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Show THE LIGHTER SIDE Awakened In Time. COr-OM:L MAIildN I'.OVKIX. who Leep t oniy hotel nt l'ahnctto CrosM ICoail'H. South l?nr-llna. l?nr-llna. Is a pHr.igon of real old Southern hospitality, nnd whit the p'aco may lack In modern conveiiloncef l made up by the sympathetic, paternal way In which the ColoucI treut.H his friends. lor years be ban tnudo It a rule to clve nlwnjit little more than they uked for. That has establhhM hU reputation among travelling trav-elling men and a New Yorker who had beard It nnl who waj stopping m tDp place for the rjrst time. "Why do you always plvo ei.tra uicnsure?" h asked. "In tho relations that obtain betwrvn Rentlernen, Mah," answered the Colonel, "It L always proper t. b extra aceoiuni'xlatlus." "AVIII you Jolu mci" nked the New Yorker, noddlu; toward the bar. 'Charmed, uh!" The Northerner ordered a pony las of brandy, but the barkeefw-r at a alpti from the Colonel .said there were no fcla.-ses to small In the plu'-e, and put out an , ordinary whiskey da. with the comment: "That'll hold niorv." After the Northerner had eaten a rcry satisfying dinner nii.I enjoyed a Mmoke he left a call for six , In the morning, so an to catch an early train. Jocularly remarking to the Colonel, "Now dou't forget to stil be 'extra accommodating.' " i "I promise you I won't, nr." replied tho Colonel. So tho New Yorker went to M"eep w ith the serene o-. o-. buranco that Le would be aroused at the projer hour. "I seemed hardly to have fallen into a sound clumber," clum-ber," 6ald he In telling of the instance recently, "w heu 1 heard a terrific rounUIn' at mv do,r. I sprang up, wide awake. "What's the matter?" I called out "Four o'clock! four o'clock!" came the landlord's voice from the other side, of the door- "Two mor hours to bleep!" |