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Show TOST? NOT 'AftF! The baby had been given tin names "Alfred homer," ana when making the usual entries in the baptismal bap-tismal register, the minister paused as he came to the second name. The parents, he knew, were simple, sim-ple, working-class people, and as his mind went back to the old Greek scholar, he thought it rather a queer name for them to choose. "Your favorite poet, Mr. Brooks?" he asked, pointing to the name. "Poet, sir?" replied the man, looking surprised. "I don't know nuthink abart that, guv'nor. I jest keeps pigeons." Answers Magazine. |