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Show MAN HAD LOST A FEW HOURS. Passage of Time Unheeded by Convivial Conviv-ial New Yorker. Ho had been taklug 11 successful IIer" In the "street"' and had been 01 lcliratlng on the way up towti. Then he Invited several fi lends to dine with him and to go to the theater afterward. aft-erward. As It was distinctly a gala ore islon for him, ho kept tho celebration celebra-tion up all through the meal, so that by the time the party was seated In the theater he was In surh a comfortable comforta-ble frame of mind that ho fell fast asleep. When the show was over his friends decided they would all lettirn to the hotel they had started from and have 11 bit of supper. They woke their host up and took him hack to the cafe, where, by chance, they found the ta-blo ta-blo unoccupied they hnd sat at before. As soon as the man who was celebrating cele-brating was seated he fell asleep again ami looked so thoroughly comfortable that no one dlstuiucd him. Presently he woko up, stnred around htm solemnly sol-emnly and looked at his watch without noticing the hour. Then he shook h! 1 s If together and struggled to his feet with considerable difficulty "If we am 'olng to the theater." he remarked, "I think we'd better ho get-tl get-tl s started." New York Press. |