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Show NOT TO BE CAUGHT NAPPINQ Uncle Tobe Lived Up to His Reputation Reputa-tion and the Doctor Lost His Bet. There lives in a certain Vermont town a quaint old character known as "Uncle Tobe," who is so conservative con-servative of action and speech that It is most difficult at times to get anything any-thing definite from him. Uncle Tobe, like the Father of His Country, has tha reputation of never having told a lie. and in addition he is so cautious of statement that he has never been known to tell an innocent untruth. On one occasion his doctor, In conversation con-versation with friends touching Uncle Tobe's characteristics, ventured to lay a bet of five dollars that he could causa Uncle Tobe to tell what wasn't so. A neighbor promptly took the bet. The doctor walked into Uncle Tobe' house next morning, and while he was talking with the old man, the neighbor who had taken the bet drove up to tha gate. Uncle Tobe went to see what h wanted, and then the doctor, as he had agreed to do, went out the back door and hid in the barn. "Good morning, Tobe," said the visitor, vis-itor, "is the doctor In your house?" "He was there when I came out." said Uncle Tobe. |