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Show :-xz-:-x-:-x-:-x-:x-:x-M-;-x-x-M-:-xxz-:-x-:-x-M-M-z-M-:-x-x-;-x-x-:-x-r-Humorous Talk Went Unheeded After That A good Bret tlarte story Is told by William H. Crane, the veteran actor, In "Footprints and Echoes." Bret Ilarte was engaged to deliver a humorous hu-morous lecture In a small western city. Just after he had started, one of the deacons sitting on the stage grabbed hold of his coat and whispered whis-pered : "Hold on a minute, 1 want to make an announcement." Llarte was very much astonished and stepped aside, while the deacon took the center of the platform. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, after a pause, "is Mr. Rogers C Jones In the hall?" There was a protracted pause and. as Mr. Jones failed to respond, the i deacon continued: I "Well. If he is, I have the pleusurv to say that bis wife has Just died." As everyoue in the small city was intimately acquainted with Mrs. Jones, Harte's task, giving a humorous lecture, lec-ture, was far from successful. |