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Show 'FATAL EITHER WAY. A rather turgid orator, noted for his verbosity and heaviness, was once assigned to do some campaigning in a mining camp in the mountains. There were about 50 miners present when he began, but when at the end of a couple of hours he gave no sign of finishing, his listeners one by one dropped away. Finally, there was only one auditor audi-tor left, a dilapidated, weary-looking old fellow. Fixing his gaze on him, the orator pulled out a large six-shooter six-shooter and laid, it on the table. The old fellow rose slowly and. drawled out: "Bo you going to shoot if I go?" "You bet I am," replied the speaker. "I'm bound to finish my speech, even if I have to shoot to keep an audience." The old fellow sjghed in a tired manner and edged slowly away, saying say-ing as he did so: "Well, shoot if you want to. I may just as well be shot as talked to death." Exchange. |