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Show pnwiHHHflaMaMi ' THOUGHT IT NATIONAL TRAIT I Driver Couldn't Understand American Not Being In a Hurry I A traveler returned from Jaffa tells tale at hi own eipene Having Journeyed to tbe historical seai or! on his way to Jerusalem, he iuhh-H ' In hiring a conveyance to carry htm , to tbe elation Hy speech and gesture he Informed the native driver that he i wished to be carried In n lelaurclv alahtseelng fashion t'iroiigh as many a possible of tho principal thorough 1 fare of Jaffa, and tit, be delivered at the terminal Juat In time to take tho outgoing train I He had no sooner seated himself In I tho vehicle, howeter, than the drltvr whipped up his horse and whirled the dismayed traveler at a furious pare through all the I'ust and over nil tho atone ot the notoriously rough street I or Jaffa The passenger was too bus lly employed In saving hi bone to bo able to aee anything ot the Interesting town ! Arriving at the elation, he found that he still had two hours to wait "Why In the world," ho demanded, Indignantly, "did )ou eter hurry like that?" "You American," rendod the driver, with an espreaslvo shrug "All , American like go very much lasL" Youth' Companion |