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Show CAT IN THE FRYINQ PAN. fiveat'a Demand for Fry Rssulted I" Ita Eviction. Will 3. Lampton, tha poet, Is tolling a sweetly poetic story these days, aud ha insist that It la perfectly true. One upon a day he was making a driving tosr through Iho country near Harper's Ferry, and stopped at a little lit-tle wayside Inn for refreshment A sign In the window announced that oysters In all styles were to ba bad, and Mr. Lampion ordered a fry. "Don't you want a atewt" rsked the man In charge. "No," said Mr. Imp-ton, Imp-ton, "I want a fry." "Haw wouldn't do, would It?" queried the man. who seemed to entertain a prejudice against unnecessary exertion. "No," repented tho poet, "I want a fry." The m-.n walked over to the stove and ought tho frying pan. It was lying on the floor. 'Here!" mid tho man. "Oct out nf that pan, Jim. the gentleman gentle-man wanta a fry." Jim wa a harmless, harm-less, necessary cat Washington 1'ust |