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Show Itrriiiclntt tho ICntlmnte. nf A young Ameilcau who was visiting B In an English country house Is dp- B scribed by a dally paper as a good sort fl of fellow, but beset by the habit of ec- fl aggeiatlon. Ills ho-t. who was fond 9 of him, nnd did not like to see the boy jfl making such a fool of himself, gave ut him n little wninlng about keeping uis at tnlps nnd his boasts within icasouable Hi louiids. "Well," said thp boj "I don't want M to offend mi) of yom prejudices Hut 9 when 1 begin to bluff, my tongue gets m nwa) from iup, and I saj more than I 9 mean. I'll lip obliged to jou If you'd flj give me n frleudlj nudge or kick or Dj something when jott think I'm sprpnd- Bl Ing It on too thh k." vf ' i The host piomiscd to do so. That H night at dinner the conversation turned B on couscrvatoiles The Amirlcnn K started lu bis usual manner fl "I laid a cousin lu Virginia who built flj himself a greenhouse that wns thought flj remnrknble. It was IH! feet long, nine H ty lect high, and " Heio he felt his shltiK kicked under the table. Ho H pulled himself up, and his ejc caught H that of the host. The Anipilcaii flj tvvistid Ids legs t uef till) nnd concluded IB with a sigh, "and about an Inch wide." flj Youth's Companion. H |