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Show Helpless. H. C. Harnabco, the veteran singer, lay, disabled from a fall, nnd llstoned to tho condolences of a friend. "Kor years nnd years," tho writer said, "you haven't mined n performance. perform-ance. Now here you He, helpless as a corpse." "As helpless as a corpse," said Mr. Harnabco, "or aa helpless as two In-tbrlates In-tbrlates ot whom I beard tbo othor day. "These two men had dined together and after dinner had sat too long over their coffee, tholr liqueur, tholr brandy, nnd so on. When It cnino tluio for them to po homo they wero In a very bad way. Helploss, In fact They leaned an ono another, golug with linked arms, but each, as a rood to lean on, was rotten. "1'lnally they fell, and with a loud splosh they rolled Into a full gutter. A lollce olllcer appeared and grabbod the upper man by tbe collar to lift blm out, but the Inebriate cried In a loud, heroic voice: "'No, no. Save my friend. Never mind me. I can salm.'" |