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Show WISHED HIMOBLf POOn. The Maniale uf Hleelieltrr Untied I'laln Jolm ainllh. ' The marquis of Winchester, v-bos utme figure In tbe list nf Tran-iraal victims, was exterdlngly popuU with Lit soldiers, writes a London correspondent. corre-spondent. There wa one duty, however, how-ever, In connectlou with the Household House-hold grlgido which ho positively de- V tested, und many stories are told ot -the marquis stubborn prole), agalmb going on bank guard. The uafr quar Icra assigned tho officers -n Thread-needle Thread-needle street wore dost nnd stuffy, ond tbe marquis Invariably left them with a violent headache Once when going orfnmty-fiaaii.j:U'5eant'-Thfr - Job ulwaya make me with such a commodity com-modity at filthy lucre had never been , Invented. Then there would be no bank guard. ' ' Hut my dear lord," rarao the reply, "you wouldn't hav l.nd an Income of so many thousand a year. That might not bave been very ' pleasant, either" "Oh, sergeant," rejoined the mar- ?. quia, with a smile, "It Is not tbe first j time In my lite that 1 have wished I had been born plain John Smithwith- nut a sixpence In my pocket u Diets I . 9t hid earntd It." - |