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Show Another Yonn; George Washing ton. The bottle of glycerine nnd whisky, kopt in a Chicago house solely for the j cure of colds, has been found empty. When last seen it had contained ! enough for two or three doses. A ' search was made for the culprit who emptied it While tho inquiries were in progress , Willie sat in one corner of the room I reading a newspaper. It came his i turn at last "Willie," said his mother, "did you i drink this?" j No answer. He was too deeply In-' In-' teresled in the newspaper. "Willio," repeated his mothor, "did j you drink this?" j "Drink what?" ho answered, looking , up abstractedly. "Tho mixture that was in this bottle." bot-tle." "What was it?" i "Glycerine and whisky. You know ! what it was. Did you drink it?" 'Yos mamma," he said fearlessly. : "I drank it "I'd rather drink a whole bottle of whisky than tell a lie about it" |