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Show S " r- ' 00 ; ' , RUINED THE RUIN. An English nobleman was about to set out for India, and, fearing that in his absence vandals might destroy a picturesque ruin on his estate, he said to his steward: "I want you to build a wall here" he drew a tiny furrow with his stick around tho ruin a" stone wall five feet high." On his return home the noblenjan started for the spot. When he reached reach-ed it he rubbed his eyes in amazement. amaze-ment. There was the new stone wall, but he could see nothing towering up inside of it. He turned excitedly. to his steward: "Look here, whore's the ruin, man?" "Ine ruin, my lord?" replied the steward. "O, that ould thing! Sure, I used it to build the wall with." Boston Bos-ton Transcript. |