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Show uu WHY HE WAS GENEROUS An ingenious clerk in the British admiralty ad-miralty was asked by a gentleman with whom he had a slight acquaintance acquaint-ance whether he might come to his room to see a review of the troops. "Certainly," replied the clerk. ' May 1 bring my wife?" "Yes." I have two daughters; may they come?" "By all means." A second time tho gentleman called to ask whether a few nieces might be added to the band. To this the clerk cheerfully assented. "We cannot be sufficiently grateful to you." said the gentleman, "for enabling us to have so good a view of the review." "I am afraid," answered the clerk, "that you and your family will not see very much of it, for my room looks out into a back yard.' Philadelphia Star. |