pressuro released re-leased It.- Then tho usher got his head Inside tho window. Ho saw tho glint of polished steel In tho dim light at tho end of the hall, and he realized his danger of being shot for a burglar. Quick as a flash he shouted, shout-ed, "Ikoy, get off tho wagon." When the brldo's father opened the door and let them In he still had the revolver In nts hand. He said, a little lit-tle moro soberly than ho had before, "My boy, that's a great story." Now York Sun. |