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Show A High Catling. Tommy wn8 eighteen, nnd only tho recording nngel know what was tho ago of Aunt Katy, but tho littlo old darky and tho collego frcshmnn were each gutting their first taste of New York llfo that winter. Ono effect on Tommy was to mako him want a silk hat. "Now, what do you think of Tommy's Tom-my's wanting a silk hat, Aunt Katy?" exclaimed Tommy's mother, who was having a hard tlmo adjusting herself to having for a son a young man Instead of just a boy. "What ho want wld n silk hat? Ho ain't no preacher." "Ilut, Aunt Katy, other peoplo besides be-sides preachers wear silk hats. Haven't you noticed tho men in silk hats on tho streets? Every other man you meet has ono on on Sunday." Sun-day." "Yossum, an' I Jos' been tryin' to flggor out whoro all thorn prenchers 'preached." |