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Show Marked According1 to Order. A story of British stolidity Is going tho rounds, A cortaln wealthy American Amer-ican In I-onilon diopped into a shop to pur'chnso a sot of decantors. As tho purchaso roprosontcd moro monoy than ho had on his person at tno time, ho gavo his address at tho hotel and Instructed tho assistant to mark them C. O. D, Tho assistant mado a noto of tho request, but tho purchaser was surprised to find tho poods loft nt tho hotel without do-mnnd do-mnnd for payment. When tho parcel was unpacked, howovor, it dovolopod that each decanter had boon beautifully beautiful-ly engraved In twining letters, "C. O. D." |