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Show t HIS SPEECH WAS GREAT HIT Pumperton Thought It We HI Wit, But Hie Wife Discovered the Raon. It wai late before Pumperton got . borne, but hi wife was'stlll alttlng up , for blra. "Well. John," she greeted him. "how was the dinner? And bow w , your peech received?" Pumperton took oft hi coat. mll-" mll-" Ing genially. "Oh. splendidly, my dear. II iplendldly! I got there a bit 'e. when the other were already at the r table, but I Just llpped In quietly and n didn't make any stir. j "Well, how about the apeecb?" he reminded hi 111 "bid It make as much of a hit a you expected?" "Oh, ye more. None of the pre-J pre-J ceding peeche had ben particularly particular-ly clever, and they bad hardly raised k a smile. Hut I bad no more than too3 up and begun when they began to laugh. I went on, my dear. and. 1 a-e a-e ture you, they simply shook. I nevei v have aeen any company ao thoroughly uf entertained. I even expanded a little e- gave them a couple of new atorlei ,. that came Into my mind. And whec n. I at down they cheered and clapped an laughed for minute. 1 snail Bevel fe forget how they laughed." 1,6 "Ye. I can well Imagine so." bit wife said arcatlclly. "But the oex III time you are to make an after-dlonei ipeech wouldn't It be well to put youi ne 00 before leaving borne? to |
