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Show HER FRENCH FAILED. Mrs. Smith had been a hard student for months, and. proudh conscious that "she knew a little French." she sallied forth from the hotel in Paris 1 to post a letter. J "A poste." she exclaimed trlum- phantly to the first policeman she j met I "Bien, madame. Par lei." 1 He politely conducted her into an 1 office, but to her dismay it wag a po- I lice station Rendered speechless hv fright and confusion, all she could j do was to pull her letter out of her I pocket and point to it. J "Ah! A la poste. ' cried the commls- saire laughingly, and he instructed the officer to take her to the nearest post-office. post-office. Going along, poor, disconcerted j Mrs Smith muttered to herself: "Oh, bother genders! Who'd have thought a police station was a gentleman gentle-man and a postoffice a lady?" jtrrr don Standard. rr |