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Show A Startling Answer. Mr. Brown had just had a telephone put in connecting his office and house, and wus much pleased with it. "I tell you, the telephone is a wonderful won-derful thing. I want you to dine with me this evening, and I will notify Mrs. Brown to expect you." Speaking through the telephone: "My friend Smith will dine with us this evening." Then to his friend: "Now listen and hear how plain her reply comes hack." Mrs. Brown's reply came back with startling distinctness. "Ask your friend Smith if he thinks we keep a hotel." |