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Show Mother Was Satisfied. During a little flurry In tho senate over nn appointment, somo Now Yorkors approached Senator Depew and Inquired whether thero was anything any-thing serious in It. "Hardly," replied the senator. "It makes mo think of 'ah old woman who had a son In tho railroad business. busi-ness. He left New York without letting let-ting her know andi disappeared entirely. en-tirely. She was so very fond of him that sho called every day to find out about him. Finally it aroused our sympathy and wo traced him to South Amcilca, and found he had enlisted en-listed In a regiment and was taking part In a revolution. We told tho old lady and sho calmly replied: " 'So he's In a South Amerlky revolution, revo-lution, Is he? Tbnk Ood for u.at! I thought ho mlgat bo rushing into somo danger.' " Now York Times. |