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Show The Old Man Knew. A hoy outrnn his allowanco and other resources so much that ho was In Imminent need of aid. So he sat down and wrote to his father thus: "Dear Pa. I had tho misfortune to be upset In a boat whllo out un tho river and lost the benuttful watoh you gave me. I would llko some money to employ em-ploy a diver to recover It. Your affectionate af-fectionate son, Thomas." The old jen-tlcman jen-tlcman wns no fool. Ho replied: "It Is not worth whllo diving for It. It might as well he In soak In one place as In another." |