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Show HOW CASBIES GOT FARES. ' Ingenious Oevlc Tht Deceived Guests f ngut It was nearly midnight nd th group of cabmen standing otttsld th oaaguatlng ball were despondent Th night waa so warm and Ana list th guest at tha banquet would bo atir to walk borne Instead of riding. At length ana cad roan hit on a brilliant Idea, lie brought a bucket of wntet from tba horse trough, and poured It well aver tha steps ot th hall and tha pavement In front of th ea tranoa. so that It looked a though there had been heavy rain. Then ka took an umbrella and dipped It In ta water trough, and, as th beadla threw open tbe door tor the departing 1 guests tha Ingenious cabman stood a In th doorway with his dripping umbrella. um-brella. "A fearful nlghtl Raining cat and dog!" aald ona of th H guests. Cabs were In such great da- maad that there was not one of them " want away without fare. Spar Mo. ments. k |